Ibsenbyen Skien
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This audio guide takes you on a tour around city center to places that can tell you something about Henrik Ibsen's childhood, adolescence og family in Skien. We recommend that you start at Handelstorget. The audio guide is produced by Skien municipality. Thanks to Telemark Museum for text content, Teater Ibsen for the recording, and Lena Barth Aarstad for reading the Norwegian text. The translations into other languages are done using AI, and the recordings of the texts in other languages are made by AI-generated voices. Press "Download" and then "START" to begin the experience. The audio stories start automatically when you enter the red circle. The route takes about 45 minutes to walk.