Notodden Sights

  1. Heddal Rural Museum

    The Heddal Rural Museum , 300m from the stave church, includes a collection of houses from rural Telemark.

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  2. Heddal Stave Church

    The fairytale Heddal Stave Church is the largest and one of the most beautiful of Norway's 28 remaining stave churches. The church possibly dates from 1242, but parts of the chancel date from as early as 1147. It was heavily restored in the 1950s. As with all stave churches, it's constructed around Norwegian pine support pillars - in this case, 12 large ones and six smaller ones, all topped by fearsome visages - and has four carved entrance portals.

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