The Cobalt Works and Mines is currently an 8 km long museum offering a mixture of art, culture and nature which provides tranquillity, recreation and experiences for every generation, with:
• New art exhibitions every year
• Six exciting museum shops with specialties
• Three atmospheric eateries where we serve home-made food
• The Children’s Farm
• Children’s mine tour
• Guided mine tours in the mining complex dating back to the 19th century
• Cultural Trails through huge open-cast mines with stunning viewpoints
• Mining museums showing the development of mining technology
• The Thorbjørnrud Ysteri cheese store inside the mines
Annually the Cobalt Works and Mines have more than 150,000 visitors between them. That makes us one of the most visited tourist attractions in Norway.