Nasjonalt villakssenter - Kvåsfossen / Norsk Villakssenter — Attraction in Lyngdal

A very interesting place and where you can see wild salmon jumping up a waterfall. There's an exhibition on the upper floor explaining all about the life cycle of salmon and trout, their anatomy and history of fishing - this is based on interactive boards and you can select English language as well. The lower floor exhibits something as well, but as this floor is in Norwegian only I can't really tell you if it's actually interesting. They've built a kind of a staircase for the salmon in the first floor - here are some information stands that include English as well in the beginning an in the end of the corridor you can see the staircase as well. It seems though, that quite a few of the salmon prefer the old way of getting up, but we were also lucky to see one salmon go up the staircase as well. Once you visit the center, you can also walk along the road to the waterfall which is really cool and there were a lot of fish trying to jump up the waterfall. So to conclude - if the middle floor included English as well, it would have...

Very interesting what they have done here. Fun to see the salmon and trout up close, at home in their natural environment, but still right next to you! Nicely built, and the whole of it offers a nice «close encounter» with the river in all its might. The balcony has a beautiful view, but it is also very much worth it to walk around the facility and over to the viewpoint on the other side of the bridge, after you have...

It is a must see place for more than one reason. While it is mainly about the salmon tunnel ladder built to help the salmon up the river, over the rocky waterfalls, to new habitation to the lakes upstream....it is also about the location, the raw and rugged nature, the architecture of the building, and people's custodial relationship with nature. It is a heart warming...