Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Buses connect Rjukan with Oslo (Nkr390, 3½ hours) via Notodden (Nkr146, 1¼ hours;
where you need to change buses) roughly every other hour between 5.30am and 3.30pm.
These buses also stop in Kongsberg (Nkr295, two hours).
Rjukan's linear distances will seem intimidating, but the local Bybuss runs from Vemork
to the eastern end of the valley. Bike hire from
Rjukan Gjestegård
costs Nkr200 per day.
Tuddal
Lying beside a deep blue lake surrounded by snow- and forest-dappled peaks, the handful
of colourful wooden houses that make up the tiny mountain village of Tuddal have a set-
ting that is hard to top. There's nothing much to do here except relish the peace and quiet
and maybe embark on a gentle ramble or two.
The village sits at the foot of a bleak and spectacular summer-only mountain road
between Rjukan and the E134 Notodden-Seljord road. Halfway along this mountain road
is a summer tourist-office booth that has maps and route descriptions detailing a number of
excellent hikes.
Seljord
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Lakeside Seljord is known mainly as the home of Selma the Serpent, the Nessie-type mon-
ster that inhabits the depths of the lake
Seljordvatn
. Other creatures of legend call the
nearby hills home and hikers can also seek out the feuding troll women, Ljose-Signe,
Glima and Tårån. Personally we haven't seen them but locals assured us that they're there.
Seljord was also the inspiration for some of Norway's best-known folk legends, including
Asbjørnsen and Moe's
The Three Billy Goats Gruff,
known the world over.
Sights
Seljord Church
CHURCH
(
11am-5pm mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
