Olavsgruva is the mine you can actually enter. Located 13 kilometres from Røros town centre in the Storwartz area, it was one of the most important copper deposits of the Røros Copper Works, operating from the 1650s until the final closure in 1977. Guided tours lasting about an hour lead through the tunnels of the older Nyberget mine from 1650, then into the more recent Olavsgruva, descending 50 metres below the surface and 500 metres into the mountain. The tour ends at Bergmannshallen, the Miners' Hall, an underground chamber that makes the scale of the operation real.
The temperature inside stays at 4-5 degrees year-round, so warm clothing is essential even in summer. The ground is slippery and damp. Children under 16 go free with an adult. There is no public transport to the mine; you need a car or taxi. A small museum at the entrance covers the geology and the tools that miners used to hack copper out of this mountain for over three centuries.
The temperature inside stays at 4-5 degrees year-round, so warm clothing is essential even in summer. The ground is slippery and damp. Children under 16 go free with an adult. There is no public transport to the mine; you need a car or taxi. A small museum at the entrance covers the geology and the tools that miners used to hack copper out of this mountain for over three centuries.