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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
Kviteseid Old Church lies close to Kviteseid Bygdetun museum, on a beautiful plateau near the fjord.
Kviteseid
Glasergruva Mine (1543): Norway's oldest datable iron mine in Skien. Discover the history behind Fossum Ironworks & this protected monument.
Skien
The beautiful, ungovernable Rjukan waterfall had the power, and the engineer, Sam Eyde, and the physicist, Kristian Birkeland, had the know-how.
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
Vinjestoga is the childhood home of the poet, journalist and linguist Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818-1870).
Vinje
Explore Hakastein Cultural Heritage Park in Skien. See remains of Norway's oldest church and Christian graves from the Viking Age.
Skien
Berg-Kragerø Museum promotes art, history, holiday life, coastal culture and export of natural ice in Kragerø - Make sure you explore our Edvard Munch exhibition.
Kragerø
Gorningen, Siljan (Geopark): Explore 10,000 years of history, from early settlement to timber floating. Central to the Gea Norvegica UNESCO Geopark.
Siljan
Discover Gaustatoppen in Telemark: Norway’s best viewpoint with hiking trails, the unique Gaustabanen and overnight stays at the summit cabin
Rjukan
Experience old Skien at Snipetorp! Explore well-preserved wooden buildings from the late 1700s, Henrik Ibsen’s family home for 22 years, and the annual Snipetorp Market.
Skien
Øvrebøtjern, Siljan: Popular swimming lake featuring 300-million-year-old geology and rich timber floating history. Discover Telemark's nature!
Siljan
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
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
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
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
Experience Heddal Open-Air Museum’s 15 historic buildings, stunning art, and unique bunads beside Norway’s largest stave church
Notodden
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
Learn about the Gorningen log chute's role in Siljan's log driving history and the community's fight for better forestry worker rights.
Siljan