Gea Norvegica Geopark is owned by the counties of Telemark and Vestfold, together with the eight municipalities of Bamble, Kragerø, Nome, Porsgrunn, Siljan, Skien, Lardal and Larvik.
Gea Norvegica Geopark seeks to spread knowledge of our unique geological heritage an show the interrelatedness between natural geological processes and human existence.
Visit other Global Geoparks at www.globalgeopark.org or www.europeangeoparks.org
The Gea Norvegica Geopark visitor center is located at the porcelain factory in Porsgrunn…
At Rugtvedt in Bamble, a new exciting locality has emerged, a sandy beach that was…
The Olav church ruin (Skeidi church) are the ruins of a stone church built before 1150 in…
Bamble is dominated by two types of landscape with completely different geological…
Great hiking area near Rognstranda in Bamble. Beautiful forests and flora.
Bamble's Landscape - Exciting Geology Through Millions of Years
The landscape with the escarpments, "flauane" in Norwegian, is characteristic of the…
Tollpakkboden is a log-built warehouse, the main part of which dates from the early 1700s.
Langesund customs warehouse as it stands today was erected in 1869.
The old guardhouse is now a customs museum, with artefacts found there from long ago.
The rocks in Steinvika were created in the earth's antiquity, for approx. 461-451 million…
The history of Langøytangen lighthouse station dates back to 1828.
Tangen Fort, located at the far end of Langesundstangen, is a popular hiking area just…