Sights in Røros
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Røros Museum
Housed in old smelting works, which were central to Røros’ raison d’être from 1646 until 1953, this museum is a town highlight. The building was reconstructed in 1988 according to the original 17th-century plan. Upstairs you’ll find geological and conservation displays, while downstairs are a large balance used for weighing ore, some well-illustrated early mining statistics, and brilliant working models of the mines and the water- and horse-powered smelting processes. Displays of copper smelting are held at 3pm from Tuesday to Friday from early July to early August.
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Røros Kirke
Røros’ Lutheran church is one of Norway’s largest with a seating capacity of 1640. Constructed in 1650, it had fallen into disrepair by the mid-18th century and from 1780 a new baroque-style church was built just behind the original at a cost of 23,000 riksdaler (one riksdaler is the equivalent of Nkr4, and at the time miners earned about 50 riksdaler per year).
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Kvitsanden
A 1km walk northwest from central Røros will take you to the sand dunes of Kvitsanden, the largest in Scandinavia. Scoured, transported and deposited there by water flowing under an ancient glacier, they're more novel than beautiful.
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