The area was developed as a business park after Kolbotn was connected to the new E18 between Oslo and Vinterbro, which was completed in 1970, but it was not until the mid-1980s that major players such as IBM Norway, Orkla Foods, Robert Bosch, Volvo Norway, Kodak Norway and Norgesbuss established themselves here.
This, together with the construction of hotels, made Mastemyr a hub for international business in Oppegård and nearby areas.
The development also gave a boost to housing construction: nearby areas such as Mellomåsen, Trollåsen and Ingieråsen were developed within a few years. Today, Mastemyr is an extension of Kolbotn with Quality Hotell Entry as a gathering point and residential areas close to beautiful recreational areas such as Ingierstrand, Hvervenbukta and walks in the fields by Gjersjøen.
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Filtvet and Tofte villages by the Oslofjord
The tip of the Hurum Peninsula has had a central position when shipping traffic was the link between both sides of the Oslofjord and today consists of beautiful unspoilt coastal scenery and charming southern villages. Here we introduce you to two different towns that are reached by summer boat to Filtvet, by car or by bike.
Filtvet is easily reached by boat during summer time and we start at the pier where we have great views over to Son and towards Filtvet Fyr. Follow Strandveien past the small houses towards Filtvet Lighthouse and the beautiful white beach where you can rent waterjet, swim and sunbathe and enjoy good ice cream from the ice cream bar. On the other side of the lighthouse is a nice green area with benches.
Probably, Filtvet has been a port since the Middle Ages where loading and unloading of goods and exports of timber has been conducted. From the 1740s to the 1770s there were operations in three iron mines near Filtvet. These were owned by Moss ironworks, and were located on or near Husebykollen. Mining ceased and seamen settled in Filtvet. From the 1780s, Filtvet was also a customs office under Drøbak's customs district. But after Tofte Cellulosefabrikk was built in 1897, Tofte emerged as the largest urban area in the area.
If you have lunch at Villa Malla there is a real danger of not wanting to leave this beautiful white bay with a view to the lighthouse ……. but new experiences are worth the detachment.
Filtvet lighthouse is the region's only lighthouse and has been in operation since 1840 and was automated in 1985 and today is a coastal gallery with changing exhibitions throughout the summer. The garden and beach are open for for swimming and recreation. Various events such as exhibitions, concerts and lectures are also organized. It is possible to rent the lighthouse.
Tour suggestions at Filtvet:
Follow the dirt road that goes on the upper side of Villa Malla and you will reach a nice wooden bridge and Ekrebukta and follow the coastal path further towards Tofte.
Tofte is located at the south tip of Hurum and is among the areas in the country with the highest average temperature. This leads to a lush plant and bird life on the islands and in the Sandbukta-Østnestangen nature reserve. It is said that the most beautiful part of the coastal path is the trip from Tofte to Rødangen via the nature reserve with the possibility of tenting along the way. Cozy trip with great views of the coast. There is abundant wildlife of seabirds and seals in the archipelago at Tofte. The area around Tofte has significant occurrences of the rare species of mistletoe and barberry.
Tofte center is elongated with small shops, Greek restaurant and local and mediterrean delicacies at Kultivar. Tofte has several beautiful sandy beaches and grassy areas for fun with good toilet facilities such as Apotekerstranda and Preisserstranda.
Tofte Cellulosefabrik AS and Hurum Fabriker AS, became the cornerstone companies that the entire Tofte community depended on for over a hundred years until the factory was closed down in 2013. A strong working-class culture grew on site and the population expanded. Today, the area has been transformed into a business park and Tofte has several well-preserved buildings that describe industrial history.
The polar ship Maud made for Amundsen is for storage in the harbor to the south of Tofte pending the construction of a museum.
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Nes Collections
Stein School is a unique and colourful school adorned by well-known Norwegian artists such as Reidar Aulie, Dagfinn Werenskiold, Henrik Sørensen and many more. In the 1930s, they transformed the school’s interior into an imaginative and colourful frame for teaching.
