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| Åsgårdstrand | ||
| Fylke | Vestfold | |
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| Residents | about 3000 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 3095, 2919, 176   | ||
| Tourist info web | www.asgardstrand.no/ | |
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Åsgårdstrand is a place on the western bank of the Oslofjord in Norway.
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Åsgårdstrand is a small seaside resort on the western bank of the Oslofjord a few kilometers south of Horten. For a long time the place was considered an artists' colony and was praised then as now for its special light (which supposedly only in the same form in Hirtshals should be given in Denmark). Edvard Munch, the most famous Norwegian painter, owned a small fisherman's house here. Many of his well-known paintings (such as The girls on the bridge, 1901) were created here.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport is Torp Airport, about 30 km away Sandefjord.
By train
The Sørlandsbahn from direction Oslo or off Stavanger and Kristiansand stops at Skoppum, about 8 km to the north, and at the train station in, about 12 km to the south Tonsberg.
By bus
In the street
From Oslo you can take the E18, which passes close to Åsgårdstrand Dramming in about 100 km.
On the southbound E18 you can reach the place in 45 km from the ferry port in Larvik and in 235 km from the ferry port in Kristiansand.
You can take the ferry from Sweden or the region on the eastern bank of the Oslofjord Moss to Hoard to the western bank of the fjord. From Horten you have to drive 10 km on the Fv715.
By boat
By bicycle
The North Sea Cycle Route leads from the ferry in Horten (approx. 8 km) through Åsgårdstrand and over Nøtterøy continue after Sandefjord (approx. 40 km).
mobility
Dynamic cardsTourist Attractions
- Munch-Huset (Edvard Munch's house in Åsgårdstrand), Edvards Munchs gt. 25, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 48 24 11 89. The long-standing house (from 1897) with Edvard Munch's studio is the most important attraction in Åsgårdstrand. The small fisherman's house, in which Munch temporarily lived for many years, has been preserved in the condition in which Munch last left it. The studio, which he presumably used more as storage space for his painting utensils and paintings, is now a small gallery and sales room.Open: June - August Tue - Sun 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., May Sept. Sat Sun 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.Price: NOK 50, children free.
- Resident artists exhibit their works in the local galleries and thus strengthen the reputation of the place to be a special place for artists:
- Åsgårdstrand Galleri (Låven i Kiøsterudgården), Havnegaten 5, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 98 82 56 86, Email: [email protected].
- Galleri Smalgangen, Smalgangen 4, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 97 14 14 01, Email: [email protected].
- Kunstverksted, Kjær Gård, Raveien 361, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 90 58 35 03, Email: [email protected].
- Galleri Ask, N.C. Nielsensgt. 3B, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 33 04 55 29. Open: April - October, Sat Sun 12pm - 4pm.
- At the harbor you can find numerous sculptures by various artists, which are freely accessible.
activities
shop
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accommodation
- Thon Hotel Åsgårdstrand, Havnegata 6, 3179 Åsgårdstrand. Tel.: 47 33 02 07 40, Fax: 47 33 08 10 77, Email: [email protected]. Overlooking the harbor and the bridge, on which Edvard Munch's famous picture Three girls on the bridge originated.
