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Skien
Type:Municipality
Postboks 158, 3701, Skien
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Skien is the capital of the countyTelemark with just over 50,000 inhabitants. The city is beautifully located between the two lakes Bryggeparken and Hjellevannet.The waterfront in Skien municipality is an important part of the cityscape, and has a mixture of pedestrian streets, green lungs and monumental buildings.
The Telemark Canal starts in the middle of Skien center, and you will meet the first 2 locks here. Skien Church with its 2 towers of 68 meters is clearly in the cityscape and open in summer for those who want to see the beautiful church. The world-famous playwright Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien and grew up here. Today, his childhood home on Venstøp is a museum, Henrik Ibsen Museum.
Exciting shopping opportunities can be found here, and if you need a breake, there are many cafes to choose from.
The city has a rich cultural life with its own theater stage, the culture house Ibsenhuset with its large program throughout the year, several well-known jazz musicians and three venues for contemporary art. Skien is also the venue for the ParkJazz, as well as a number of concerts, theater performances and sporting events.
Telemark Kunstsenter (Telemark Art Senter) is a center of competence for professional…
Ibsenhuset is Skien's cultural center and offers a wide selection of concerts and shows…
The Ibsen Staircase is a concrete and granite structure with a bust of Henrik Ibsen. It…
Snipetorp, Skien's oldest residential quarter and residence of Henrik Ibsen's parents,…
The main building, Søndre Brekke Manison at Brekkeparken, is truly magnificent and has…
Brekkeparken in Skien is a lovely park with beautiful flower beds, and with lots of…
MS Victoria, also known as the Canal Queen sails on lock cruises between Skien and…
Skien has an exceptional geological diversity. A tour across the Skien-Gjerpendalen…
On Kapitelberget you'll find the ruins of a crypt church from the Middle Ages.The church…
Kapitelberget in Skien, church ruins from the 1100s, after the mighty Dagsætten…
Gjerpen Church lies on the northern edge of Skien and is a beautiful romanesque stone…
Christian burial grounds, cooking pits and "witches graves".
The iron age-house at Aarhus in Skien was opened in September 2005.
Visit the Henrik Ibsen museum in Skien and experience the playwright's childhood home as…
Langbryggene guestharbor, Skien, SkienLangbryggene guest harbor in Skien is centrally located by the water fountain in center of Skien.
Skotfosstien - cultural trail, SkienThe Skotfoss trail is a 3.7 km cultural trail, with start at Løveid locks in Skien.
Cultural trail - Bakkestranda-Bryggevannet, Skien, Skien1.8 km long trail along Hjellevannet and Bryggevannet lakes.
Cultural trail around Hjellevannet, SkienA circular trail of 5.6 km around Hjellevannet lake.
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