Dalen

Dalen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Tokke in Telemark, Norway.

Understand


The village, with a population of about 500, lies at the delta of the Tokke river in the western end of the lake Bandak, which is the western end of the Telemark Canal waterway. The extension of the canal to Bandak in 1892 made the village a tourist site, and the Dalen Hotel, one of the biggest wooden buildings in Norway was built. There are several hydroelectric plants in the vicinity, and the regional headquarters of Statkraft is in Dalen.

Other villages in the municipality include Eidsborg (3 km to the north), Høydalsmo (12 km to the north-east), Lårdal (10 km to the east, by the lake) and Åmsdals Verk (8 km to the south). Eidsborg has a medieval stave church, Åmsdals Verk was a mining site from 1540 to 1945.

Get in and around
The most touristic route to Dalen is by the canal, onboard Henrik Ibsen or Victoria. They may call also at Lårdal.

E134 from Oslo via Notodden passes through Høydalsmo, continuing to the north-west. Road 38 from Kragerø on the coast, near E18, leads through Åmsdals Verk and Dalen and continues northward. Road 450 comes in from road 9 in the south-west.

See




Buy
There's an Extra grocery store where you can buy food, better selection and cheaper than Joker.