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Son Marina

A natural place to stop on your way in or out of the Oslofjord area.

Welcome to our modern, secure and family friendly guest harbour with roughly 150 spaces (up to approximately 80 feet). Included in the harbour rent is electricity, water, wireless internet connection, access to service stations with lavatories, showers, washing machines and dryers, garbage containers, as well as a code to a septic tank disposal station. Plenty of services nearby. Shops, cafes and restaurants are open all year. The grocery store is open on Sundays during the summer season.

Express ferry between Son and Oslo during the school summer vacation (weekends). More and more people let their boat remain in Son while they take a ferry or train over to Oslo.

We look forward to seeing you. Have a pleasant stay at Son Guest Harbour!

For opening hours, prices, terms of service and other relevant information, see www.sonhavn.no

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Reenskaug Hotel

Welcome to Reenskaug Hotel, in the heart of Drøbak!

Do you want to stay centrally in Drøbak?

Then the 100-year-old Reenskaug Hotel is the right place for you. The hotel has recently been redesigned with "The Lobby", a combined reception, bar and restaurant inspired by New York. And did you know that Knut Hamsun wrote the novel "Swarmers" in room 213?

Reenskaug Hotel is a fully modernised 100-year old hotel, situated in the heart of charming Drøbak.
28 light, pleasant rooms with all comforts.

This family-run hotel will make you feel home.

The hotel has a big cozy garden terrace in the summer and also course and conference facilities. Guests gets served breakfast and the hotel also has a great restaurant. Open all year round.

Thon Hotel Gardermoen

Are you travelling through the Gardermoen area?? Thon Hotel Gardermoen is situated only 10 minutes from Oslo Airport Gardermoen. We can provide a good night’s sleep in modern, spacious, and functional hotel rooms and a great breakfast buffet to start your day. On our buffet you will find homemade cooking, organic and ecological produce as well as local produce.

The hotel is a perfect hub for traveling from Oslo Airport by plane or train. Right outside our front doorstep the bus company Vy provides a shuttle service to the airport terminal. You will also find plenty of parking space by the hotel and long term parking is available.

We can offer affordable prices for sports groups, leisure groups, business travelers and families. And of course we are a pet friendly hotel.

Our sister hotel, Thon Hotel Oslo Airport, is located only 650 meters from us and we enjoy a close cooperation. Thers you ac also enjoy a dinner at their a la carte restaurant.

Location

0 m til shuttlebus to the airport. 80 NOK per adult, childre ride for free. Se schedule at vy.no

4,4 km to train station.

7 km to Oslo Airport Gardermoen

5 km to golf course.

Thon Congress Gardermoen is just a short 9 minute walk from us.

Activities at the

We cooperate with Flytribe where you can fly in their wind tunnel, situated only 500 meters from the hotel, 97minutes’ walk.

Nordbytjernet outdoor area with a lake for swimming is located 3 km from the hotel.

Jessheim city center is about km from the hotel. Here you can find several activities as shopping, movie theatre, bowling, restaurants and more.

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Quality Airport Hotel Gardermoen

We have 455 rooms and a conference capacity for up to 800 people in our largest room! Our restaurant The Social Bar & Bistro, with fantastic à la carte dishes, as well as a coffee bar, bright and spacious lounge areas, a state-of-the-art gym and more – all on one floor!

Close to Oslo Airport Gardermoen

Our location is ideal for conferences, as we located just 45 km from the centre of Oslo and 8 minutes by shuttle bus from Oslo Airport Gardermoen.

Wonderful natural surroundings

We are surrounded by forests, and there are some fabulous cycling and running trails to allow you to clear your head at the end of a long day! You can also swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter just 5 minutes' walk away from the hotel. Jessheim's town centre is situated 2.5km from the hotel and offers a wide range of cultural experiences, a cinema and great shopping. So, the Quality Airport Hotel Gardermoen offers much more than just proximity to the airport.

Conferences and events

We are an ideal venue for both small meetings and large-scale conferences for up 800 people in our largest room. With 455 double rooms, a total conference capacity for more than 1000 people and close proximity to both Oslo and the airport, we will be more than well-equipped to host fabulous conferences and events.

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The Norwegian Cartoonist Gallery

The Norwegian Cartoonist Gallery is part of a consolidated network of museums in the Greater Oslo area. Founded in 1999, we show illustrations, drawings, comics and political & satirical cartoons.

One of our missions is to promote cartoons as a worthy art form, and we sell both originals and limited edition prints. We also sell a range of other graphic works.

