Top Things to do in Kviteseid Municipality
The 10 Best Things to do in Kviteseid Municipality, Eastern Norway
Discover the best top things to do in Kviteseid Municipality, Norway including Haegefjell Vradal, Vradal Tourist Information, Vradal Panorama Ski Centre, Norsk skieventyr - Norwegian Ski Museum Morgedal, M/S Fram Day Tours, Vraadal golf, Kviteseid Local History Museum, Kviteseid Old Church, Galleri Lalla, Skare Farm.
1. Haegefjell Vradal
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
WALK OF MEDIUM DIFFICULTY with beautiful panoramic views of Vradal and the lakes Nisser and Vravatn. This makes a lovely walk, whether you choose to go the whole way or only part of it. After you get past Stemnetten, there are 360- degree views the whole way. The ground is mainly rock, but there are some damp stretches. Wear good footwear and a windbreaker! YOU CAN START at Vradal ski centre and head up to Tverrfjellet, either by cable car or on foot. You can also start at Stemnetten. Take the road with the toll barrier (there is a box where you can pay) to the top of the hill. The path, shown in red on the map, starts there, and heads past Luktarhola, Sveigefjell, Brennstoylnuten and Haegefjellskardet, and on up to the top of Mount Haegefjell. From Haegefjell you return by the same path. It is also possible to continue down to Nissedal and Fjone.
2. Vradal Tourist Information
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The Tourist information is situated in the centre of Vradal. You may also hire a boat, canoe or kayak here.
3. Vradal Panorama Ski Centre
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
Vradal Skisenter boasts a chairlift and in addition 4 lifts. 15 km slopes. Separate downhill slope. Skiing school, ski shop, hire of skis, and snowboards, snowboard park, 2 resturants, and lots of new cabins and apartments are beeing built at the moment! Vradal features Telemark's biggest snow cannon facilities!
4. Norsk skieventyr - Norwegian Ski Museum Morgedal
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4.5 based on 19 reviews
The starting point for any visit to Morgedal, this is a striking building which houses a multimedia journey through skiing's history with special attention paid to the skiing revolution which developed out from Morgedal in the 1850's. You can explore the museum on your own but a guide is highly recommended. Displays inside the museum include a big screen pre-show depicting the development of skiing over the last 4000 years, Morgedal in the 1850s, a ski making workshop, First to the south pole, Norway's first ski wax factory, Olympic flame history and displays and a wide format, 3 screen telemark ski film that will give you the urge to strap on some skis!
5. M/S Fram Day Tours
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
M/S Fram offers sightseeing on the lakes Nisser in Vrådal. The two lake offers narrow straits, beaches and locks. On board you can enjoy the famous waffles as well as icecream, chocolate, soft drinks, beer and wine.M/S Fram sails scheduled tours from May to October and max capacity is 90 persons. She was built in 1909 for the purpose of tugging timber on the Nisser and Vråvatn lakes. In 1986 she was rebuilt into the passenger boat she is today.
6. Vraadal golf
7. Kviteseid Local History Museum
Kviteseid museum of local history is an open-air museum showing a prosperous farmyard in Vest-Telemark 200 years ago. There are 12 buildings, the oldest a traditional storehouse from the 1300s. The main building, Flekstveitstoga from the 1600s, has a beautifully decorated livingroom, rosepainted by one of the first famous rosepainters. The museum is open all week during the summer season.
8. Kviteseid Old Church
The old church of Kviteseid was built of stone about 1150 and dedicated to St Olav. The roof was decorated by Thomas Blixius in 1714 in twenty parts. The church has retained its original entrance with a carved wooden arch above the door depicting two dragons entwined in eternal struggle. Guidet tours are arranged in the summer by the nearby open air museum.
9. Galleri Lalla
10. Skare Farm
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