The old Magistrate's Villa from the 1920s has been converted into a stately meeting place. Traditional craftsmanship and historical references have been central to the restoration.
Wergelandshaugen is a place for a festive occasion, wedding, baptism, confirmation, memorial service, seminar or meeting place for colleagues and friends.
Wergelandshaugen has a beautiful and peaceful location, here you will immediately notice the tranquility that rural surroundings can provide. In the associated English garden, you can see and smell the plants and flowers from ancient times, back to the Middle Ages. The historic garden has been painstakingly restored to the 1920s, according to photographs and with contemporary plants. New this year is the portal to the forest and the balance park for children and young people.
You are invited to art experiences both outside and inside. Twice a year, Wergelandshaugen has artists in residence and various art exhibitions are held. There is also a sculpture park on the property where the sculptures appear as surprises placed in the scenic surroundings of the ravine landscape.
Wergelandshaugen is accessible by train, 35 minutes from Oslo S or 10 minutes from Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen, then a 5-minute walk from Eidsvoll station. If you drive and arrive by car, it takes 50 minutes from the center of Oslo, large car park at the end of the property.
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To make one ton of salt, you needed 33 tons (cubic meters) of seawater and as much as 21 tons of wood. The wood often came from the farmers' own forest. The income was used to pay taxes and duties related to the farm activities.
Here at Sarbuvollen, one of the few places where black salt was boiled was boiled, the salt at that time was often gray and coarse. Sarbuvollen got its name from the smallholding Sarbuvollen under Nordre Høvik. The origin of the name comes from salt boiling, Salt-bu-volden.
Sarbuvollen was bought by Bærum municipality in 1901 to build boat berths and public baths. The latter had two descent pits for women and men, respectively. The entrance fee cost 5 øre. Sarbuvollen Sjøbad was closed down in the 1930s, when Torvøya took over as the major bathing offer and bathers were rowed over to the island from Strand, until regular ferry traffic took over until 1962 when a new runway was to be built at Fornebu.
At Sarbuvollen there was also a holiday resort for nuns.
Source: Asker og Bærum historielag og Lokalhistoriewiki
Innermost at the northern part of Semsvannet is the old smallholding Tømmervika, or Tømmervigen as it was known long ago. The cowshed has been moved, so only traces of the foundations remain here, but the actual farmhouse stands where it has always been. The last smallholder to live here was called Kristoffer Iversen. He lived here with his wife Maren, children, a foster son and “the lodgers”. When Iversen died in 1898, his wife remained here and became known as “Mother Tømmervika”. The smallholding is situated in idyllic surroundings on the banks of the Semsvannet.
For recreational routes: Nearest gateway NaKuHel.
Sourse: Asker Turlag
The SAS Museum, officially opened in 2003. The majority of the staff is SAS pensioners.
In the museum you can follow the history of SAS since its start in 1946. The consortium was the first of its kind in the world of aviation. The exhibits comprise models of all SAS-owned aircrafts. One section of the museum includes a complete collection of SAS uniforms. In the library you can find more than 700 volumes of aviation literature, complete magazines and much more. The museum has a comprehensive archive containing documents, manuals and printed material available for study and research purposes.
The opening hours for the museum is usual Tuesdag from 10-15 and Sunday from 12-16 – but please chech the website for updates
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"Kvinnemuseet" (The Women's Museum) will give the women history back
A few generations ago, women preferred not to take part in life outside the home. This has made women hardly visible in history books and in Norwegian museums.
The museum's collections consist of objects, books, photos and archive material. The museum has a well-stocked library that can be used by the public during the museum's opening hours. The museum's magazines contain a large collection of objects. Much is registered and available at Digitalt museum, and some selected objects can be seen in our permanent museum exhibitions "Play for life", "In all public" and "Din Dagny".
The Women's Museum also has some archival material and has recently begun cautiously registering this in the archive registration program Asta.
Exhibitions and events at the Women's Museum
Here you can experience three floors of information about women's lives and work – both nationally and internationally. In addition, the museum offers a number of events both at the museum and in the surrounding area. Entry ticket to the Women's Museum also gives free entry to the Kongsvinger Museum. (Does not apply to events)
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Opening hours
Winter and spring season 1 February – 18 May: Saturday and Sunday 12-16.
Summer season 20 May – 31 August: Tuesday to Sunday 11-17.
Autumn season 6 September – 30 November: Saturday and Sunday 12-16.
Open for school classes and groups by advance booking all year round.
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Open all year round for groups
The Women's Museum closes for a few months in the winter, but is available to groups all year round on request. School classes can visit the museum for free both during and outside the museum's normal opening hours.
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In 1842, Drøbak was the first place to receive city status in Akershus. Ever since the Ice Age, people have lived at the narrowest point of the Oslofjord. The Vikings came with longships along the fjord and one of the courts was at Husvik. Settlement has taken place despite the steep slopes which made the work of transporting the materials up and down to the water hard and demanding. There have been several theories about Drøbak's origin and what it means. But that "Drugbakir" or "Drugibakki" comes from quite a hill is the most likely theory.
