Telemark, Norway · Europe
Dalen sits on the route: 25 minutes from Åmot, 55km from Vemork.
Dalen is a town located in Telemark, Norway. With a population of 532, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Dalen sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Oslo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Dalen to your route.
Dalen is the administrative centre of Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located at the flat river delta where the river Tokke flows into the west end of the lake Bandak. The village of Eidsborg lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Dalen and the village of Åmdals Verk lies about 8Read more
kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south of Dalen.
The 0.77-square-kilometre (190-acre) village has a population (2022) of 532 and a population density of 688 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,780/sq mi).
The village of Dalen is the westernmost endpoint of the Telemark Canal which runs from Dalen to the town of Skien to the southeast. Dalen became a tourist site due to all the canal traffic. The Dalen Hotel, built in 1894, is among the largest wooden buildings in Norway.
The Tokke Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station that is located on the east side of Dalen. The power station exploits the change in height from the lake Vinjevatn to the lake Bandak at Dalen. Statkraft's regional headquarters for Eastern Norway are located in Dalen. This headquarters oversees and manages 38 power stations in the region. Dalen's population increased as the power systems were constructed during the 1950s, but then declined again after this finished by the 1960s.
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Dalen is located in Telemark, Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 59.4450 latitude, 8.0049 longitude.
Dalen has a population of approximately 532 people, making it a town in Norway.
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The 1911 Vemork power plant outside Rjukan, target of the WWII heavy-water sabotage raids that crippled the Nazi atomic programme, now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. Part of the Rjukan–Notodden UNESCO site.
55 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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