Rjukan-Notodden: More Than Just the Heavy Water Story

📱 Xplore Norway App - GPS-triggered audio guide for your Norway road trip: https://app.xplorenorway.com/ Rjukan-Notodden is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Telemark, about two and a half hours from Oslo. Most people know it from the heavy water sabotage in 1943, but the area was actually one of Norway's first tourist destinations - a geologist wrongly reported finding the world's tallest waterfall here in 1811. We spent one and a half days here. If you're new to the area, plan at least two days. This video covers Vemork and the Heavy Water Cellar, Rjukanfossen, the heritage railway, Gaustatoppen, Heddal Stave Church, and the route through to Notodden. Note: Krossobanen cable car is closed until 2027/2028. ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 0:00 Introduction 1:04 Getting there 1:40 Rjukan town 2:40 Vemork & Heavy Water Cellar 5:03 Rjukanfossen 6:05 Krossobanen (closed) 6:36 Rjukanbanen heritage railway 7:18 Tinnsjøen & SF Hydro 8:02 Gaustatoppen 8:55 Tuddal route 9:21 Heddal Stave Church 11:30 Notodden 11:52 Outro LINKS: Vemork Museum: https://www.telemarkmuseum.no/vemork Rjukanbanen: https://www.telemarkmuseum.no/rjukanb... Heddal Stave Church: https://heddalstavkirke.no Marispelet (when the waterfall flows): https://www.marispelet.no Our Gaustatoppen video: [LINK] #rjukan #notodden #norway #unesco #vemork #heavywater #heddalstavkirke #gaustatoppen #telemark ▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT THIS CHANNEL ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Xplore Norway gives you honest, practical travel advice from someone who actually lives here. No sponsorship hype, no "hidden gem" clickbait - just the information you need to plan your trip properly. 🔔 Subscribe for more Norway travel guides 📸 Instagram:   / xplore_norway   📘 Facebook:   / xplore.norway.no   If you are listening to the automatically dubbed audio track: Place names can be translated wrongly. Please check the subtitles or English soundtrack