A UNESCO Heritage Site, Roros was founded in 1644 when copper mining was begun in the area. Employees were needed and men came from the surrounding area as well as Germany and Denmark to work in the copper mines. The town was basically a mining town and even the farmers in the area were mine employees. The last mine closed in 1986.
Today the wooden town is a virtual museum that shows the world how miners lived. Many of the buildings are mud roofed, and there is even a hotel in the middle of town that utilizes parts of several of the old buildings.
Getting to town from our hotel was easy, a long walk completely downhill. Getting back was all uphill and in a gentle drizzle, so it wasn't pleasant returning to our hotel.
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Scenes Along the Way to Roros
A View of Roros from the Highway
Our Hotel in Roros
A Statue by Our Hotel
Can You Read the Sign?
The Church
Beautiful Flowers
The Old Town
Bird House Outside Window
Along the Main Street of Roros
Hotel and Restaurant on the Main Street
The Courtyard of the Hotel
Wooden House on a Corner
A Window Sill in Town
Houses with Grass Roofs
A Home on Main Street
Flowers
A Round Church
A New Home on the Outskirts of the Town
