The Cobalt Mines
Experience
The Cobalt Works
At the Cobalt Works you will find the annual art exhibition, historical exhibitions, the Children’s Farm, homemade food at the Barrelmakers’ Inn and The Blue Shop.
Art exhibition
Treasures of the Home
Enjoy domestic treasures from the world of art when the Cobalt Works and Mines celebrates 50 years as a museum.
Discover
The Cobalt Mines
The Cobalt Mines stretch across a three-kilometre area in Skuterudåsen. It was here that cobalt ore was found in 1772 and became the basis of the Cobalt Works.
Art exhibition
Kittelsen’s Nix in the Depths of the Lake
Theodor Kittelsen’s ‘Nøkken’ (Water Spirit) will be in the spotlight when the Kittelsen Museum at the Cobalt Mines celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2018.
Cultural Trail
North Mines Trail
A fascinating, educational and easily accessible tour through a distinctive mining landscape.
Cultural Trail
South Mines Trail
Our newest cultural trail offering stunning viewpoints and cultural relics.
The Kittelsen Museum
This is the place to enjoy one of Norway’s largest collections of originals by Kittelsen, an illustrator of fairy tales.
The spectacular
Mine Safari
Our most spectacular tour where you will power your way through drifts, shafts and huge mountain halls along the way. Are you ready for a subterranean safari?
The Mining Museums
The Mining Yard tells the industrial history of the mining operations and the people involved in the work from 1773 to 1893.
Miners’ Inn
The Miners' Inn lies in the heart of the Cobalt Mines. The Miners' Inn is a natural meeting point and a great place to start off an eventful day for the whole family at the Cobalt Mines.
Mine Shop and information
Tickets for all guided tours in the Cobalt Mines are sold in the Mine Shop, which is located inside the Miners' Inn at Gruvetråkka.