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Gaustatoppen in Rjukan .
Photo: Studio Boro

Hiking to Gaustatoppen in Rjukan .
Photo: Studio Boro

Enjoy Southern Norway’s greatest view from Gaustatoppen, the highest peak in Telemark.

On a clear day, you can see one-sixth of Norway!

You can even spend the night there, and wake up to a spectacular sunrise.

Hiking to Gaustatoppen .
Photo: Thomas Rasmus Skaug / Visitnorway.com

The mountain will set your Instagram feed on fire from below too.

Lonely Planet calls it «Norway’s most beautiful mountain», and we're sure you can see why!

And yet, its best secret is hidden deep inside.

Mount Gaustatoppen near Rjukan in Telemark .
Photo: Ove Bergersen

How many mountains can you ascend James Bond-style, via a Cold War funicular built by NATO?

Gaustabanen funicular to Gaustatoppen in Rjukan .
Photo: Studio Boro

The Gaustabanen funicular, Gaustatoppen .
Photo: Studio Boro

For a real-life action story, head no further than Vemork, where a museum tells the story of one of the most daring sabotage missions during the Second World War.

A guided tour on The Saboteur’s trail brings the heroic tale even closer, albeit sweatier.

Vemork in Rjukan .
Photo: VisitRjukan / Nancy Bundt

It’s no coincidence that Lonely Planet describes Rjukan as “Southern Norway’s activity centre par excellence”.

True daredevils can challenge gravity in Norway’s toughest bungee jump.

Or ice climb up one of the 192 waterfalls that freeze in winter.

Bungee jumping at Rjukan .
Photo: Bjørn Harry Schønhaug

Most of us, however, will enjoy Rjukan’s nature in much more peaceful ways.

Like petting the goats at Håvardsrud Seterliv.

Håvardsrud summer farm in Rjukan .
Photo: Elisabeth Haig Jacobsen

Make sure you taste the local specialty rjomegraut (sour cream porridge).

Or the world’s second-best cheese, also made in the area.

Rjukan has achieved the certification Sustainable Destination. Although this does not mean that the destination is sustainable, it does mean that it has made a commitment to work systematically to reduce the negative effects of tourism, while strengthening its positive ripple effects.

Rømmegrøt from Rjukan .
Photo: Nancy Bundt