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Rjukan, Norway

Things to do in Rjukan

Everything in the Atlas for Rjukan: places to see and things to do, in one list.

Vemork

The heavy water plant sabotaged in 1943, with the pipeline the saboteurs climbed still on the cliff.

Museum · 2 hours

The Sun Mirrors

Three heliostats on the mountain throwing daylight into a square the sun cannot reach for six months.

Monument · 20 minutes

Vemork and the heavy water raid

The plant, the pipeline the saboteurs climbed, and an account that does not tidy up how close it came to failing.

Museum or collection · moderate

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