Where to Stay in Rødberg, Buskerud

What is Rødberg known for?

Rødberg is the administrative centre of Nore og Uvdal, a municipality in Buskerud. The old churches of the valleys give the place its fame. Uvdal kirke, a medieval stave church, draws the visitors to the upper valley, while Skjønne kirke and Nore kirke serve the older parishes of the high country.

Travellers know Rødberg as the gathering point of these mountain valleys in south-eastern Norway, a base for the stave church and the parishes of this corner of Buskerud.

What are the main landmarks in Rødberg?

Uvdal kirke is the great draw of the valleys. The medieval stave church stands up the valley above Rødberg, one of the old wooden churches of Buskerud and the chief historic sight of the district. Three churches mark the parishes.

Nore kirke serves the centre nearer the village, and Skjønne kirke stands among the older farms of the high country, the three churches together holding the long story of Nore og Uvdal in the mountains of south-eastern Norway.

What is the history of Rødberg?

Rødberg grew as the centre of the high valleys that became Nore og Uvdal in south-western Buskerud. The parishes formed around their churches long before the village took shape, and the medieval stave church of Uvdal kirke rose in the upper valley while Nore kirke and Skjønne kirke served the farms of the older parishes of the mountain country. Faith and farming bound the valleys.

The scattered settlements drew their life from the soil and the forest of this part of south-eastern Norway, and the wooden churches kept the communities together through the long centuries on the high ground. A later age drew the centre together at Rødberg. Roads through the valleys met here, and the village took on its role as the administrative centre of Nore og Uvdal municipality in Buskerud.

Up the valley the old stave church of Uvdal kirke kept its place as a sight for travellers, and Rødberg settled into its quiet role as the gathering point for the parishes and the high farms of this corner of the Østlandet region of south-eastern Norway.

Where is Rødberg?

Rødberg lies in the south-western part of Buskerud, in south-eastern Norway (Østlandet). The village sits in the high valley country where the land of Nore og Uvdal climbs between forested ridges toward the mountains, the centre gathered on the valley floor. Mountains rise on every side.

Nore og Uvdal reaches up the long valleys, taking in the parish of Nore kirke nearer the centre and the upper valley around the stave church of Uvdal kirke in the high ground of this part of Buskerud.

What is the climate of Rødberg?

Rødberg holds the cold mountain climate of the high valleys of south-western Buskerud. The cold settles deep over the valley of Nore og Uvdal through the dark months, and snow lies on the slopes and the high farms near Uvdal kirke well into the spring of the upland year. The warm season runs brief here.

Long northern daylight warms the valley floor, brings walkers up toward Skjønne kirke and the open mountain, and lifts the year for a while. Even then the high ground of Østlandet keeps a sharp edge to the air. Frost can return overnight.

How do you get to Rødberg?

Nearly everyone arrives at Rødberg by road. The main road up the valley carries the traffic from the rest of Buskerud to the centre of Nore og Uvdal, climbing through forest and high valley to the village. The drive is a long one.

Buses serve the valley on the routes across the district, while drivers bound for the stave church of Uvdal kirke and the parish of Skjønne kirke follow the local roads that thread the high country of this part of south-eastern Norway.