Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
tunga is an eight- to 10-hour return hike away. En route, watch out for the
Tyssestrengene
waterfall
(646m).
If you continue on a little beyond Trolltunga, you reach another fine vantage point,
Preikestolen
(Pulpit Rock), a smaller version of the lookout of the same name above
Lysefjord, near Stavanger.
Norwegian Museum for Hydroelectric Power and Industry
MUSEUM
(Tyssedal Hydroelectric Power Station;
53 65 00 60;
www.nvim.no
;
Naustbakken 7, Tyssedal; adult/
child Nkr90/free, tours by arrangment;
10am-5pm mid-May-Aug, 10am-5pm Mon-Fri Sep-mid-
May)
Designed by Thorvald Astrup, a 20th-century architect known for industrial projects in-
spired by both Italian cathedrals and the burgeoning functionalist movement, the Tysso 1
plant was constructed between 1906 and 1918. It is one of the country's most significant
industrial heritage sites, protected under historic monument legislation, and it is indeed
beautiful. There are tours and exhibitions as well as visits to the nearby Ringedal dam and
a group of preserved workers' housing in Odda.
If you have reasonable fitness levels and appropriate shoes, you can climb the footpath
used by the workers to reach the beginning of the pipeline at Lilletopp, 400m above the
power station. There is also a small intake dam, the dam-watchers house, water tunnels
and the huge waterpipes, not to mention spectacular views of the Sørfjord.
Opplev Odda
( 90 82 45 72;
www.opplevodda.com
)
take guided climbs (Nkr750, including museum en-
trance) along via ferrata that replicate the experience of the workers who built the plant.
Activities
For hikes of up to six hours around town, pick up the helpful brochure
Hikes in Odda,
or
the more detailed
Hiking and Biking - Odda, Røldal, Seljestad, Tyssedal
from the tourist
office.
Flat Earth
HIKING
( 47 60 68 47;
www.flatearth.no
)
Flat Earth runs guided hikes up the lovely Buer valley followed by a glacier walk on the
Buer arm of Folgefonna (adult Nkr750, including crampons and ice axes). This is one of
