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Telemark is a county in East Norway.

Regions

Cities

  • Porsgrunn - a town with a yearly street theater festival.
  • Notodden - holds a yearly blues festival in August.
  • Kragerø - a seaside town which attracts many tourists in summer.
  • Brevik - a seaside town with a bacallao festival.
  • Langesund - a seaside town with many concerts at Wrightegaarden in summer, also has a fish festival and a sea shanty festival.
  • Rjukan - a town deep in a valley that the sun doesn't reach there during winter. Also the home of the Industrial workers museum and the heavy water sabotage mission during WWII

Other destinations

  • Nome - a municipality
  • Gaustadtoppen. The highest mountain in south Norway.

Culture and History

Talk

Travel to Telemark - Visa Requirements

By air: Telemark is served by two airports with scheduled flights, Skien Geiteryggen Airport and Notodden Airport.

By car: E18, the main road of Eastern and Southern Norway, passes through Telemark in the districts of Porsgrunn, Bamble and Kragerø.

By bus:

By train:

Tours and Getting around Telemark

Telemark tourist attractions and sightseeing

Itineraries

Telemark city tours

Telemark Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Telemark nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Stay safe

Get out

Destinations in Telemark:

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