| Page Views: 5,815 Last Visit to Røros: February, 2003 | The Copper town by diocletianvs - last update: Aug 29, 2003 |
The history of Røros is the history of copper production. The town was founded in 1644 when the trial mining started – the first smelting works near the Hyttelva river started to operate in 1646. Røros copper works played a dominant economic role not only in the region but in whole Danish/Norwegian kingdom. (Whenever there was a war going on in Europe the town economy was flourishing).
The town grew quickly, with people coming not only from Norway and the bordering Sweden but also from as far as Denmark and Germany in search of the employment in the mines. The town was built with two parallel main streets and a rectangular grid system with dominantly wooden houses.
The last working mine closed in 1986. In 1980 Røros was appointed the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The whole region is rich in cultural heritage from the mining industry. |
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| Pros: | "Cultural World Heritage site - industrial landscape" | | Cons: | "Can be extremely cold in the winter" |
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willy_wonka Wed Jul 23, 2008 01:59 UTC
so much snow! | yumyum Sat Sep 15, 2007 20:29 UTC
Lovely wintery photos! What on earth brought you to this town in the first place? | HORSCHECK Sat Sep 15, 2007 15:44 UTC
My father is probably heading off to Bruksvallarna (S) for cross country skiing at the beginning of December. The next bigger town seems to be Roros (N) and you are top ranked there. Well done ... :o) | Gili_S Wed May 31, 2006 19:12 UTC
Nice place and beautiful photos. I guess I will be in Norway again in the summer, but this place is just too south for me ;-) |
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