The 5 Best Historic Sites in Aust-Agder, Southern Norway

Naes Ironworks Museum is located in Tvedestrand, Southern Norway. This is the only one of the old ironworks in Norway where most of the production buildings and equipment are preserved. The most important part of the museum is the blast furnace and the forge. The mechanical workshop has historical exhibitions. The operations at Naes date back to 1665. The ironworks gives a unique opportunity to see how an ironworks was organized, how people lived and worked at there, and how iron and steel were produced. Then visitors get a guided tour inside the production facilities, where the guide tell about how the work was done and demonstrate the rebuilt bellows. In addition to regular tours, the ironworks has many events and activities during the season. Nes Verk is a special national attraction, and a walk along the river Storelva, in the park and on the golf course gives a good picture of this historical area. Guided tours every hour from 11-16 in the summer season.

Building from 1734, received Europa Nostradiploma for successful restoration.

Sandra Svendsen's House dates from 1723 and is the oldest house in town, and one of the loveliest.

Grimstad Art Society is located in Reimanngarden. Reimanngarden dates back to the 1700s, and is where Henrik Ibsen lived and worked when he first arrived in Grimstad.

This is a timber house dating from about 1730, used for customs and excise from 1838. The building was listed for preservation in 1991.