In the beginning, Drøbak was a modest beach town with fishermen's huts clinging to the rocks. At the beginning of the 18th century, business increased in Drøbak through the export of "Dutch beams" which were used in the large damming work in Holland. The timber was exported as beams because there was a lack of sawmill capacity in the area. The Dutch brought with them goods such as grain, groats, cheese, butter, fabrics, roof tiles and bricks. The city's greatness came with the merchants and sailing ships and the number of inhabitants eventually increased to 7-800 "souls" at the beginning of the 19th century. Drøbak had the designation "loading station" in the same way as Son and Hølen. Navigating large sailing ships in narrow waters was not easy, nor was sailing all the way to Christiania. Therefore, the skippers chose to unload and load in Drøbak.
Merchant Niels Carlsen was a very rich man, and a large sailing ship owner who owned 10 ships. In addition to the shipping business, he ran a timber trade and banking business.He selected one of his best plots of land and built Drøbak's first church with timber from his own forest. The church has had a central place in the city ever since. In 1787, the bishop's daughter Anna Pauludan (widow of Christen Carlsen) donated the property to support poor widows of the bourgeoisie and build a house for them. The house is the current "Hospital", which is also today a center for the elderly, and is a great neighbor to the church.
Two people were of great importance to Drøbak's development. One was magistrate Hans Peter Ellefsen who bought the property on the square known as "Skrivergården". The other was Frederik Ring who was a loyal man and adventurous person who had spent many years in South America. He established a trading business with the import of textiles. Ellefsen and Ring joined forces to establish Follo Sparebank in 1843.
The Drøbak strait strategic location meant that King Christian Frederik decided in 1814 that 3 cannon batteries should be built along the fjord. The fortifications were constantly expanded from 1846 and completed in 1853. During King Oscar the First's visit on 23 August 1855, the fortress was named Oscarsborg. Drøbak became a garrison town, and the relationship with the State and the military has been of great importance to the local community throughout the years. "Borgen" became a large and safe workplace for all kinds of craftsmen and professionals, and military personnel became visible elements in the Drøbak environment.
Before the stairwell saw was introduced, you could only get two boards from each log by splitting it with an axe. With the rise saw, many planks could be cut from one log, which increased efficiency considerably. This was especially important for exports, as there was a great demand for planks and boards in Europe.
The saw by the Gjersjø river is a reconstructed version that shows how hydropower was used to power the saw blade. This saga is a great example of how technology from the Middle Ages was used to make efficient use of natural resources. Visitors can watch demonstrations of the saw each spring and fall, and learn about its importance to local industry and trade.
The boom saw played a crucial role in the development of the Norwegian timber trade and contributed to the growth of several small towns along the coast. It made it possible to produce lumber faster and more efficiently, which led to increased exports and economic growth. At the end of the 1800s, the boom saw was gradually replaced by circular saws, which had simpler mechanics and a higher cutting speed.
The boom saw we see here provides a fascinating insight into historical technology and industry. It shows how innovation and the use of natural resources have shaped society and the economy over time and is part of Norway's industrial heritage that helped build the country.
There is also a Lokomobile sawmill on the site, a portable steam engine for operating a sawmill. In 1850, the first Norwegian steam engine was produced at Myrens Verksted in Christiania. At Ljansbruket, the first locomobile came in 1900 and it employed 20 men and the owners continued to expand the business and at its peak had 16 locomobiles. The locomobile is on loan from Follo Museum.
Cultural activities since 2006 with chamber music and other music genres on the program. The goal of the cultural station is to create a living arena where the music experience is at the center. The programs will range from chamber concerts to jazz concerts. The building is very special as this was part of the Franzefoss facility where lime flour was previously produced.
Program and tickets: https://www.baerumkulturhus.no/program#expForm=views-exposed-form-program-view-panel-pane-1
www.kulturstasjonen.no
Distance Oslo – Kalkmølla 17 km
It was here that Tidemand and Gude met for the last time. Christian Krohg also spent many summers in Drøbak in the years 1904 to 1912, at this time he had no permanent residence. Chr Krogh was constantly seen wandering around in a dressing gown and slippers in search of picture frames and paintings, or a trip to "Samlaget" after a good drink. He enjoyed chatting with the residents and found many of his models through these meetings.
Krogh was temperamental and committed to society and was not afraid to express his opinion on developments. He believed that art should serve a social function and painted the painting "Albertine in the police doctor's waiting room" which hangs in the National Gallery, and wrote the book "Albertine". This was seized already on the day of publication for the mention of sexual life and Krogh was fined NOK 100 by the Supreme Court.
Drøbak's own Anton Thoresen (1884-1968) was a well-liked painter. In he depicted his home town in hundreds of pictures and a Thoresen picture hung in most homes and he decorated the walls of the Reenskaug hotel where Knut Hamsun also has his own room on the floor above reception.
"Fiskekroken" alley
One of the city's most beautiful streets is Fiskekroken with its beautifully preserved wooden houses and rose gardens. An alley between the square and the harbour. The families of the fishermen who lived here rented out their houses to bathers to earn an extra penny. They themselves moved to the outhouse and life took place around the simple jetty where the boats were moored, the nets hung out to dry and where the water post called gossip bank, was the meeting place for exchanging the latest news among the local residents.
Artist town with 10 galleries
Today, Drøbak is a vibrant city of artists with a number of galleries, artist workshops and great shops with design, fashion and interior design in the narrow streets in and outside the city core.