Activities:
Summer: gorge walks,
climbing, shopping, dancing, mushroom and berry picking, mountain cycling,
hunting, fishing, hill-walking, climbing Gaustatoppen, forest walks.
Winter: Alpine
(5 slopes) and cross-country skiing (85 km of marked tracks)
by Gaustablikk,
cross country in Skinnarbu by Hardangervidda (100 km of
tracks), ice climbing,
snow boarding, sledging, ice fishing, ice rink, dancing, shopping
.
Day trip suggestions:
* Industrial Workers
Museum at Vemork, with an exhibition of the World War II
heavy water operation
(5 km)
* Krossbanen -
cable car
* Climb the Gaustadadtoppen
summit 1883 m.a.s.
* Boat trip on
Møstavatn to Mogen Tourist Cottage in Hardangervidda (18 km).
* Guided tour of
Mår power station (4 km)
* Bø sommarland
- amusement park, take the Gustavegen road, 126 m.a.s. (125 km)
* Rauland - Industriarbeidermuseet
(the Industry Workers Museum) in Vemork, with the Heavy water sabotage
exibition, Krossobanen, exhibitions and museums (45 km)
* Åsberg Zoo offers activities
for children (30 km)
How to get to Rjukan:
Bus: Express coach
from Skien and Oslo.
By air ; Oslo Gardemoen
(240 km)
Car: From Oslo,
take the E18 to Drammen, then the E134 to Ørvella, followed by highway
no. 361 and highway no. 37 to Rjukan. The chalet village is next to the
church, on the other side of the river.
Ski slopes
10 km
Cross-country
10 km
Fishing 10
km
Restaurant
500 m
Shop 500
m
Petrol station
500 m
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Rjukan - 6-person
chalet with 2 bedrooms
Practically furnished
cabin in traditional building style
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The cabin is a replica
of the workers' houses that were built at the beginning of the 1900s. It
measures 30 m2 plus a spacious loft room, and all rooms have a bright and
pleasant interior. The cabin also contains a living room, kitchenette,
bedroom and bathroom. If you don't want to cook, the inn has lots of tempting
dishes on offer!
Facility
TV, Parking place, Cooker with oven, Fridge, Freezer, Coffee maker, Shower,
WC, Dogs allowed
No. of persons
6
No. of bedrooms
2
Floor area
45 m2