Snipetorp

Snipetorp is Skien's oldest residential area that survived the fires of 1854 and 1886. Here you find old Skien with continuous wooden house settlements dating back to the late 1700s. Snipetorp was one of the old entrances to the city, bustling with workshops and pubs. The Ibsen family lived in Snipetorpgata 27 from 1843, though Henrik probably did not reside in this house as he had moved to Grimstad during this period. However, Henrik visited here several times.