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Domkirkeodden

The most beautiful Hamar has to offer

One of Norway's largest medieval museums providing an insight into our history from the Viking era, through the Middle Ages and up until today. The glass structure covering the cathedral ruins is the main attraction, and this is where visitors are told the dramatic story of how the church was destroyed. They also get to experience the fantastic acoustics as the guides show off their singing skills.

The open air museum by Mjøsa comprises over 60 antique buildings from the Hedmark villages. Permanent exhibitions are available in Storhamarlåven from the 1700s, converted to a museum by architect Sverre Fehn. Guided tours of the country's largest ecological herb garden are also available.

Prices and opening hours

Nes Church ruins

The first stone church in Nes was built on the headland between the Glomma and Vorma rivers in the twelfth century.

The ruins of the old Nes church can be visited any time anf guided tours for groups by prior arrangement April- October.

In pre-Christian times, there was a sacrificial site here. The church was built as a long church in Romanesque style in the 12th century. It was set on fire by the Swedes during the Seven Years' War in 1566, but was rebuilt and expanded into a cruciform church in 1697. In 1854, the church burned down again, but due to the danger of landslides, it was not rebuilt.

Some of the inventory from the old church was saved and is now located in the new Nes church from 1860. Magnificent views of the confluence of the rivers and the Nesbygda area.

Today the ruins host concerts and weddings at this magnificent location.

Nes, or Store Nes as it was called in ancient times, got its name from the promontory formed by the meeting of the Vorma and Glomma rivers. Nestangen is worth a visit in itself. Here you will find varied vegetation, beautiful cultural landscape, reminders of major landslides, and, not least, the church ruins, which the national antiquarian called the most beautiful ruin in Norway.

Around the church, there is a park where benches and tables have been set up for a pleasant rest. The old church cabin standing here was moved here from Fenstad north in the village and was the place where Norway's first coin engraver came from.

From E16, it is well marked with signs. Outside the winter season, you can drive all the way down to the ruins during the daytime, where a parking lot has also been constructed. On the way down, you pass Ullershov farm with proud traditions spanning many hundreds of years.

Important information for visitors to Nes church ruins
It is not allowed to drive by car or other vehicle down to Nes chruch ruins at night time!
Road barrier has been set up at the farm Ullershov, with information about opening hours. The barrier goes down at 11pm and does not open until 7am.
During the winter months, the road will be inaccessible to vehicles, due to ice or snow. All traffic will then be at your own risk.

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Asker Library

Welcome to the Asker Libraries

The Asker libraries are vibrant meeting places for culture and knowledge and are located at Tofte, Midtbygda, Slemmestad, Heggedal and Asker centre. At the library, you are free to borrow books, art and equipment, read newspapers and magazines, study, make use of our computers and spend time with friends and family. We host events and activities for young and old several times a week.

Opening hours, program and services at: www.askerbibliotekene.no

Follo museum

Follo Museum is an open-air museum with old buildings from Frogn, Ås, Vestby and Nesodden. The museum has a large collection of artifacts, a café with a museum shop and chickens, rabbits and sheep in the summer. The museum also has premises for rent.
The café is open on weekends in the winter months, as well as during the autumn, Easter and winter holidays. During the summer season, the café is open Tuesday-Sunday. The café serves waffles, cakes, soft drinks, cocoa and coffee. In the museum shop you will find a little bit of local crafts, as well as exciting local history.
Guided tours are offered by appointment all year round. The tour visits several of the museum's historic buildings: the Korsegården train station, the Old Holstad School, the farmhouse at Børsum and the Boys' Home. The audience will see various historical interiors, the development of artifacts and how people in Follo have lived throughout history. Our audio guide is available 24 hours a day.
The museum has a packed annual schedule, keep an eye on the calendar to keep up with what events and experiences they offer.
Welcome to Follo Museum!

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Klevfos Industrial Museum

Klevfos Cellulose & Paper Mill is a piece of industrial history from the time when wood processing was our largest export industry. The fabric Mill was founded at Ådalsbruk, Løten municipality, approx. 15 km east of Hamar, in 1888.

Today, the old industrial environment by Svartelva (The Black River) in Løten plays an important role in documenting the cellulose and paper production. The factory stands as it did in 1976, the tours take you through the various departments, and you can follow the process from timber to finished paper.

The museum has a large open area with dam facilities and channels. There are benches, picnic tables and playground equipment for the children. In the nearby area, there are good options for hiking. You can also make your own paper by hand.

The museum is located in the same area as the Munch Center. Edvard Munch was born at Engelaug østre at Ådalsbruk, in 1863, near by Klevfos. Munch spent a lot of time here as a child when he visited Engelaug. Inside the center you will learn about Munch's childhood and his relationship with Løten, and you can see more of his early drawings from the area.