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At Porsgrund's Porcelain Factory, you can see how porcelain painters decorate porcelain, including the world-famous straw pattern.
Porsgrunn
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
Natural water park in Nissedal: Spectacular potholes, slides, and clear pools. Perfect for swimming, photos, and a great summer experience in Telemark.
Nissedal
Norway's only porcelain factory, Porsgrund's Porcelain Factory, is located in Porsgrunn and is known for high quality and innovative design. Visit the factory outlet and make a great purchase.
Porsgrunn
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
Børja Hill Fort, Siljan: Explore a historic fortress by Lake Gorningen, possibly 2,000 years old. Easily accessible trail from Damstua.
Siljan
Erik Pirolt's "TRE", a 10.5 m steel wooden sculpture in Notodden, reflects local industrial history & creative power and is part of waterway stories.
Notodden
Glasergruva Mine (1543): Norway's oldest datable iron mine in Skien. Discover the history behind Fossum Ironworks & this protected monument.
Skien
Dalen Hotel is a beautiful fairytale hotel build in 1894 in grand romantic style with dragon heads, towers, pinnacles and balconies.
Dalen
The sculpture Rat Virgin is located near by Skien centre, at Bakkestranda.
Skien
The beautiful, ungovernable Rjukan waterfall had the power, and the engineer, Sam Eyde, and the physicist, Kristian Birkeland, had the know-how.
Rjukan
As the first geopark in Scandinavia, Gea Norvegica became member of the Global Geoparks Network/European Geoparks Network in 2006.
Porsgrunn
Visit Grorud Chapel in Siljan. Unique long church built and consecrated during WWII. Discover Telemark's history and beautiful, peaceful surroundings.
Siljan
Kapitelberget Skien: Medieval crypt church built on a 430M-year-old coral reef. A protected site with unique Silurian fossils.
Skien
The Gea Norvegica Geopark visitor center is located at the porcelain factory in Porsgrunn. Here, both children and adults can learn more about the natural history of our planet.
Langesund
Discover Siljan — shaped by ice ages and volcanoes, with Larvikite, Syenite, and stunning glacial landscapes.
Siljan
Brekkeparken in Skien is a lovely park with beautiful flower beds, and with lots of history in the main building and the old houses from Telemark.
Skien
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
Myllarheimen in Arabygdi, Vinje, is the home of the artist and fiddler Torgeir Augundson (1801-1872), better known as the "Millerboy".
Rauland
Explore Hakastein Cultural Heritage Park in Skien. See remains of Norway's oldest church and Christian graves from the Viking Age.
Skien