Gaudalen. Outskirts of Trondheim
Continue your way along the Gaula river in the direction of Trondheim. Gradually the area becomes more populated.
![Gaula river valley (Gaudalen) Gaula river valley (Gaudalen)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9498/26384437.2d3/0_c17e7_6d66bc8_XXXL.jpg)
On both sides of the road are increasingly found small farming villages with white wooden churches.
![Gaula river valley (Gaudalen) Gaula river valley (Gaudalen)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9359/26384437.2d3/0_c17e6_ad90d523_XXL.jpg)
Before modern roads towns in the Gaudalen had only a railroad Rørosbanen, built in 1862-1877. When the line goes near the highway, you can see the well-preserved station buildings of the century before last.
![Rørosbanen railway station Rørosbanen railway station](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9555/26384437.2d3/0_c17e5_baa5b05_XXXL.jpg)
Geula is not like a stormy mountain river in the lower reaches.
![Gaula river valley (Gaudalen) Gaula river valley (Gaudalen)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5007/26384437.2d3/0_c17e8_8d650b9e_XXL.jpg)
The mountains are getting lower, on the gentle slopes in a variety of scattered farm houses and green fields.
![Gaula river valley (Gaudalen) Gaula river valley (Gaudalen)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9253/26384437.2d3/0_c17e9_4474dbb_XXXL.jpg)
Closer to the Trondheim fjord begins almost flat plain. Here is located the capital of the Sør-Trøndelag area, where will be our next stop.
![Gaula river valley (Gaudalen) Gaula river valley (Gaudalen)](https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/5007/26384437.2d3/0_c17ea_3d20424d_XXXL.jpg)