Enjoy a friendly and relaxing stay in Historic Numedal – the Medieval Valley.
Travel and stay in authentic Numedal (County road 40)
Numedal is the quiet route linking the rolling countryside and busy towns of southern Norway to the wide open mountain plateau of Hardangervidda with its views of the Hardangerjøkulen ice cap. From here it is on to the deep fjords of western Norway. Numedal stretches from Kongsberg in the south 160 km, 100 miles, north to Geilo on one of the main Oslo - Bergen routes that cross the country. (Probably the shortest, most beautiful and with less traffic).
Kongsberg itself is only 80 km, 50 miles, from Oslo while Geilo is 100 km from Brimnes on the edge of Eidfjord which is 140 km from Bergen.
Numedal has something for everyone. It is known as “Middelalderdalen” (Middleage valley), because it has over 40 listed historic solid timber building from the Middle Ages as well as four original timber stave churches, see www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. The stave churches, “stavkirker”, are off the present main road on the quieter old road. They may look plain from the outside because they have lost their outer covered walkways, but inside all the surfaces are covered in painting of various ages and styles. The development of these churches is as enigmatic as any parish church in Great Britain. At Nore stace church, the original central 900 year old tree trunk still supports the roof and the tower. At Uvdal and Rollag there are also collections of timber farm buildings, “bygdetun”, which demonstrate how people lived in those days when self-sufficiency was a necessity, not an option.
At Sevletunet you can fully appreciate these buildings by staying in one, all modernised inside.
For those who wish to be more active, there is a bicycle route down the length of the valley, mostly on the old road. If three wheels are safer than two, then at Veggli you can try something different, a tricycle that sits on the rails of the old railway, see the general web site.
30 minutes car drive from Sevletunet, at 1000 meters above sea-level, you can meet the native wild life that survives in the winter snow, wolves, lynx, moose, reindeer as well as others at the mountain farm, Langedrag. www.langedrag.no. This is not an ordinary animal park, it is something more…See more under Langedrag.
Numedal is the quiet route linking the rolling countryside and busy towns of southern Norway to the wide open mountain plateau of Hardangervidda with its views of the Hardangerjøkulen ice cap. From here it is on to the deep fjords of western Norway. Numedal stretches from Kongsberg in the south 160 km, 100 miles, north to Geilo on one of the main Oslo - Bergen routes that cross the country. (Probably the shortest, most beautiful and with less traffic).
Kongsberg itself is only 80 km, 50 miles, from Oslo while Geilo is 100 km from Brimnes on the edge of Eidfjord which is 140 km from Bergen.
Numedal has something for everyone. It is known as “Middelalderdalen” (Middleage valley), because it has over 40 listed historic solid timber building from the Middle Ages as well as four original timber stave churches, see www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. The stave churches, “stavkirker”, are off the present main road on the quieter old road. They may look plain from the outside because they have lost their outer covered walkways, but inside all the surfaces are covered in painting of various ages and styles. The development of these churches is as enigmatic as any parish church in Great Britain. At Nore stace church, the original central 900 year old tree trunk still supports the roof and the tower. At Uvdal and Rollag there are also collections of timber farm buildings, “bygdetun”, which demonstrate how people lived in those days when self-sufficiency was a necessity, not an option.
At Sevletunet you can fully appreciate these buildings by staying in one, all modernised inside.
For those who wish to be more active, there is a bicycle route down the length of the valley, mostly on the old road. If three wheels are safer than two, then at Veggli you can try something different, a tricycle that sits on the rails of the old railway, see the general web site.
30 minutes car drive from Sevletunet, at 1000 meters above sea-level, you can meet the native wild life that survives in the winter snow, wolves, lynx, moose, reindeer as well as others at the mountain farm, Langedrag. www.langedrag.no. This is not an ordinary animal park, it is something more…See more under Langedrag.