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Cultural sights

Enjoy Telemark's many cultural events this summer, with old and beautiful farm houses in the upper regions of the county, charming wooden houses along the coastline and well-kept city houses in the Grenland district.

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© Audny Barstad
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Flatdal, Seljord

Artwork of Pedro Delso Ruperez

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Seljord, Seljord

Gold was found in the 1880`s near Blika farm in Svartdal. Minings claims were granted to Bleka, Barstad, Svartdal, Haugsvold and Svervelid Farms in 1882. The first mining company was The French Mine C...

© møtestad seljord
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Seljord, Seljord

Bruredynnan is at the eastern tip om Seljord Lake by Rondebersåsane. Here we find the remains of 6-7000 year old stone paintings that are believed to represent three men dancing and a herd of reindeer...

© Desiree Penzo
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Kragerø, Kragerø

Bråten Graveyard is one of the two graveyards in Kalstad. The graveyard was constructed in 1847.

At the entrance, there is an old wrought iron gate. It is seldom to see such iron gates remaining from...

Dyrskuplassen, © Dyrskuen arrangement AS
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Seljord, Seljord
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Before moving to Arabygdi, the folk musician Myllarguten lived in a number of different places in Edland and Haukeli.

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Porsgrunn, Porsgrunn

Grenland Friteater was founded in 1976 in Porsgrunn, Norway.






The purpose of Grenland Friteater is not only to make innovative, entertaining and thought provoking performances, but also to contri...

© Anne Midjås
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Dalen, Tokke

The sculptor Anne Grimdalen - best known for her work in decorating Oslo City Hall - grew up at Grimdalen. Today, Grimdalen is a protected country courtyard featuring houses from the middle ages and a...

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Flatdal, Seljord

Guldnes mines, at an altitude of nearly 2000 ft., are located by Sundsbarmvatnet, 15 km northwest of downtown Seljord. The mines are on a small peninsula in Sundsbarmvatnet. This mountain area is heav...

© Hest i Villmark
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Søndeled, Risør

Hest i Villemark is in a beautiful nature surrounding between Kragerø and Risør. We are close to both seawater and freshwater environment, and that makes us possible to offer exciting activities for p...

© Terje Rakke
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Jomfruland, Kragerø

The two lighthouses located in the middle of Jomfruland are well-known landmarks. The old lighthouse was lit for the first time in 1839. Since then, it has been the first to meet for ships making thei...

© Christer L Sørensen
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Porsgrunn, Porsgrunn

Cafe K is the place for culture, debate, and tasty food in intimate surroundings.

Here you will meet interesting people for
exchange of views, to stimulate the mind with magazines, film and live musi...

© Christer Sørensen
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Skien, Skien

With its ruined church, Kapitelberget on Bratsberg is the foremost reminder of the powerful Dags family in Skien.

The church at Kapitelberget was a crypt church. A crypt is a room beneath the chance...

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Flatdal, Seljord

"The Kings stone" in Flatdal

© Vest-Telemark Museum
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Kviteseid, Kviteseid

What did a prosperous farm in West Telemark look like about 200 years ago? At the Kviteseid Museum of local history you will find the answer. In this same area you will find the sculpture exhibition f...

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Siljan, Siljan

The ironworks at Moholt started operations in 1731 as a subsidiary of the larger ironworks at Larvik.

Today, one can see the remains of a blast furnace and a storehouse for charcoal - "the Coal Cell...

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Morgedal, Kviteseid

The starting point for any visit to Morgedal, this is a striking building which houses a multimedia journey through skiing's history with special attention paid to the skiing revolution which develope...

© Haukeliseter Fjellstue
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Edland, Vinje

The road over Haukelifjell was built at the same time as the Telemark Canal. When the project was completed at the end of the 19th century, the Haukeli road was the shortest inland route between the east and west coasts of Norway.

© Møtestad Seljord
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Seljord, Seljord

Skorve, at nearly 4000 ft., is Seljord`s talles mountain. Two airplanes crashed into Skorve in 1944 during WWII. One of the airplanes was an American airplane flying supplies to the resistance. It cra...

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Dalen, Tokke

Ripilen is an old mountain farm with much history surrounding it. It was here that "Draumkvedet" was written by Moltke Moe, in the tradition of Torbjoerg Ripilen. All the buildings on the farm are res...

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