Tyrifjorden (Lake Tyri) is a lake in Norway. It lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Oslo and is the nation's fifth largest lake with an area of 139 km2. It has a volume of 13 km3, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level. The lake's primary source is the Begna river, which discharges into Tyrifjorden at Hønefoss where the river forms the waterfall of Hønefossen. Its primary outlet is at Vikersund near the lake's southwest corner, where Tyrifjorden discharges into the Drammenselva river.
Blaafarveværket, or the Blue Colour Works, was a mining and industrial company located at Åmot in Modum in Viken county, Norway, which existed from 1776 to 1898. The works mined cobalt ore and manufactured by smelting blue cobalt glass (smalt) and cobalt blue (cobalt aluminate) pigment. It is currently a large open-air industrial museum and an art gallery; it is the largest and best preserved mine museum in Europe, and one of Norway's most visited attractions.
Vikersund Station (Norwegian: Vikersund stasjon) is a railway station located at the village of Vikersund in Modum, Norway. At Vikersund there is a junction with the Randsfjorden Line (Randsfjordbane) on which Norges Statsbaner operates some express trains between Bergen and Oslo.
Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
Station Åmot is een station in Åmot/Geithus in de gemeente Modum in Noorwegen. Het station ligt aan Randsfjordsbanen. Åmot dateert uit 1866 en is een ontwerp van Georg Andreas Bull. Bij de opening werd het gespeld als Aamot. In 2004 werd het station gesloten voor personenvervoer.
Station Geithus is een station in Geithus in de gemeente Modum in Noorwegen. Het station ligt aan Randsfjordsbanen. Geithus dateert uit 1875. Bij de opening werd het gespeld als Gjethus stasjon. In 2004 werd het station gesloten voor personenvervoer.