Location: Tonsberg
Top Things to do in Tonsberg
The 10 Best Sights & Landmarks in Tonsberg, Eastern Norway
Tønsberg [²tønsbærj] ( listen) is a municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around 102 kilometres (63 miles) south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tønsberg. The municipality has a population of 41,239 and covers an area of 107 square kilometres (41 square miles).
Restaurants in Tonsberg
1. Saga Oseberg
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5.0 based on 58 reviews
Saga Oseberg is an archeological replica of the famous Oseberg Viking Ship. At "Vikingodden" we also build new viking ships. Do you want to be a viking? Building ships or join the viking crew?
2. Slagen Church
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Brick church with two steeples built in 1901. The organ is from 1972, has 32 pipes and is considered to be the finest concert organ in the district. The former medieval church burned in 1898. Slagen's oldest preserved altar piece, a unique, magnificent, late medieval triptych from about 1480 with twelve carvings depicting St.Ursula's journey to Rome, was saved. It is now in the University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo. The painter, Sven Jorgensen, one of Vestfold's better known artists, is buried here in Slagen Church cemetery. Church Service every Sunday 11 am.
3. Mother and Child
4. Tonsberg Cathedral
5. Tonsberg Barrel
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Sea-mark, 37 m above sea level, on osteroya at the approach to the Tonsberg Fjord.
6. Tonsberg Medieval Festival
7. Brygga i Toensberg
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4.5 based on 207 reviews
"Brygga"is the main street in the summer town Tønsberg. The channel through the city has a long history that goes back to before the 1200s. There has been full active for over 1000 of years.
Reviewed By 982ullag - Sitio de Calahonda, Spain
This is an excellent place to visit to stroll, look at the boats, see people and of course have a drink or a meal. It is highly reccomended in summer, in spring or fall when the sun is out, or even in winter to experience the cozy ambience. In summer the sun will set over the low hills to the northwest, quite late in the eveneing. So come and experience the long summer evenings like a Scandinavian. It is also buzzing for lunch. Scandinavians will jump at any excuse to sit outside in the sun! A lot of them bring friends for a "halvliter", a pint, but my husband and I usually settle for sparkling water and coca-cola, and a light meal. If you are quite young, and perhaps single, the action starts late.. after 10PM, but people of all ages go there for a drink and a meal in the early evening any day of the week. As we are an older couple, we prefer to head for home before 11, especially on Fridays and Saturdays. That is when the young crowd turn out in droves. If you are boating there are many berths, both along the quay and a little furter up where there is a little marina with many berths and shower and WC facilities. I have no idea what it costs these days.. There should be a sign or two. Someone will show up to take your money. :-) If you moor along the quay on the weekend, don't expect to have a good nights sleep. In summer that is party-time! The busiest season in Norway is medio June until medio August. In August it CAN start to be a little chilly at night .. or you can experience a Norwegian heatwave .. you never know!
8. Seaside Chapel
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
Quayside Chapel, Tonsberg was opened by the Church Town Mission in 1995 in Svend Foyn's warehouse. Evening service Thursdays at 8 pm.
9. Castle Rock Tower
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4.0 based on 148 reviews
The present tower on Castle Rock was built in 1888 after the first tower, built by the Tonsberg Maritime Club in 1856, burned to the ground.The original cross from the Church of Our Lady can be seen in the tower. Cato Engers model of the castle Castrum Tunsbergis has been casted in bronze and has it's place close to the tower. Mail dispatched from Castle Rock Tower has its own postmark with a special motif. The tower is 17 m high. There are three royal inscriptions on the tower.
Reviewed By DocJohannes - Oslo, Norway
It´s a tower. But magnificent both from a distance (lighted up in the evening) and close by for shadow in the summer. This is a rebuild, and close by there is a model of the whole castle. Tønsberg is norways oldest town.
10. Eik Church
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
Eik church was built as a working church in 1988. Architect, Harald Hille. The altar piece is by the artist Per Odd Aarrestad.
