Våer
Våer is a bus stop in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet. Våer is situated nearby to the power station Vemork, as well as near the waterfall Rjukan Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Highlights include Vemork and Rjukan Falls.
Vemork
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. Vemork is situated 790 metres south of Våer.
Rjukan Falls
Waterfall
Rjukan Falls or Rjukanfossen is a waterfall in the western part of the Vestfjorddalen valley in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 104-metre tall waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres to the west of the town of Rjukan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Rjukan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.
Våer
- Type: Bus stop
- Also known as: “Vaer”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.87626° or 59° 52′ 35″ northLongitude
8.49773° or 8° 29′ 52″ eastElevation
511 metres (1,677 feet)Open location code
9FFCVFGX+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1289141887OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopGeoNames ID
8589121
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- Norwegian: “Våer”
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