🏛️ Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site

Norway · Europe · Cultural · 59.88°N, 8.59°E

The Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site is a World Heritage Site in Telemark county, Norway, created to protect the industrial landscape around Lake Heddalsvatnet and Vestfjorddalen valley. The landscape is centered on the plant built by the Norsk Hydro company to produce calcium nitrate fertilizer from atmospheric nitrogen using the Birkeland–Eyde process. The complex also includes hydroelectric power plants, railways, transmission lines, factories, and workers' accommodation and social institutions in the towns of Notodden and Rjukan.

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Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	59.88°N, 8.59°E · view on map

Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site is a cultural World Heritage site in Norway, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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