Vestfossen is a small industrial village in Øvre Eiker, about 5 km from Hokksund. The waterfalls here powered sawmills as early as the 1500s, making it one of the oldest industrial sites in Norway.
The village's main attraction today is Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, a contemporary art centre housed in the old Vestfos Cellulosefabrik which operated from 1886 to 1970. The gallery was founded by artist Morten Viskum in 2003 and has since exhibited works by major international names including Roy Lichtenstein, Cindy Sherman and Anselm Kiefer. It's open from May to September.
Some viewers may recognise Vestfossen from the NRK drama series "Hjem" which was filmed here in 2012 and 2013. The show starred Jannike Kruse, Kaia Varjord and Heidi Ruud Ellingsen as three women who discover they're half-sisters. The town beat out Rjukan and Elverum to become the filming location, and drew comparisons to the popular series "Himmelblå."
Nearby Fossesholm Herregård is a manor house from the 1500s with preserved 18th-century painted tapestries showing the local sawmills.