Skien is Norway's only city with canal facilities for boat traffic, locks and fishing ladders in down town.
The new fish ladder will ensure that four important species - the Atlantic wild salmon, sea trout, eel and harbor island - can get past the power stations and further up to the spawning and growing areas in the Telemark watercourse.
The fish ladder are also an urban space with outdoor artrium.
Snipetorp, Skien's oldest residential quarter and residence of Henrik Ibsen's parents,…
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…
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…
Telemark Kunstsenter (Telemark Art Senter) is a center of competence for professional…
MS Victoria, also known as the Canal Queen sails on lock cruises between Skien and…
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…
Christian burial grounds, cooking pits and "witches graves".
Skien has an exceptional geological diversity. A tour across the Skien-Gjerpendalen…
Gjerpen Church lies on the northern edge of Skien and is a beautiful romanesque stone…
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…