OPENING HOURS 2020
Guided tour in Åbøbyen and a visit to the Industrial Workers’ Museum in Sauda
Opening hours in the period June 29 – August 7:
Guided tours start from Folkets Hus every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12.00.
NB! Registration by 11.00 on the day of the tour. You can sign up by coming to the tourist office,
by phone: 52 78 42 00 or by e-mail: post@saudaferie.no
Guided tours for groups on enquiry
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TICKETS
Adults NOK 60, children NOK 30, families NOK 150
Group guiding in Abøbyen and entrance to the museum: NOK 100 pp.
ADDRESS AND CONTACT
Industriarbeidarmuseet
Haakonsgaten 51-53, 4200 Sauda
Ryfylkemuseet
Tlf (+47) 52 79 29 50, post@ryfylkemuseet.no
ÅBØBYEN
Åbøbyen is one of the best-preserved housing areas for industrial workers and clerical staff we still have from the development of energy-intensive industry in this country.
The town site, or the Americans’ Town as it also has been called, includes fine examples of Neo-classicist architecture from the 1920s as well as functionalist and post-war architecture.
The residential districts at the Sauda smelting plant have obviously been divided by social class with the workers’ houses closest to the factory, the clerical staff’s houses farther away and the director’s villa farthest from the factory and highest up on the hill.
The harmony of the town setting, its variations, details and high architectural qualities make it an especially good place for a leisurely walk.
INDUSTRIARBEIDARBOLIG – The appartments of the industrial workers
Ryfylkemuseet has established an industrial workers’ museum in the four-family house at Haakonsgate 51-53 in Åbøbyen.
In Haakonsgate 51 we have established an industrial worker’s museum. The four-family house has an apartment furnished in 1920-s style to reflect the style from when the house was newly built, and another one on the second-floor which style dates to the 1960s.
EXHIBITION – Under the smoke – about life in Åbøbyen
In Haakonsgate 53 we have established exhibition rooms. The ground floor-apartment houses the exhibition «Under the smoke, about life in Åbøbyen».
The exhibition tells about life of the industrial workers in Åbøbyen, how it was to be a industrial worker, about the factory and about daily life in Åbøbyen.
ON A TREASURE HUNT WITH YOUR MOBILE AS YOUR GUIDE
Get on a treasure hunt and explore our sites with a guide on your own mobile phone. With our free app Ryfylkemuseet you will get to know more about the site you are visiting. Through fotos, informasjon and narrative we tell you the hidden histories when you visit our sites even though the guides are not around. This way you can discover more about different places in Åbøbyen.
Our Ryfylkemuseet-app can be downloaded from Google Play or from the App Store. The app is called Ryfylkemuseet. Download our free app here.
ARRIVING HERE
Industriarbeidarmuseet lies a short walk from Sauda’s business district. Walk toward Sauda stadium and then on Håkonsgata. The museum lies to the right a short distance up this street (address: Håkonsgata 51-53).