Visit Norway's oldest industrial community Alvøen museum near Bergen

The Alvøen Hovedbygning museum is one of the oldest industrial communities in Norway. There is a charming historic country manor, gardens and gazebo.The gunpowder mill, established in 1626, was destroyed by fire in 1733 then rebuilt in the 1760s. During the time of production the paper mill was the oldest in Norway. This mill supplied finer specialty paper and until 1908, some of the paper was used for making Norwegian banknotes.

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