Welcome to The Norwegian Wild Salmon center in Lærdal
The Lærdal Wild Salmon Visitor Centre is one of four authorized wild salmon visitor centres in Norway. The centre brings the river with live salmon, salmon fry, and sea trout into the building.
In the exhibition you can follow the salmon through its growth in the river, its migration to the open ocean, back into the fjord and up the feeder river until it meets the waterfall where it goes no further. What does it encounter on its way? What has the salmon meant to us? How is it doing? How do humans affect its life in the past and now? What does the future look like? Using the salmon as an example, you will gain insight into how we manage nature, diversity and species, whether we are sustainable.
We have a trail with simple questions for the little ones, quizzes for the family and interactive immersion stations for those who are particularly interested. You can fly with a drone along the river up the valley in beautiful autumn colours, or see what happens under the water throughout the year. In addition to salmon and sea trout, seals, eels and otters also appear. If you have any questions about the salmon, you can ask and get answers from Kong Salomon, our AI robot.
From the roof, you can look down on the salmon in the centre and enjoy the view of the fjord and river. The centre is also a good starting point for a trip to the day trip cabin with a view of the valley and the village, a walk along the river or to the idyllic protected wooden house environment at Lærdalsøyri.
At the same place, you can enjoy good local food from the Laksen bakery and café in a quiet environment indoors or outdoors or have an art experience at Sogn Art Centre.
The Lærdal Wild Salmon Visitor Centre is open every day from May 1 to September 30.
A visit is an activity and experience for the whole family.
Laksen Bakery & Cafè
In the Wilde Salmon Centre you will find the Laksen Bakery & Cafe where they serve delicious bakery, hot and cold drinks and take away pizza.
Sogn Artcenter
Located in the same building as the Norwegian wild salmon center is Sogn artcenter. The artcenter was opened in june 2011. Shortly before his death in 1994 the artist Hans Gjemse donated his entire life's work to Laerdal municipality. Roughly 1500 pieces of art in the form of sketches and finished works are on display in the art center.
Sogn artcenter sets up different exibitions each year and in the summer of 2014 paintings by Knut Rumohr (1916 - 2002) will be featured.