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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5878,Lat: 59.8787
Elevation	333 meter above sea level
Local time	21:42:29pm
Name province/region	Telemark
Name Subregion	Tinn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Miland	11.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Tinn Austbygd	18.6 km	NorthEast
3 Veggli	36.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Seljord	43.1 km	South
5 Rødberg	47.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	121 km	East
2 København	Denmark	520 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	542 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 93 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Tinnsjå (51.8 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gaustatoppen with a height of 1882 meter (at a distance of 4.4 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 177.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 249 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 76%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
DAL- OG FJELLBYGDER I TELEMARK OG AUST-AGDER

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 145 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 49 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.4 km2

40%

Nature

39.4 km2

50.1%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

3.9 km2

4.9%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rjukan in country Norway

Rjukan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	0.3 km	East
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	172 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bryggen	Norway	191 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Rjukan
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rjukan

Type of weather in Rjukan	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	05:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam