Rjukan Falls, Rjukan

Name: Rjukan Falls
Address: Rjukan, Norway

#3 among attractions in Rjukan

Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Rjukan Falls is a waterfall of 104 metres in the western part of the Westfjord valley in Tinn, a municipality in the county of Vestfold og Telemark, Norway, west of the industrial town Rjukan. The waterfall is a part of the Måne river, earlier a major tourist attraction, being one of the first floodlighted waterfalls by electricity produced by the same waterfall. In 1905 Rjukan Falls was built out to produce hydro electrical power for the saltpetre production when Norsk Hydro was established. ()

Local name: Rjukanfossen Coordinates: 59°52'1"N, 8°28'45"E

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Rjukan Norway

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Rjukan Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, Krossobanen, Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site.

0.5 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Science museum
Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, Rjukan
14 min walk • Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum is an industrial museum located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. Located in the Vemork power station, it was established in 1988 to allow the preservation of industrial society created by Norsk Hydro when they established themselves in Rjukan in 1907.
2.7 miNE
Aerial tramway
Krossobanen
70 min walk • Krossobanen is an aerial tramway in Rjukan, Norway, and was the first of its kind in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 by Bleichert as a gift from Norsk Hydro to the people of Rjukan, offering them a view of the sun which is obscured by the surrounding mountains during the winter months from October to March.
4 miE
59°52'43"N • 8°35'37"E
Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site, Rjukan
104 min walk • The Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site is a World Heritage Site in Vestfold & Telemark county, Norway, created to protect the industrial landscape around Lake Heddalsvatnet and Vestfjorddalen valley.

Rjukan Falls, Rjukan

Facts and practical information

Rjukan Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, Rjukan

Krossobanen

Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site, Rjukan