Things to do in Tinn Municipality, Eastern Norway: The Best Sights & Landmarks

Selstali seter er en ekte seter som gjennom generasjoner har holdt tradisjonen ved like.Her lever vi i ett med naturen og dyrene.Her har vi kuer, høner, griser, ender, koppelam, kaniner.Vi foredler all melken her pa gammelt vis. Lager ost, kinner smør, koker prim som du kan ta med deg hjem i sma beger eller nyte et godt maltid mat her. Flotte tur og fiskemuligheter. Hytteutleie.

Havardsrud Seterliv is an traditional summer farm in Norway. Here you can meet the people and the animals living on the farm. The cafe is open in the summer and the place is open for meetings and banquet facilities. Holiday cottages to rent. Local food like butter, cheese and honey. Kids love to play and help with all the animals in the summer camp. Help find the cows and get them back to the farm. Then you can try to milk them. Summer farm open from Midsummer until end of August. Open for meetings and parties all year. Call for information.

SF Ammonia is a steam powered railway ferry on Tinnsjø that connected Rjukanbanen with Tinnosbanen, Norway. The ferry was one of the four railway ferries on Tinnsjø that was used by Norsk Hydro to transport chemicals from Rjukan to the port in Skien. The ferry is one of four remaining steam powered railway ferries in the world, and can still be seen docked at Mæl.

A giant sunmirror is installed on the mountainside in Rjukan. Rjukan is a valley with high mountains, which result in no sun during the winter. Dus a mirror is installed. It reflects the sunraiz and sends it into the market square in Rjukan. The sun mirror is now described as one of the biggest attractions in Norway.

From Kalhovd, the road continues to Lake Marvatn. By following a path along the eastern bank of Marvatn for about 20 minutes, visitors reach a natural cave or rock shelter on Hardangervidda. It is formed of three large rocks propping each other up and forming a shelter. People have lived here since the Stone Age and in the surrounding area there are many traces of their occupation. Here too lived the outlaw Rikulv. Rikulv lived in the Middle Ages and was outlawed after killing one of the wealthy farmers in the valley in a dispute over fishing rights in Lake Marvatn. Rikulv had several caves he used to hide in and the stone slab at Marvatn was one of these. It was here too that he was captured, later being beheaded nearby. Rikulvs stone can shelter up to 20 people and is a fine place to take a break or have a barbecue. Rikulv also had another cave. This is situated southeast of Kalhovd on a rock-strewn slope. The cave entrance is between some rocks on the scree and it penetrates deep into the mountain. You can descend into several rock chambers and it is said that when Rikulv fled into this rock-slide it was impossible to find him again.

The saboteur's trail is the path the world-famous Norwegian resistance used during the World War 2, the night they ought to blow up the heavy water plant at Vemork. The tour starts from Rjukan Fjellstue. From Rjukan Fjellstue you follow the gravel road for a little while, then it turns east, through varied forest - and mountain terrain. Information boards along the trail. Beautiful nature and view