Headmaster Erling Elverhøy and Ingeborg Refling Hagen were the driving forces behind the works of art, words and poems decorating walls, doors, staircases and other surfaces. The school was in regular use from 1912 to 1972, and goes by the name "The Fairytale School".
Next to Stein School is the "old school" from 1852, which was in use until 1912.
The schooll is onlyt open during the summertime.
Welcome to the café at Stein School
In our lovely and rustic café, which used to be and old barn, we serve homemade cakes and scones, freshly made waffles and brewed coffee, ice cream and other treats.
We also exhibit art in our café building, as well as the opportunity to buy unique pieces of jewellery and quotes from Stein School.
Want to know more? https://mia.no/nes
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Sherpa stairs at Nebba
The Sherpa stairs at Nebba are a great example of trail building in Norway. The construction of the staircase involved Sherpas laying a total of 278 steps by hand, using only simple tools such as pickaxes, skewers, sledgehammers, hammers and chisels. The work was carried out over the course of 18 working days and great emphasis was placed on preserving the vegetation around the trail. The stairs have become a popular attraction and a great hiking destination along this coastal path by the Bunnefjord.
Oksenøya bruk
Krongods is an estate owned by the royal power which brought rental income to the crown before it came into private hands from 1838. The Solbakken farmstead was sold out in 1867 and was later the summer residence of the painter Hans Gude.
Here was formerly Oksenøya farm, Scandinavia's largest horticulture plant built by A. F. Klaveness. The estate was designed by Magnus Poulsson, who also designed Oslo City Hall together with Arnsteing Arneberg, and consisted of 10 greenhouses with, among other things, 70,000 chrysanthemums. The gardening business ceased in 1998.
During World War II in late 1941, the Germans set up a secret camp on the site for Russian prisoners of war. In May 1944, the camp was placed under the Grini prison camp, under the Luftwaffe. From then on, Norwegian and German prisoners were also placed in the camp, which consisted of twenty 12-sided tents, built up of plywood sheets of around 5 m² with an oven in the middle of the room and three small windows. Here 15 men lived in each, in two bunk beds that took up about half of the floor space, with eight places in the lower one and seven in the upper one. Over the spring, the camp was expanded to 33 tents, with a total of 400 prisoners from Grini. The prisoners worked on the airport, in the winter, among other things, treading the runway after snowfall.
After the war, the farm was bought by the State in connection with the creation of the Fornebu civil airport. In 1997, the foundation stone for Norske Skog's main building was laid where the camp was located, a building which two years later received Bærum municipality's aesthetic award.The office premises were placed so that the new and older buildings together form a yard. There is also a relationship between the new and old buildings in dimensioning, especially in height, and choice of materials. For example, Poulsson's spruce barn panel, which has been treated with iron vitrol and carbon black, has been repeated.
Norske Skog was founded in 1962 and was one of the world's largest producers of newsprint and magazine paper. The group had at most 13 factories in 10 countries worldwide, but went bankrupt in 2017 and was acquired by an investment company.
Today, a bird reserve has been established in Storøykilen between Oksenøya and Storøya, where 257 bird species have been recorded, as well as around 700 plants.
The lime furnace at Slependen
Lime burning was once the main industry in the village (from the 1300s). Lime from Bærum was used during the construction of Akershus fortress. The lime furnace is featured as a symbol in Bærum’s municipal coat of arms. The furnace at Slependen dates from 1914, and was in operation until 1940. Guided tours available on request.
Elle tower and DS Donau
Today, as before, the waterway was the most important route for getting goods into Oslo and out onto the continent. In winter, the fjord ice was used to haul goods into Christiania. In summer, the ships sailed fully loaded to the continent. In the areas of Son and Drøbak, a lot of timber was shipped out, which was, among other things, used in the large damming work to make the dykes in Holland. 200 kilo blocks of ice were shipped out to fish and food retailers in England, Germany and France. The sailing ships brought grain, peas, groats, cheese, butter, genever, fabrics, potter's wares, roof tiles and bricks to Norway.
