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Lilletoppen
The visit to Lilletopp was the priority of my trip to Tyssedal. Before I started go up the hill, I went to the Tysso I museum where I got instructions how to get to the small parking lot. I also got a piece of paper entitling me to leave the car for free in the parking lot. The road is the same road which goes to the parking lot in front of the dam in Sjeggedal, from where you can reach the famous Troll Tongue. However, the parking lot on the trail to Lilletoppen is much lower. A small place can accommodate up to three cars, which one belongs to…
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Tyssedal Kraftverk
Sunday morning, June 21, 2020, cloudy. Heavy rainfall was forecast for this day. It’s not raining yet and I’m sitting in the car and heading to Odda. Yesterday I decided not to spend the day at home, and a trip to the mountains during heavy rain is not a pleasant experience. And so the idea to visit the hydroelectric power plant in Tyssedal (Tyssedal kraftverk) was born. I had visited this facility about three years earlier and it made a huge impression on me. Unfortunately, I started sightseeing shortly before closing time and wasn’t able to see everything. Or rather, study it, because in the old administration building there is…