Hiking in the World Heritage

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Rjukan – Notodden industrial heritage was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2015.

The Rjukan – Notodden world heritage consists of four components. The Hydroelectric power production, i.e. power plants and facilities for the utilization of water courses for electrical power production. Industrial buildings, i.e. the remaining parts of facilities, plants and machinery for the electro-chemical processing industry. Transport system, i.e. the infrastructure built to export manufactured goods to the world market. Urban communities of the “company town” type, i.e. planned and built by the enterprises that was behind the industrial development.