A fog bell was a bell that was rung when there was poor visibility in the ship's lane to guide ships sailing in narrow waters when there was fog. Like here at Elle, the clocks were placed in a tower, and often in places where there were also lighthouses. The ringing occurred when a drive mechanism was activated.
Elle fog clock is made of wood and built in Swiss style. The fog clocks were established at the very end of the 19th century. The last fog watch on the coast was closed in the 1980s. Today, none of them are in use, as modern technology ensures safe traffic in the ship route into Oslo.
DS DONAU
A little further south outside Skiphelle is also the cargo from the DS "Donau", the cargo ship that resistance fighters Max Manus and Roy Nilsen sank in January 1945. While the ship was docked in Oslo, they fixed 10 mines attached with magnets below the waterline. The plan was for the ship to be blown up on the open sea, but delays meant that the bombs went off while they were still in the Oslofjord, where it ran aground. There were 1,500 German sundays and 450 horses on board. The ship was used to deport Norwegian Jews to Auschwitz during the war.
An important reason for the sinking was that during this period the ship was used to transport German forces from Norway to the continent. These forces were to be deployed as reinforcements on the western front, so the resistance movement in Norway would ensure that none of these reinforcements arrived.
Historic bathing towns in Asker
Humans have since the early 1900s believed that the salty air and a bath in the sea cures illnesses, and since then the Oslofjord has been a favorite place for bathing houses, gatherings, recreational activities and summer places for the distinguished families from "Christiania". For many years, the "Daddy boat" brought passengers to the the small towns on the weekends while mothers, grandparents and children stayed in the small towns throughout the summer.
No wonder that the area today has 6 of Norway's Blue Flag beaches in addition to summit hikes with fantastic views and a lot of unspoiled nature.
A road trip through Asker, to Hurumlandet takes you through different eras via charming summer gems such as Vollen, Sætre, Filtvet and Holmsbu. The area is best experienced by car but is also very popular to explore biking or by leisure boat. There is also a scheduled boat between Aker Brygge and Drøbak / Son with a few stops along the coast.
Treat yourself to quality time in a slower pace and feel the atmosphere visitors have come to experience through centuries. Rent rooms at one of the classic seaside hotels while exploring the coastal path, coastal galleries and other attractions in Asker and the Hurum Peninsula.
Holmen Fjordhotell is idyllically located by the water's with a view of the most beautiful part of the Oslo Fjord. The guest house Holmen Sommerhotell was started in 1924, and has today been expanded and converted into a modern conference hotel with a beautiful SPA in maritime style. Trygve Hegnar has collected some of his maritime antiques, old boats and cars that are on display in the hotel's public areas. Enjoy a good dinner and wrap up the evening with a game of shuffle board in the hotel bar.
A stop in Vollen offers a whole day of experiences; unique shops with jewelery design and fashion, delicious Mediterranean lunch on the pier at Vito´s or the taste of Greece at Elea. Popular activities are renting a jet ski in the marina and sauna at Varm in Vollen. The Oslo Fjord Museum has changing exhibitions that tell about life on the fjord and the boat building traditions. The polar ship Maud was built here and is now for storage in Tofte, further south on the Hurum Peninsula. Nearby accommodation options: Quality Hotel Leangkollen , Ramton Camping and Holmen Fjordhotell
Sætre
Sætre is located at the exit of the Oslofjord tunnel south of Hurumlandet. Sætre Gård is a cultural monument and is idyllically located by the Oslo Fjord and is today a nice gallery and restaurant. The town has a nice city beach, beautiful hiking areas around Sandspollen and an active marina. Sætre is developing into an urban small town with nice restaurants and public services.
In charming Filtvet you can enjoy a lazy day by the beautiful white bay with a view to Filtvet Lighthouse. Stroll among the small houses, bathe from the rocks or enjoy a good meal at the esteemed Villa Malla. This is not just a restaurant, but a destination in itself. They have no menu, just buffet for both lunch and dinner. The buffet is full of homemade Mediterranean food such as salads, salsa, dips, countless vegetable dishes and hot dishes from the grill. In Gallery Malla, you will find exhibitions by artists from all over the world. Accommodation nearby: Villa Utsikten.
