Skollenborg

Hedenstad Church has 170 seats. The themes range from the economic and cultural history along the Numedalsvassdraget to Romanesque long churches with distinctive details in their furnishings. Labrofossen also has a history that brings art and landscape together.

Museums and art at Labro

The Labro Museums comprise the Norwegian Watercourse Museum, the Numedalslågen Timber-floating Museum and the Norwegian Road Museum Labro. The Watercourse Museum is a specialist museum, focusing on the economic and cultural history along the Numedalsvassdraget. Those particularly interested in these subjects will find a clear cultural focus for their trip. The three names also show that the museums cover a range of different topics.

Visitors to Labro can also see art exhibitions at Galleri Labro. This complements the historical themes with an artistic perspective. Families looking to accommodate different interests can consider these exhibitions as a cultural activity in their own right, while still exploring the history of the museums and churches.

Church architecture with distinctive details

Hedenstad Church is a stone long church dating from between 1100 and 1200. It is located in the municipality of Kongsberg in Buskerud and has 170 seats. The church houses an old altarpiece dating from 1697. It is also believed that a stave church previously stood on the same site. The combination of its architectural form, the presumed predecessor church and the dated altarpiece offers several perspectives on the history of the site.

Efteløt Church is a Romanesque long church dating from around 1184. Its natural stone walls are up to one metre thick. The furnishings also tell the story of earlier buildings: parts were brought over from the former stave church in Komnes, including the altarpiece, baptismal font, bell frame and pulpit. A wall painting dating from 1697 was uncovered in the apse behind the altarpiece. Those interested in church art will find a variety of historical details here: furnishings preserved from a former stave church and a wall painting revealed behind an altarpiece.

Labro between landscape and history

Burial mounds in the Labro area indicate that people have lived there since the Bronze Age. These traces provide a long historical timeframe for exploring the area’s past. Labrofossen offers another way to connect landscape and cultural history: after Thomas Fearnley painted the waterfall in 1837, it became a national romantic landmark. Thus, archaeological evidence of early settlement sits alongside an artistic depiction that came to shape how the waterfall was perceived.

When choosing your holiday rental in Skollenborg, you can consider which of these themes you would like to shape your stay: specialist museums, church architecture and historic furnishings, or art and landscape. The themes are distinct and offer practical starting points for planning your trip, without requiring you to focus on just one.

More destinations to discover: Hvittingfoss, Kongsberg, Passebekk.

Go to the main travel overview: Kongsberg.