TELEMARK CRUISE PORTS Events: See www.visittelemark.com. Cruise season: All year. Average temperature: (Celsius) June 160C, July 20 C, August 160C, September 130C Useful link: www.visittelemark.com/cruise. Cruise and port information: www.grenland-havn.no Cable car - Gaustatoppen in the background. Photo: Visit Rjukan Apple picking in Gvarv. Photo: Live Skinnes Kragerø. Photo: Visit Kragerø - Railway inside Mount Gaustatoppen 1883 m, skiing revolution which developed from Morgedal in Heddal Museum, Notodden overlooking 1/6 of Norway the 1850s. An open air museum with livestock. Located near - Sun mirror Heddal Stave Church with a collection of typical, old Festivals in Telemark - two of the most popular: buildings from the district. Admire beautiful Making and tasting of local produce in historic • Mersmak in Skien – food festival decorative paintings, ornamental woodcarvings and fruit county, Gvarv Local food and international food, end of August. national costumes. Taste local wine, beer, apple juice and bakery • Notodden Blues Festival – Blues musicians and products and see the produce in Fruit Farms, Winery, visitors from all over the world, start of August. Norwegian nomination 2014 to UNESCO Microbrewery and Evju Bygdetun, an open air Industrial Heritage museum with goats and hens in the farmyard. Telemark - Norway’s winter wonderland Rjukan – Notodden; The history of “Norsk Hydro” and • Cruises in the Kragerø archipelago mineral fertilizer. Western-Telemark Museum Eidsborg tradition • Traditional Christmas markets and history • Horse sleigh ride Notodden – revolutionary industrial inventions located in the midst of a lush and powerful cultural • Dog sleigh ride “Telemarksgalleriet and Lysbuen“ art gallery and landscape. It shows centuries of long traditions of • Storytelling museum with a variety of older and contemporary buildings, folk art and crafts. Voted Norway’s best Norwegian artists. Beautiful old listed industrial park. museum in 2012. Eidsborg Stave Church from 1250 is Near to Telemark: located next to the museum. • The Norwegian Mining Museum in Kongsberg Rjukan - “Heroes of Telemark” and the Kongsberg Silver mines - Norwegian Industrial Workers’ Museum including The history of skiing • Wooden Boat Festival in Risør, start of August “Heroes of Telemark” - Heavy Water sabotage The Norwegian Ski Museum in the charming village of • Oslo – the capital of Norway during the Second World War Morgedal, houses a multimedia journey through the • Stavern Fortress and Citadel Island - Cable car - Northern Europe’s fi rst, and still working history of skiing, paying special attention to the The Telemark Canal –Vrangfoss locks. Photo: Kåre S. Pedersen PORT & TOURIST INFORMATION Parking place for buses: YES Charts: (B) 1333 (K) Norwegian chart no. 6 Taxi: (B) YES, on orders (K) YES Tidal movement: (B) 0.30 - 0.40 m (K) Max 0.5 m PORTS OF TELEMARK Rental cars: (B) YES, on request (K) YES ISPS approved: YES Brevik (B) Kragerø (K) Public transportation: (B) NO (K) YES, 50 m Designated quays for cruise ships: NO Visiting address: (B) Strømtangeveien 39 Shopping: (B) YES, in town (K) YES, 50 m Ship tenders allowed: YES TELEMARK (K) Ytre Standvei16 Local currency: NOK Beam: At master pilot’s discretion Mailing address: (B) P.O.B. 20, NO-3950 Brevik ATM: (B) YES, 1 km (K) YES, 200 m Max size ship in port: 150 000 BT / 1 200 (K) P.O.B. 158, NO-3791 Kragerø Currency exchange: (B) YES, 1 km (K) YES, 100 m Max number of passenger per day in port: 5000 Living history and magic scenery Contact person: Jan Einar Skarding Tax refund: NO Max number of ships per day in port: 2 Phone/Fax: (B) +47 35 93 10 00 (K) +47 35 98 1750 Public telephones in pier area: (B) NO (K) YES Ship’s stay min /max: No limitation E-mail: (B) [email protected] Internet access in pier area: (B) NO (K) YES Environmental limitations /restrictions: No Limitation Looking for the quintessential Norwegian experience? Look no further than Telemark. Just 1 hour’s pilot distance in (K) [email protected] Mailboxes in pier area: (B) NO (K) YES Port facilities according to Internet: www.grenland-havn.no Distances - airport: (B) 50 km (K) 92 km Cruise Norway`s guidelines: YES from the Skagerak sea you reach the cruise ports of Telemark. The ports are located in the beautiful archipelago from Distance to city centre: (B) 1 km (K) 50 m Maximum ship length: (B) 250 m Brevik to Kragerø with hundreds of islands. Small towns with narrow streets and local