{"id":2683,"date":"2016-09-21T17:19:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T15:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2016-09-30T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:56:23","slug":"video-wednesdayvestre-toten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/video-wednesdayvestre-toten\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Wednesday &#8220;Vestre Toten&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American couple visiting the sites of their ancestors in Vestre Toten, Norway<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KTzMt5fB_zI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Video presented on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a> by\u00a0<a class=\"spf-link branded-page-header-title-link yt-uix-sessionlink\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Bellagio Fountains Christmas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/nosnowretirement\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=bIXZV-O6CcHGNK2BiPgN\">Bellagio Fountains Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Vestre Toten<\/b> is a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Municipalities of Norway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Municipalities_of_Norway\">municipality<\/a> in <a title=\"Oppland\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oppland\">Oppland<\/a> <a title=\"Counties of Norway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Counties_of_Norway\">county<\/a>, <a title=\"Norway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norway\">Norway<\/a>. It is part of the traditional region of <a title=\"Toten\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toten\">Toten<\/a>. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of <a title=\"Raufoss\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raufoss\">Raufoss<\/a>. \u00a0Other smaller towns in the municipality include <a title=\"Eina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eina\">Eina<\/a>, <a title=\"Reinsvoll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinsvoll\">Reinsvoll<\/a>, and <a title=\"B\u00f8verbru\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%B8verbru\">B\u00f8verbru<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vestre Toten borders on <a title=\"\u00d8stre Toten\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%98stre_Toten\">\u00d8stre Toten<\/a> to the east, <a title=\"Gj\u00f8vik\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gj%C3%B8vik\">Gj\u00f8vik<\/a> to the north, <a title=\"Gran, Norway\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gran,_Norway\">Gran<\/a> to the south and <a title=\"S\u00f8ndre Land\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C3%B8ndre_Land\">S\u00f8ndre Land<\/a> to the west.\u00a0The highest point is Lauvh\u00f8gda with a height of 722 metres (2,369\u00a0ft). 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The tiny island of Ona and the larger island of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Places to visit&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Places to visit","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/category\/norway\/places-to-visit\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-01-16-17-at-08.34-AM.jpg?fit=880%2C474&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-01-16-17-at-08.34-AM.jpg?fit=880%2C474&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-01-16-17-at-08.34-AM.jpg?fit=880%2C474&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-01-16-17-at-08.34-AM.jpg?fit=880%2C474&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4255,"url":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/video-wednesday-interrail-train-route-from-dombas-to-andalsnes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2683,"position":4},"title":"Video Wednesday Interrail &#8211; Train Route From Dombas to Andalsnes","author":"Martin Roe Eidhammer","date":"March 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Come along on a trainride through Romsdalen Starting from Domb\u00e5s (between Oslo and Trondheim) in Norway this scenic train route takes you through picturesque mountains, over imposing bridges, through winding tunnels and past the tallest rock-face in Europe; the Trollveggen, which towers 1,000 m (3.281 feet) above the track. 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