Holmsbu is the most famous small town in Asker, beautifully situated by Drammensfjorden. This coastal gem is bustling with life from Easter to the autumn holidays, but is well worth a visit all year round. Spend the evening with delicious food at one of the city's restaurants and cafés, listening to live music in the backyard or on the hotel terrace. Enjoy a refreshing sea bath and sauna from the floating sauna, rent a canoe from the hotel and walk the coastal path towards Rødtangen.
The unique light and landscape at the southern tip of Hurum has been immortalized by many painters. Henrik Sørensen came to visit in 1913 and enjoyed the place so much that he lived in Holmsbu almost every summer for the rest of his life in company with several renowned painters, referred to as "Holmsbumalerne". They painted the beautiful decorations in Holmsbu church in the 1950s and 1960s. Holmsbu Bildemuseum-Henrik Sørensen's collections is nicely located along the coastal path in Støa and is open from June to September.
Make a hike to Holtnesdalen nature reserve with unique primeval forest, deciduous forest and carpets of wildflowers. The stream divides the valley into two parts and creates deep, dark valley depressions – with ferns and deciduous forest in the valley bottoms, and more coniferous forest at the height between them.
Experience the beautiful coast and find peace in the sunset breeze. Enjoy good company with close friends in one of the many beautiful places along the Asker coast.
Have a pleasant tour.
Rakni`s mound
This monumental barrow is located close to center of Jesshein and Gardermoen airport, only 6 kilometers from highway E6. The mound is larger than any other burial mound in northern Europe and its construction is alo exceptional; between soil and sand, 75000 logs are piled in three pyramid shaped layers.
The original height was more than 18 meters and the diameter about 77 meters. The burial mound was built during one winter and summerr, sometime between 533-551 AD.
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Høvik Glassworks. Veritas
In 1871, glass production started up again with lamp glasses for paraffin lamps, a lamp workshop and glassware such as drinking glasses, carafes, jugs and "pocket larks" were made with pressed glass technology that made prices affordable. The production of electric lamps increased and Norgesglasset with screw caps was introduced after an idea from the American glass industry. This revolutionized the canning and storage of food by housewives.
Glass production was transferred to Hadeland Glassverk and pewter objects were made at the works.
The workers at Verket had relatively good working conditions and no one was poor. Until 1917, the workers were given free housing and fuel, a good standard of housing according to the standards of the time with one or two rooms and a kitchen. They also had their own school, their own gymnastics room, library and reading room.
In 1910, the works got yet another new glass hut. This year, Høvik Glassverk was Bærum's second largest company with between 200 and 300 employees. The employees and their families, about 800 people, mostly lived inside the factory area. Skilled workers came from Sweden, Germany and Austria, or from the works at Hadeland and Biri.
Høvik verk was a fairly closed community until development in the Høvik area began in full in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a self-sufficient community with a camaraderie and unity that was very special. Within the plant, there was a big difference between workers, officials and management. This was reflected on the beach, where the working-class and white-collar children had to stick to their respective parts. At Svartodden, the white-collar children were alone with their beach and their bathhouse.
The immigrants who came to the Høvik area were sceptical about the working environment. The workers drank a lot of beer, often in the middle of the morning, and the boys at the works sailed on ice floes in the spring and bathed naked in the sea. Children from Øvre Høvik and other neighborhoods were not allowed to cycle down to the "ramp at Høvik Verk". Gradually, however, both children and adults experienced that there was a peaceful and good environment at Verket, with little fighting and quarrelling, as there was more of in other industrial communities in Bærum.
During World War II (1940–1945), the entire factory area was seized by the Germans, and all lamp production stopped. The Germans used the factory premises for their central workshop for car engines. Since then, filing cabinets, primuses and cooking appliances were produced. In 1972, the factory and the surrounding area were sold to Det Norske Veritas (DNV), lamp production was moved to Halden and called Høvik Lys, while steel production was transferred to Hensmoen near Hønefoss.
Kilde: https://barumhistorie.no / Knut Erik Skarning