Sights in Rjukan
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Norwegian Industrial Workers' Museum
This museum, 7km west of Rjukan, is in the Vemork power station, which was the world’s largest when completed in 1911. These days it honours the Socialist Workers’ Party, which reached its height of Norwegian activities in the 1950s. You won’t want to miss the 30-minute film If Hitler Had the Bomb, describing the epic events of war-time Telemark, nor the miniature power station in the main hall. There’s also an interesting exhibition about the worldwide race in the 1930s and ’40s to make an atom bomb. It consists of short films, touch screen exhibits, photos and dioramas.
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Krossobanen Cable Car
The Krossobanen Cable Car was constructed in 1928 by Norsk Hydro to provide its employees with access to the sun. Long since renovated, it whisks tourists up to Gvepseborg (886m) for a view over the deep, dark recesses. The best panoramas are from the viewing platform atop the cable-car station. It also operates as the trailhead for a host of hiking and cycling trails\.
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Rjukanfossen
Believed to be the highest waterfall in the world in the 18th century, the 104m-high Rjukanfossen is still a spectacular sight, even if most of the water has been diverted to drive the Vemork power station. To get the best view, take the Rv37 heading west and park just before the tunnel 9.5km west of town; a 200m-walk leads to a fine viewpoint.
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Tinn Museum
This quiet little folk museum, at the eastern end of town, traces rural Norwegian architecture from the 11th century to the early 1900s. Highlights include doorways of stave churches and old textiles.
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