Røros Mining Town and the Circumference, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Røros, Norway.
Røros Mining Town is a historic copper mining settlement in Norway with rows of wooden buildings arranged neatly along its streets. The town center features low-roofed houses with distinctive architectural details and a prominent church with a green copper roof dominating the skyline.
Copper ore discovered in 1644 turned Røros into a major industrial center that shaped Norway's economy for about 333 years. When mining eventually stopped, the town remained largely unchanged, preserving its original character.
The annual Rørosmartnan market fills the historic streets with craftspeople and producers who maintain age-old trading customs that shaped life here. The wooden buildings and their layout reveal how the community organized itself around mining work.
The town is easily reached by train from Oslo and Trondheim with regular year-round service. Walking is the best way to explore the center, and several viewpoints offer perspectives of the entire layout.
The protected area extends far beyond the town itself to include the Circumference, a 45-kilometer zone encompassing abandoned mines and mining landscapes. This broad region reveals how extensively mining shaped the surrounding territory.
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