Lien
Lien is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 872 metres. Lien is situated nearby to the locality Gvepseborg, as well as near Skardet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rjukan Station and Vemork.
Rjukan Station
Railway station
Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912. Rjukan Station is situated 2½ km east of Lien.
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 3 km southwest of Lien.
Rjukan videregående skole
School
Photo: Ojtveito, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan videregående skole is a school.
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.
Lien
- Type: Locality
- Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.88524° or 59° 53′ 7″ northLongitude
8.54193° or 8° 32′ 31″ eastElevation
872 metres (2,861 feet)Open location code
9FFCVGPR+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5640569507OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shielingOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
9837444
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“Lien” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Lien”
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