One of the most popular walks in the area is to Gaupesteinen. A huge boulder that can be found in the middle of the forrest. Paths converge from all sides. Both from Enebakk to the north, Ski to the west and Tomter to the southeast.
There is a legend that the Dovre troll laid the stone down on this location when he moved south with farm and family after a fight with his neighbor the Rondane Troll. At that time the Follo people and the Tomter people were in the middle of a dispute about where the border should go between their lands. The appearance of the boulder however was taken as a sign by both parties that the boulder should mark the border.
In historic times the boulder was a place where people from the surrounding hamlets gathered to eat and drink, play music and dance.
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