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Skien has an exceptional geological diversity. A tour across the Skien-Gjerpendalen valley is a tour through 1500 million years of geological history.
Skien
350m high cliff with buoyancy!
Dalen
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
During the WWII Vemork in Rjukan was in focus for their production of heavy water. The heavy water war stopped the Germans in developing the atom bomb.
Rjukan
Sannidal Church is a cruciform church built in 1711. Sannidal originaly had its own stave church from approx. year 1200. Different items from the stave church can be found at todays church.
Sannidal
At Rugtvedt in Bamble, a new exciting locality has emerged, a sandy beach that was created about 480 million years ago.
Stathelle
Discover the magic of Sogelandet—where legends, art, and stunning landscapes meet in the scenic villages of Hjartdal, Svartdal, and Flatdal.
Flatdal
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
Kapitelberget Skien: Medieval crypt church built on a 430M-year-old coral reef. A protected site with unique Silurian fossils.
Skien
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
Explore Siljuhaugen, a monumental Iron Age burial mound in Siljan, Norway. Discover a cultural trail, historical sites, and Bronze Age remains.
Siljan
Oppelv Skåtøy is a network of ten companies on Skåtøy, which deliver everything from accommodation, food & drink, art & culture, as well as activities.
Skåtøy
Myllarheimen in Arabygdi, Vinje, is the home of the artist and fiddler Torgeir Augundson (1801-1872), better known as the "Millerboy".
Rauland
The landscape with the escarpments, "flauane" in Norwegian, is characteristic of the Grenland region, and is a result of at least 250 million years of erosion.
Stathelle
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
The beautiful, ungovernable Rjukan waterfall had the power, and the engineer, Sam Eyde, and the physicist, Kristian Birkeland, had the know-how.
Rjukan
Theater Ibsen works to create experiences you remember! Here, throughout the year, you can take part in performances for both children and adults.
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
The Ibsen Staircase is a concrete and granite structure with a bust of Henrik Ibsen. It features 32 steps adorned with quotes from "Peer Gynt".
Skien
Folkestadbyen- The town of Folkestad.
In the 1870s, a centre for commerce and crafts started to appear in this small church village. The village received the name of “Folkestadbyen” and the towns people lived by paid work, commerce and handicraft.
Fyresdal