Rjukan Hytteby

The cabins are superb, we climbed out on the icefalls in Feb 2010 and used the cabin as a halfway house. The showers and cooking area were clean and tidy, superb for a cabin. Lovelly and warm with a great little seating area at the back inc TV and free wifi. The restaurant over the way had great food and the service was great. if you fancy a swim the local swimming baths were just up the rd, inc a good range of shops in the town centre for self catering needs. Highly reccommend this location, we are booked back in in feb 2011.

Unfortunately the cottages are equipped with a very narrow, steep staircase with irregularly shaped steps that leads to the mezzanine where the beds are located. During the night I slipped from the ladder and this required me to return home and check myself in hospital due to very serious bruises on my back, consequent reduction in mobility and a 15-day prognosis. The reception (in a fast food restaurant open from 11am to 11pm) was closed and there was no possibility of getting help. The ladder is definitely illegal and dangerous for adults and even more so for children. We add that the cottage was dirty and that a supplement of NOK 175 per person is required for the sheet kit and a single towel. Lack of pots and therefore you can't use the kitchen. No possibility to have breakfast. Traumatic and sad experience.