Rollag
Municipality · Buskerud
About Rollag
Rollag stave church, the 1600s parsonage and folk museum beside it, and old-growth forest in the Trillemarka–Rollagsfjell reserve.
What to do and where to stay in Rollag
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Rollag stave churchHistory & culture
A stave church whose east posts come from trees felled in the 1460s, hidden inside 1600s–1700s additions, with a 1760s sky-painted ceiling and horse rings in the stone fence.
Old valley road, about 7 km south-east of Veggli · 30–45 min · Summer for inside visits; outside all year
2Rollag bygdetun and Rollag vicarageHistory & culture
A folk museum of old log houses beside Rollag church and vicarage, said to be Norway's oldest preserved vicarage, with a main house from 1633.
By Rollag church · 1 h · Summer
3Trillemarka–Rollagsfjell from the Rollag sideNature
Rollag's share of Norway's largest forest reserve, about 158 km² of protected old forest on the borders with Sigdal and Nore og Uvdal, close to Veggli.
Western Rollag, towards Sigdal and Nore og Uvdal · Half day · Snow-free months
4Vegglifjell summer road to TinnViewpoint
A summer mountain road climbs from Veggli church over Vegglifjell and on to Tinn in Telemark, a high crossing between Numedal and Telemark.
From Veggli church, north-west Rollag · 1–2 h drive · Summer only
5Vrågåvarden warning cairnLocal secretHistory & culture
A large warning beacon built of logs on Vrågåfjell (788 m), one of few restored wooden beacons in Norway, reportedly last lit in 1807; Rollag's symbol. About 2 km each way; coin toll road.
Signed car park 'Vrågåvarden', drive through Rollag centre · 2 h · May–September
6Fløtterudseter wartime drop siteLocal secretHistory & culture
An old summer farm on the Vrågåvarden path that was an air-drop site in the war, with a memorial, boards on the resistance and remains of dropped containers. Leave the remains where they lie.
Fløtterudseter, on the path to Vrågåvarden from Rollag
7Grave cairns at VeggliLocal secretHistory & culture
About 30 grave cairns from the Migration Period lie not far from Veggli church, where the old Nordmannsslepa route starts. Protected: do not move stones or climb on them.
Near Veggli church
8Steinbrua nature trailLocal secretNature
A summer walking trail along the Nørdsteåe river in Veggli, rated very important by the outdoor-area mapping. The river can run high in flood.
Veggli
9Badedammen river swim, VeggliLocal secretSwim
The village swimming spot in the Numedalslågen, reached on a riverside path from Veggli Vertshus. Mind the current; no swimming in flood.
Riverside path from Veggli Vertshus