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Eastern Norway (Østlandet)
Information
Country	Norway
Area	94 577 km²
Population	2 492 630 hab. (2011)
Density	26,36 inhab./km²
Location
60 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N 9 ° 3 ′ 22 ″ E
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The Eastern Norway (Østlandet) is one of the five geographic regions of Norway

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Regions

Cities

• 59.91111110.7527781 Oslo  – The capital norwegian is also the largest city in the country. It is located at the northern limit of the fjord bearing its name and is surrounded by green hills. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.73777810.2052 Drammen  – Town founded in 1811, but which has inherited a long tradition of trade and exchange that is unique to the Buskerud. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.666710.63333 Drøbak  – Traditionally, Drøbak has been the winter season port for the Norwegian capital, Oslo, as the fjord freezes from Drøbak to Oslo. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.20510.954 Fredrikstad  – Port town located at the mouth of the largest Norwegian river, the Glomma (last update Feb. 2018)

• 60.87888910.5219445 Gjøvik  (last update Feb. 2018)

• Hamar  – Located on the shores of Lake Mjøsa, the largest in Norway, Hamar was an important center of power in the Viking era and the seat of a bishopric and a place of trade in the Middle Ages (last update Feb. 2018)

• 60.16666710.36 Hønefoss  – Large industrial center north of Lake Tyrifjorden, where the Begna River forms the Hønefoss Falls, giving the town its name (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.08111110.0163897 Larvik  (last update Feb. 2018)

• 61.11472210.4672228 Lillehammer  – Lillehammer is famous for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.1189.7449 Porsgrunn  (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.2539.47310 Skien  – In the time of the Vikings Skien was called Scheen and its history dates back to the year 900. A series of large fires destroyed the city. The current level of the city center dates from the last great fire in 1886. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.29805610.42361111 Tønsberg  – Founded in the IX^e century, the city is one of the oldest in the country and was a great whaling station. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 59.5822229.677512 Kongsberg  (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

• 61.3112.3151 Trysil  (last update Feb. 2018)

• 61.8378048.5682922 Gudbrandsdalen  (last update Feb. 2018)

• 60.6333339.053 Hallingdal  – A valley halfway between Oslo and Bergen. (last update Feb. 2018)

• 61.638.34 Jotunheimen  – A mountain range that has the 26 highest peaks in the country. Its landscapes alternating glacial valleys and mountains make it one of the favorite places of Norwegians for hiking and fishing. The name is, in Norse mythology, the territory Odin left to the ice giants at Creation (last update Feb. 2018)

• 60.9166679.1666675 Valdres  (last update Feb. 2018)

• 60.057.4166676 Hardangervidda  – A plateau with a barren landscape dotted with steep cliffs. It is home to one of the largest herds of wild reindeer, more than 10,000, which migrate between the less snow-covered east in winter and breed in the west of the plateau in summer. (last update Feb. 2018)

To go

• 60.20277811.0838891 Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (Oslo lufthavn IATA : OSLICAO: ENGM)  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 59.186610.25862 Sandefjord Airport (Torp Sandefjord lufthavn IATA : TRF, ICAO: ENTO) (8 km northeast of Sandefjord in Vestfold County) (last updated Nov 2018)

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