{"id":507,"date":"2020-12-09T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitalta.no\/en\/?post_type=product&#038;p=507"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:58:02","slug":"besok-paeskatun","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/visitalta.no\/en\/product\/besok-paeskatun\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit P\u00e6skatun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tCome and visit us here at P\u00e6skatun, the only slate museum in Alta which is in the middle of the slate quarries on the mountainside of the mountain P\u00e6ska.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"metas-in-one-column alignwide wp-block-vnn-activity-metas\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-activity-meta-parent\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"vnn__activity-meta-item\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M24 15c0-.2-.2-.4-.4-.5-2.8-1.4-6.2-1.4-9 .1-1.2.7-1.9 1.6-2.1 2.6-.2 1 .1 2.1.9 3.3-.4.7-.8 1.5-1.2 2.5-.2.4 0 .8.4 1 .1 0 .2.1.3.1.3 0 .6-.2.7-.5.3-.6.5-1.2.8-1.7.6.8 1.7 1.9 3.2 1.9h.3c3.3-.3 4.2-3.4 4.9-5.7.3-1 .6-2 1-2.5.2-.1.2-.3.2-.6zm-2.6 2.7c-.8 2.6-1.5 4.4-3.6 4.6-1.3.1-2.2-1.3-2.5-1.8 1.2-1.4 2.2-1.6 2.3-1.6.4-.1.7-.4.6-.8-.1-.4-.4-.7-.8-.7-.1 0-1.5.2-3 1.8-.4-.6-.5-1.2-.4-1.8.1-.6.6-1.2 1.3-1.6 2.1-1.1 4.6-1.2 6.8-.4-.2.8-.5 1.5-.7 2.3z\"\/><path d=\"M13.3 6.1c2.5.6 4.3 2.6 4.6 5.2 0 .4.4.7.8.7s.7-.4.7-.8C19 8 16.7 5.4 13.6 4.7c-4-.9-8.1 1.6-9 5.6-.4 2-.1 4 1 5.7 1.1 1.7 2.7 2.9 4.7 3.3h.2c.3 0 .7-.2.7-.6.1-.4-.2-.8-.6-.9-1.6-.4-2.9-1.3-3.7-2.7s-1.1-3-.8-4.5c.8-3.2 4-5.2 7.2-4.5zM12 3c.4 0 .8-.3.8-.8V.8c0-.5-.4-.8-.8-.8s-.8.3-.8.8v1.5c0 .4.4.7.8.7zM18.9 5.9c.2 0 .4-.1.5-.2l1.1-1.1c.3-.3.3-.8 0-1.1-.3-.3-.8-.3-1.1 0l-1.1 1.1c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1.2.1.4.2.6.2zM4.6 18.4l-1.1 1c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1.1.1.3.2.5.2s.4-.1.5-.2l1.1-1c.3-.3.3-.8 0-1.1-.2-.3-.7-.3-1 0zM2.2 11.2H.8c-.5 0-.8.4-.8.8s.3.8.8.8h1.5c.4 0 .7-.4.7-.8s-.3-.8-.8-.8zM4.6 5.6c.1.1.3.2.5.2s.4-.1.5-.2c.3-.3.3-.8 0-1.1l-1-1c-.3-.3-.8-.3-1.1 0s-.3.8 0 1.1l1.1 1z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"vnn-activity-meta-item-title\">Season<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"vnn-activity-meta-item-content\">Summer<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vnn__activity-meta-item\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 3.8C5.3 3.8-.1 9.3 0 15.9V18c0 1.2 1 2.2 2.2 2.2h19.5c1.2 0 2.2-1 2.2-2.2v-2.1C24 9.3 18.7 3.8 12 3.8zm0 12.7c1.2 0 2.2 1 2.2 2.2H9.8c0-1.2 1-2.2 2.2-2.2zM22.5 18c0 .4-.3.8-.8.8h-6c0-1.7-1.2-3.2-2.8-3.6l2-5.9c.1-.4-.1-.8-.5-.9-.4-.1-.8.1-.9.5l-2.1 6.3c-1.8.3-3.2 1.8-3.2 3.7h-6c-.4 0-.8-.3-.8-.8V16c0-2.8 1.1-5.5 3-7.5 2-2 4.6-3.1 7.5-3.2 5.8 0 10.5 4.8 10.5 10.7v2z\"\/><path d=\"M4.9 14.2c-.6 0-1.1.5-1.1 1.1s.5 1.1 1.1 1.1S6 16 6 15.4s-.5-1.2-1.1-1.2zM6.4 10.5c-.6 0-1.1.5-1.1 1.1s.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1-.5 1.1-1.1-.5-1.1-1.1-1.1zM19.2 14.3c-.1 0-.1-.1 0 0-.1-.1-.1 0 0 0h-.3c-.5.1-.9.5-.9 1.1 0 .6.5 1.1 1.1 1.1s1.1-.5 1.1-1.1c0-.5-.4-1-.9-1.1h-.1zM18.8 11.6c0-.5-.4-.9-.8-1.1-.2-.1-.4-.1-.6 0-.5.1-.8.6-.8 1.1 0 .6.5 1.1 1.1 1.1s1.1-.5 1.1-1.1zM9.7 7.6c-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.1h-.2c-.6.2-1 .6-1 1.1 0 .6.5 1.1 1.1 1.1s1.1-.5 1.1-1.1c.1-.5-.3-.9-.7-1z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"vnn-activity-meta-item-title\">Difficulty<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"vnn-activity-meta-item-content\">Easy<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"vnn-map wp-block-vnn-activity-meta-map\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref={`https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&#038;query=69.853306,23.286472`}\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\trel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstrokeWidth=\"2\" strokeLinecap=\"round\" strokeLinejoin=\"round\" className=\"feather feather-maximize-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<polyline points=\"15 3 21 3 21 9\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<polyline points=\"9 21 3 21 3 15\"><\/polyline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<line x1=\"21\" y1=\"3\" x2=\"14\" y2=\"10\"><\/line>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<line x1=\"3\" y1=\"21\" x2=\"10\" y2=\"14\"><\/line>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"activity-meta-map\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-location-lat=\"69.853306\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-location-long=\"23.286472\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"8c0yvg94h3bptmxmh8hu58\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are about 20 minutes\u2019 drive south of Alta center, and already a couple of kilometers before you come up to us you will see that you are in the slate mountains, there are slates everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history of the shale industry in Alta dates to the early 1860s. 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