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Gea Norvegica Geo Park is Scandinavia's first UNESCO certified geopark.
The geopark is located in the Vestfold and Telemark county, and is including municipalities of Bamble, Kragerø, Lardal, Larvik, Nome, Porsgrunn, Siljan og Skien.
Kragerø
The tale of the serpent in the seljord Lake have been told since 1750 and have been passed down in spoken form, being only partly written down. You can look for the serpent from the sea serpent tower on Bjørgeøyan.
Seljord
For about 1000 years Tokke has had an export industry of whetstones. For Norwegian Vikings whetstone from Eidsborg was an effective weapon for throwing as the historic sagas tell us.
Høydalsmo
Organic herb garden with approx. 400 spices and medical plants, roses, old perennials and lilies.
Siljan
Dyrskuplassen is one of the best-developed event sites in the country with good camping space, sanitary facilities, green area, small streets and farmyard.
Seljord
Explore Moholt Ironworks in Siljan — a unique heritage site with a blast furnace, the Kullkjelleren, and guided tours by Siljan Historielag.
Siljan
Skien has an exceptional geological diversity. A tour across the Skien-Gjerpendalen valley is a tour through 1500 million years of geological history.
Skien
At Rugtvedt in Bamble, a new exciting locality has emerged, a sandy beach that was created about 480 million years ago.
Stathelle
The medieval church Romnes is beautifully located by lake Norsjø and the Telemark Canal.
Ulefoss
The Rjukan Railway was built by Norsk Hydro, and opened in 1909. It's a unique railway which enabled Sam Eyde to build a power station and factories.
Miland
Strømtangen fyr is one of three lighthouses in Kragerø and lies between Rapen and Skjørsvik. The other two lighthouses are Jomfruland and Stavseng.
Kragerø
The beautiful, ungovernable Rjukan waterfall had the power, and the engineer, Sam Eyde, and the physicist, Kristian Birkeland, had the know-how.
Rjukan
Explore Porsgrunn’s unique geology! From 1 billion-year-old basement rock to traces of the Oslo Rift and Cambro-Silurian sediments. Visit the Geopark.
Porsgrunn
Kragerø is referred to as "The gem among coastal cities" of Edvard Munch, Norway's most famous artist of all time.
Kragerø
The two lighthouses located in the middle of Jomfruland are well-known landmarks. The oldest of them is from 1839. You can get a fantastic panorama view over the other islands and the open sea from its top.
Jomfruland
Snipetorp, Skien's oldest residential quarter and residence of Henrik Ibsen's parents, survived the city fires in 1854 and 1886.
Skien
The Glaser mine is the first mining project of Fossum iron works, and the earliest dated iron ore mine in Norway, completed in 1543.
Skien
The history of Sondre Norheim begins in Morgedal, Telemark.
Morgedal
Kragerø church was consecrated in 1870 and is a Gothic Revival church designed by Georg Andreas Bull and built in brick. The church replaced the old Christi church from 1652 which was a cruciform wooden church.
Kragerø
Børja Hill Fort, Siljan: Explore a historic fortress by Lake Gorningen, possibly 2,000 years old. Easily accessible trail from Damstua.
Siljan