The village has rail connections via the Dovre railroad and has a high
school. Highway E6 goes through the village of Vinstra. The Vinstra
River comes from the west and flows into Gudbrandsdalsl�gen at the
village of Vinstra.
Peder Olsen H�g� from Vinstra was the model for
the main character in Henrik Ibsen�s dramatic poem Peer Gynt from 1867.
In S�dorp�s old cemetery stands a monument to Peer Gynt, and each year
since 1967 the Peer Gynt Festival (Peer Gynt-stemnet) has been held on
the Peer Gynt farm, H�g�. The farm consists of 15 old buildings, and the
rally includes, among other things, an open-air performance of the
play. In addition, from Vinstra begins the �Peer Gynt Way� through G�l�
to Lillehammer and �Peer Gynt�s Seter Way� via Rondablikk to Kvam
