Things to do in Buskerud, Eastern Norway: The Best Historic Sites

Fossesholm Herregard is a splendid manor in ovre Eiker. The manor was the main building for the Foss estate, which was unified in the 16th century. In the 18th century the manor was beautifully embellished and re-built in rococo style, as it still appears today.

Portasen - Herman Wildenvey's childhood home - is located in a beautiful landscape and quiet forest farm in Mjondalen, Nedre Eiker. Portasen is a center for dissemination of Herman Wildenvey life and writing. In addition, a meeting place and venue for local, regional and national artists and cultural workers. In Vaningshuset you will find Sorine Café and Poetry Library. In Laven there is the Herman Wildenvey-room and the Digital Archive. Bryggerihuset is the place for shared experiences and memories. Portasen's outdoor amphitheater can accommodate up to 400 spectators. There are concerts and readings during the summer. In the surroundings there is a rich flora, especially orchids species. Marked trails.

Chr. Skredsvigs hjem Hagan Hagan was the home of the painter and author Christian Skredsvig (1854-1924) and is the best kept Norwegian artist home of the golden age of Norwegian painting. Both house and interior have been left untouched since Chr. Skredsvig and his family lived there. His own and his art friends' paintings and drawings still hang on the walls, all together about 150 originals. Lake Solevann and the mountain Andersnatten. Hagan lies high up in Eggedal with a fantastic view over the lake Solevann and the mountain Andersnatten. The place still belongs to the Skredsvig family, but the municipality of Sigdal is responsible for maintenance and management of the artist home. Summer season Hagan is open for guided tours in the summer season and has new theme exhibitions with Skredsvig's original work every year. In the old storehouse from 1668 you find an exhibition and a shop where art reproductions and other souvenirs are sold.

Entering Gildehallen, the guild hall, at Oset is like going hundreds of years back in time! Gildehallen has a spectacular collection of around 3000 different farm antiquities. Furniture, pots, beer bowls, tools pretty much anything you can think of in old artifacts and knicknacks. Gildehallen is at Oset Hoyfjellshotell. The collection is private, but tours are given by appointment with the hotel. Tours wednesdays at 17.00 and sundays at 11.00 between 25. June and 20. August. Tours sundays at 11.00 during the rest of the year. Directions: • Follow Rv. 51 direction Golsfjellet/Fagernes • Go left at sign marked Golsfjellet • Follow signs to Oset Hoyfjellshotell Contact information: Oset Hoyfjellshotell Golsfjellet Tel 3207 9500

Welcome to the Old Town in Hallingdal. Gamle Nes (Old Nes) is the oldest part of Nesbyen. Nesbyen was the administration centre and the residence for officials in Hallingdal and there are many great buildings here which reflect a completely different culture than that which is reflected in the somewhat more modest Halling lodges that also exist in the same area. Here you can see Hallingdal first sidewalk, or trottoir, as they liked to call it at the time. This is where the priest, judge and sheriff lived, and Old Nes also saw Hallingdal first shop. Old Nes mainly consists of the buildings in Nesbyen before 1900. Geographically, the area stretches from Hallingdal museum, along Rukkedalselva river to the Hallingdal River and Alfarvegen to Nesbyen town centre. Some buildings outside this area are also part of Old Nes, such as the church, Hagaled, the Station Building and Mortenslokka prison. Visit Old Nes and get to know the place and its history: - A brochure with key information about the houses and hiking maps. Norwegian / English. Free. Tourist office and the museum. - Signs on or by the Houses with key information. - Experience the old town with Audio Guide. Tour of the town with digital storytelling. Norwegian, English and German. Free / deposit for loan. Contact the tourist office or the museum. - Guided walks on request. - Führungen auf Anfrage an die lokale Führer Knut Eidal. When touring the town, we recommend bringing a brochure about the Otto Figures in Nesbyen. See the Otto figures.