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Telemark is a county in East Norway.

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• Skien - a town where the famous author Henrik Ibsen was born

• Porsgrunn - a town with a yearly street theater festival.

• Notodden - holds a yearly blues festival in August.

• Kragerø - a seaside town which attracts many tourists in summer.

• Brevik - a seaside town with a bacallao festival.

• Langesund - a seaside town with many concerts at Wrightegaarden in summer, also has a fish festival and a sea shanty festival.

• Rjukan - a town deep in a valley that the sun doesn't reach there during winter. Also the home of the Industrial workers museum and the heavy water sabotage mission during WWII

• Bø i Telemark - a small village in the heart of Telemark. Major attraction is Bø Sommerland.

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• Nome - a municipality

• Gaustadtoppen - The highest mountain in south Norway.

• Rauland - Mountain Village in Vinje, Telemark.

• Haukeli - Mountain Village in East of Vinje, Telemark. Huge skidestination during winter.

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By air: Telemark is served by two airports with scheduled flights, Skien Geiteryggen Airport and Notodden Airport.

By car: E18, the main road of Eastern and Southern Norway, passes through Telemark in the districts of Porsgrunn, Bamble and Kragerø.

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Ibsen's Venstøp, Skien - The place where the world-famous writer Henrik Ibsen was born.

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