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Tønsberg
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Tønsberg is the county capital of Vestfold, on the west side of the Oslo fjord, and is known for its hospitable climate, its intimate and beautiful seaside, green lungs and short distances to winter sports resorts. It is Norway's oldest town, records found are dated back to year 871.
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Tønsberg was a center of power in the Middle Ages, and up to 1674 it was the only city in the county.
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The Oseberg ship is one of the foremost symbols of Norwegian Viking age, and was found just north of down town Tønsberg. The world's richest Viking grave findings, two women, a wagon, sleighs, beds and fifteen horses, were buried together with the ship.
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Next to being a seaport since the Viking age, Tønsberg was in the years 1250 - 1530 also known as one of Norway's three Hanseatic towns. Later it became a whaling town, and from the 1850's the districts wealth increased as the economic cycles in shipping was very good.
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environment for children to grow up in. Up to the recent years, housing has also been relatively cheap compared to Oslo and other bigger cities, but that has started changing.
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Down town Tønsberg, we have idyllic residential areas with protected houses, and in Nordbyen we have Tønsberg's oldest unbroken row of houses.
Nordbyen is divided in two by the main road through Tønsberg – the upper part is just beneath the castle hill, while the lower part borders the channel. A walk through Nordbyen is like going a century back in time.
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Just outside Tønsberg you find many magnificent nature attractions, such as long beaches, slopes of naked rock and plains with sloe scrubs, circular stone pots formed by the rotation of sand, stone and water during the ice-age, water falls, salmon rivers, beech tree woodlands, areas of fossils, various sized uninhabited islands - natural pearls with rich plant life and luscious growing conditions.
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Verdens Ende
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"World's End" lies furthest south on Tjøme, an island outside Tønsberg. The area has fantastic views towards the Skagerak and superb bathing and fishing possibilities from smooth rocks and islands. Originally, the area was best a vantage point for pilots looking for ships.
The "basket lighthouse" was, together with a restaurant , built in 1932. The long pier from the mainland out towards the small islands forms a protected harbor basin. Several fishermen from Tjøme have their boats there.
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