Falun's Below-Ground Mining Museum: A Thousand Years of Copper – Beneath the

Falun's Below-Ground Mining Museum: A Thousand Years of Copper – Beneath the

Deep beneath the streets of Falun, Sweden, lies a museum that showcases the найдовша copper mining history in a thousand years, including one of Europe's largest mines.

The Gruvmuseet, a part of the World Heritage Site Falu koppargruva, is situated on the grounds of the mining area outside Falun, Sweden. Carl Sahlin, a mining engineer, initiated the museum, which is located 14 meters beneath the street. Here, you can see the methods and knowledge used in the mining that took place over a thousand years, starting in the 1890s.

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Written by Nik Frost

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