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| Sandefjord | ||
| Fylke | Vestfold and Telemark | |
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| Residents | 63.764 (2020) | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.visitsandefjord.com/de | |
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Sandefjord is a city on the Norwegian South coast at the transition to the Oslofjord.
background
getting there
By plane
The airport Torp (TRF) / Sandefjord Lufthavn is the Norwegian airport with the second largest number of direct connections from abroad. There is a bus service from the airport to Torp train station, from where you can take the train to Sandefjord. Total travel time 12 minutes, connections every hour.
By train
1 railway station Sandefjord is on the railway line NSB of Oslo to Kristiansand or further after Stavanger. Hourly connections to Oslo. Bicycles can be taken along.
By bus
In the street
By boat
- 2 Color Line, Tollbugate 5 / Fergeterminalen, 3210 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 33 49 35 00. Several daily ferry connections Strömstad/ Sweden.Open: crossing 2.5 hours.
Signs for the North Sea Cycle Route
By bicycle
Sandefjord is on North Sea Cycle Route (North Sea Cycle Route), in Norway this section is also known as Kystruta and is signposted as the National Cycle Route No. 1.
On foot
mobility
Dynamic cardsTourist Attractions
- Whaling monument. At the crossroads between Tollbugata, Jernbanealleen and the beach promenade is the not undisputed monument, which is supposed to remind of the heyday of Sandefjord as the center of Norwegian whaling. Critics accuse the builders of the monument of glorifying whaling.
Representation of whale processing in the whaling museum
- 1 Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet) (Sandefjord Museum), Museumsgt. 39, 3237 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 94 79 33 41, Fax: 47 33 46 37 84, Email: [email protected].
In the whaling museum there are not only numerous exhibits from the times when Sandefjord was one of the most important whaling ports in Norway, but there are also a large number of prepared animals from the polar region, among others. Particularly impressive are individual showcases in which whaling ships are shown with all the details of whaling and whale processing. A museum that is particularly worthwhile for children - if they can deal with detailed pictures of whaling.Open: from the end of June to the end of August daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., outside the summer season daily, but with shorter opening times (see website).Price: adults NOK 55, children NOK 30, families NOK 135.
- Viking ship Gaia. On the Viking boat, which is a reconstruction of the Gokstad ship, you can possibly also sail along - however, it is often not in Sandefjord, but on various occasions at sea. If it is in the home port, you will find the boat as well as the Southern Actor at the Brygga.
- Whaling ship Southern Actor, Brygga 1, 3210 Sandefjord. Even outside of the Southern Actor's short sightseeing times, it is worth taking a walk to Brygga just to see the ship from the outside.Open: last week of June and August, Sat and Sun 12 noon - 5 p.m., July daily 12 noon - 5 p.m.
Excavation documentation in Gokstad
- Gokstad. Site of the Viking ship named after the place, which was found as a burial object of a chief under a burial mound on the road east of Sandefjord. The mound was backfilled after the ship was salvaged, below you can see a large graphic showing the position of the ship in the mound and photos of the excavation work. The Gokstad ship is now in the Viking Ship Museum in OsloThe "Gaia" on the Museum Brygga is a reconstruction.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- Before camping and bathing pass, Vesterøyveien 401, 3234 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 33 47 37 70, 47 90 84 45 84, Fax: 47 33 47 60 93. Approx. 9 km from the center.
- Asnes Camping and beach, Asnesveien 51, 3222 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 90 84 45 84, Fax: 47 33 47 60 93. Approx. 5 km from the center.
- Rica Park Hotel Sandefjord, Strandpromenaden 9, 3212 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 33 44 74 00, Fax: 47 33 44 75 00, Email: [email protected]. Centrally located to the ferry terminal and the city center, with a view of the fjord.
health
Practical advice
- 1 Tourist office, Kurbadet, Thor Dahlsgate 7, 3210 Sandefjord. Tel.: 47 33 46 05 90, Email: [email protected]. The tourist information is close to the Color Line ferry terminal. A café is directly adjacent. Parking spaces can be found directly opposite in the large parking lot between Tollbugata, Thor Dahlsgate and Jernbanealleen.
trips
- Out Larvik, the port city only 20 km to the south, two famous men of the Norwegian seafaring come from: The shipbuilder Colin Archerwho is the polar ship Fram built, and the adventurer and ethnologist Thor Heyerdahlwho, among other things, with the Kontiki undertook sensational expeditions. The city has created a monument to both of them with museums.
- The NumedalOne of the pristine valleys in southern Norway, where you can still see many old farms, can be reached by driving north from Larvik.
- Tonsberg, the oldest city in Norway, is about 30 km north.
- The little town Åsgårdstrand, one of the most important works of the well-known Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, is only a few kilometers north of Tønsberg.