museums gives visitors a good TOURIST INFORMATION Nearest hospital: (B) 20 km (K) 2 km (K) At master pilot’s discretion Visiting address: (B) Information o ce in town centre Maximum ship draft and depth in sea: (B) 15 m (K) 9 m insight into the life and history of coastal life. The interior of Telemark o ers majestic mountains, deep valleys, rivers, (K) Kragerø Bus Station PORT SERVICES / FACILITIES & INFORMATION Maximum ship air draft if bridge: No limitation Distance from port: (B) 1 km (K) 50 m Bunkers delivery /method: YES Crew facilities: Free Wi-Fi for up to 10 people at a time, lakes and a historic fruit county. The Telemark Canal, stave churches, fi rst-class museums, local food production and popular Mailing address: (B) Visit Grenland, Uniongata 18, Diesel oil by road / heavy fuel oil by barge max 15 minutes per person. Amenities such as golf, city tour festivals contribute to a complete holiday experience. NO-3732 Skien (K) Torvgata 1, NO-3770 Kragerø Supplies: (B) YES (K) Can be arranged etc can be arranged Phone/Fax: (B) +47 35 90 55 20 (K) +47 35 98 23 88 Waste handling: (B) YES, on request (K) YES E-mail: (B) [email protected] (K) [email protected] Waste water method: (B) YES, on request * IF ANCHORAGE Internet: (B) visitgrenland.no (K) visitkragero.no (K) YES, by road tanker Type of bottom: Mud Clay/rock good holding ground Tugboats: YES Minimum depth: (B) 90 m (K) 20 m ATTRACTIONS/EXCURSIONS: New maritime museum in Porsgrunn Cruising the Telemark Canal GENERAL INFORMATION Anchorage*: (B) Yes (K) Yes, min depth 22 m Distance from anchorage to tender pier: (B) 500 m (K) 400 m opened in 2013 and emphasizes the importance of - “the eighth wonder of the world” Terminal/Restrooms in pier area: (B) Tangenkaia (K) YES Pontoons: NO Shuttle bus: (B) YES, it is mandatory, free service operates Pilot: Yes, phone +47 35572600 or ch 81 The duration of the following excursions is calculated the district’s long maritime traditions. Enjoy a cruise with one of the nostalgic Canal boats. Emergency: Channel 16 Experience how the lock-keepers operate the locks, between 07:00 and 17:00 every day and the bus stops in the from the cruise port of Brevik as a starting point. centre. (K) YES Medical emergency: Phone 113 Porsgrund Porcelain Factory the same way as they did 150 years ago. Admire the Enjoy coastal life in Brevik Norway’s only producer of high-fi red porcelain - also spectacular lock walls constructed in fi ne stone - one of the best preserved towns in Norway from the called “white gold”. See live production and get great masonry by hand, former lock-keepers’ cottages, sailing ship era with narrow streets, small shops and o ers in the outlet. beautiful lakes, parks and historic areas. beautiful gardens, and well worth a visit. Experience the history of Telemark in Kayaking on the Telemark Canal In the footsteps of world famous painter Edvard Brekkeparken, Skien The old waterway between upper and lower Munch, in Kragerø An open-air museum in a beautiful park with heritage Telemark, a journey through history in a spectacular - where he lived from 1909 until 1915, known buildings from across Telemark. Admire traditional natural setting. Tangenkaia, Brevik especially for “The Scream”. Many of his famous rose-paintings and fi ne examples of ornamental Length: 200 m works were painted here. See copies of his paintings woodcarving. Biking and hiking along the Telemark Canal Draft: 15 m KRAGERØ BREVIK exactly where he made them. National cycle route number 2, through historic and Airdraft: No limitation Visit the childhood home of the world famous rural areas and beautiful nature. Beam: At pilot master’s discretion play writer Henrik Ibsen Height quayside: 2.20 m The island of Jomfruland outside Kragerø - a small elongated island with two white lighthouses. A journey back to his childhood in Skien, where his Heddal Stave Church, Notodden Jernbanekaia, Kragerø Tangenkaia The island has a great variety of birds. work comes to life through fi lms, pictures, holograms Norway’s largest and best preserved stave church Length: 100 m In springtime you can admire a marvelous fl owering and talking heads. built in the 1200s, impressive wood constructions Draft: 8 m with decorative ornamental woodcarvings and Airdraft: No limitation 1 100 m Jernbanekaia 1 100 m of wood anemone. SCALE SCALE paintings from the 1600s. Beam: At pilot master’s discretion Height quayside: 3.5 m PAGE 20 CRUISE NORWAY PRODUCT MANUAL 2015/2016.