Kongsberg Travel Guide

 adema29 Says:  As I have already said, I was one of the people lucky enough to take a dinner in that mine, 1070 meters bellow the surface, breathing silver dust mixed with almost 400 years of mining industry. I did this after an hour visit in some of it's galleries which are longer than... 

 adema29 Says:  It is a must see of course, and I don't need to speak too much about it as I will attach here some nice links... enjoy them What they are not saying on all those sites is that, when I have been there, a very young man, almost a boy, was playing piano.It was perhaps Bach's... 

 Terje1966 Says:  Korset (meaning the cross) is a monument of the place where The Danish king Chr IV stood when he pointed out where he wanted Kongsberg to be built way back in 1624. The story says that he was drunk when he pointed and really meant Kongsberg to be a little longer to the... 

 Terje1966 Says:  At Labro you can visit the Labromuseums. This is a part of Lågdalsmuseet that you can find about 6km south of Kongsberg. The museums are Vassdragsmusset,Numedalslågens Fløtningsmuseum and Norsk Vegmuseum avd. Buskerud.The Vassdragsmuseum is a museum for business and culture... 

 Terje1966 Says:  Near Skollenborg about 7km south of Kongsberg we have a professional 18holes golfcourse.The greenfee is 350nok on weekdays and 450nok in weekends and hollidays.The course has a Club shop ,restaurant, driving range, puttinggreen, pitchinggreen, 6 holes pay and play and you... 

 Terje1966 Says:  You can find the monument of Kongsbergs founder King Christian IV next to the church in the quiet Stukenbroks gate. Every year at the 17th of may in the morning there is a short ceremony in front of this monument. 

 Terje1966 Says:  Tinius Olsen was born in Kongsberg in 1845. When he grew up he moved to the Usa and became a succesful businessman with his own technical patents. Some of the money he earned he gave back to the Kongsberg society. This money was used to start up the Tinius Olsen school so... 

 Terje1966 Says:  On this picture you can see one of the Sakkerhusene in Saggrenda near Kongsberg. A Sakkerhus was used as accomodation for the miners,office, and also for keeping some of the silver. At one time there was more than 100 Sakkerhus in the Kongsberg area and you can still see... 

 curtis_spoonman_lowe Says:  In Houston, Texas, (USA) Chinese restaurants are everywhere. I was almost astounded to find one in Kongsberg, Norway. I was pleasantly surprised by everything, and disappointed by nothing. The establishment is not large by US standards, but it is a very comfortable place to... 

 Terje1966 Says:  The "Drekkedagsnatta" is the night between 22th and 23th of december. People in Kongsbergcelebrate the evening that the old miners came down from the mines before christmas.It all starts up in the forest not far from the mines and the ski center.People are gathered around... 

 adema29 Says:  In our place it is well known that meeting a chimney sweeper is a clear sign of being very lucky. It is easy to understand why.To see in our times a real one on the street in the middle of the city, is certainly impressive, even if the city is in Norway, where the old wooden... 

 Azhut Says:  When I went to Kongsberg I was alone and I had few hours to spend there so I miss to walking along the river. But I suggest to you to do it becasue I saw that there is a nice path all along the river , that starts close to the main bridge and takes a bit far from the center,...