Telemark, Norway · Europe
Notodden is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Sauland, 5km from Heddal Stave Church.
Notodden is in Telemark, Norway, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sauland, about 19 km away.
Notodden (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈnuːtˌɔdːən] ) is a town in Notodden Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located at the north end of the lake Heddalsvatnet, at the mouth of the river Tinnelva. The villages of Heddal and Yli lie about 5Read more
kilometres (3.1 mi) to the west of the town. The villages of Hjuksebø and Hjuksevelta both lie about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south of the town. The town of Kongsberg is located about 28 kilometres (17 mi) to the east of the town. The village of Bolkesjø is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the north of the town.
The 7.32-square-kilometre (1,810-acre) town has a population (2025) of 9,365 and a population density of 1,279 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,310/sq mi).
The Notodden Church is located in the town centre. The European route E134 highway passes through the town from east to west. The town's old industrial base is located near the lake shore. This is where Norsk Hydro's facilities were built.
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Within an hour or so of Notodden: Heddal Stave Church (5 km), Gaustatoppen (47 km), Vemork (55 km).
The nearest famous roads are Hardangervidda Mountain Plateau Road (Rv7) and Suleskarvegen (Fv337).
Notodden is in Telemark, Norway, about 19 km from Sauland.
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cathedral
Norway's largest stave church, a triple-naved wooden cathedral raised around 1200 and still the parish church of Notodden. Its tiered shingled roofs rise like a dark pagoda beside route E134 through Telemark.
5 km · about 10 min drive
scenic viewpoint
From the summit you can see roughly a sixth of mainland Norway on a clear day. Reached on foot or by the old cold-war railway inside the mountain.
47 km · about 55 min drive
museum
The 1911 Vemork power plant outside Rjukan, target of the WWII heavy-water sabotage raids that crippled the Nazi atomic programme, now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. Part of the Rjukan–Notodden UNESCO site.
55 km · about 65 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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