Heavy Water Cellar

Heavy Water Cellar is a building in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet. Heavy Water Cellar is situated nearby to Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum Vemork, as well as near Vemorkbrua Bungee Jumping Strikkhopp.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 240 metres southeast of Heavy Water Cellar.

Rjukan Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Kristin, CC BY 2.0.

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 waterfall is located on the river Måna, about five kilometres 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.

Heavy Water Cellar

Type: Tourist attraction
Also known as: “Tungtvannskjelleren”
Categories: building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.87143° or 59° 52′ 17″ north

Longitude

8.49204° or 8° 29′ 31″ east

Inception

1935

Levels

Operator

Telemark Museum (NIA)

Open location code

9FFCVFCR+HR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 705846150

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=industrial_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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