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Welcome to the visitor mine and experience a glimpse of Sulitjelma's 100-year mining history! Here we offer both regular tours and mine tours on request.

Ride the old, original mining locomotive 1.6 kilometers into the Sulitjelma mountains. Inside the old mining area, our experienced mining guides share stories about life as a miner in the 1900s.

Mining tour with mining train

The visit begins with you being transported by locomotive and wagon deep into the mountain. Inside the old mining area, our experienced mining guides tell exciting stories about the mine's operations and life as a miner in the 1900s. For regular trips with the mining train, tickets must be booked in advance. You can book tickets here.

We also offer mine tours upon request. You can submit your request here.

Info about the tour in the visitor mine

  • The trip takes approximately 1.5 - 2 hours.

  • We accept groups of max. 20 people per tour.

  • The temperature in the mine is around 6 – 8 degrees. We therefore recommend dressing warmly.

  • Helmets are required and will be given upon arrival.

  • For safety reasons, visitors must be able to evacuate in an emergency. Visitors must therefore be able to walk on their own, without assistance.

  • Age limit for mining tour: 6 years.

Also read about the Sulitjelma Mining Museum which is located nearby.

Address: Sandneshaugen 23, 8230 Sulitjelma

Opening hours and ticket prices

Ticket price for regular mine tours: 400 NOK

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Click here to book a ticket.

Mine tour on request:
Basic price NOK 3000 + ticket price: adults 90 NOK or children (6-16 years): 40 NOK

Availability

  • The visitor mine has not undergone adaptations for disabilities.

  • For safety reasons, visitors must be able to evacuate in an emergency. Visitors must therefore be able to walk on their own, without assistance.

 

Fixed mining tours

Booking

It is possible to book a tour of the mine, for a maximum of 20 people. Use the form below to send a request for a mine tour. We ask that the request be received by us no later than two weeks before you wish to take the tour.

A man in gray and orange work clothes and a helmet stands inside a mine with mountain walls surrounding him.
Two miners are standing and chatting inside a mine, with railway tracks and an old train exhibit in the background.

History of the museum

The visitor mine is the so-called Grunnstollen, the entrance to a large network of mines inside the mountain. Work on this began in 1900. In 1908 they received access from here to the Giken mine and were able to transport the deep-lying ore from Giken out this way.

From 1914, electric locomotives were used to transport the ore. Before this, horses were the driving force. You can still see the metal fittings where the horses were tethered. 

Falling copper prices forced the mines to close. The last day of work in this mine was Friday, June 28, 1991. Photographs from the last shift are now on display in the visitor mine.