Lake Tinnsjøen – Europe’s Third Deepest Lake

Sit yourself down, take a deep breath and enjoy the view. Notice how the water is lapping the shore today. Turn your gaze towards the pier, can you see the tide marks on the stones? When the lake is full the water bounces off the boat slip barrier, and at its lowest you can see the pier’s lowest plate, which stands at a regulated 4 metres. Look out over the 20 kilometres of lake you can see in front of you, imagine, Lake Tinnsjøen is as deep as the mountains are high, at its deepest the lake is 460 metres deep. There you can find a completely unique eco system for fish, with 4 types of char in addition to trout. As far as we know there are no sea serpents in Lake Tinnsjøen, but if you look at the water from above, it can look like a dragon. Do you know that the water that you see here has been on a long journey, all the way from the Hardanger plateau? Our municipal coat of arms has 5 drops on it which symbolise all the rivers that run off into Lake Tinnsjøen. On its way, the water has also passed through numerous power stations generating green electricity, which we use here at the camp site. Since Lake Tinnsjøen is so deep, you can take a refreshing swim all year round. The temperature varying between 0 to just over 20 degrees. Are you tempted? From experience we can tell you that it is much easier to take a dip when you know you can warm up in the barrel sauna afterwards.