Saagar Says: Norwegian cities are in fact known for all their statues in public places. porgrunn has a less than average share of these.But they have certainly one statue nicer than the average: this one of children playing in the rain, watching intntly a butterfly they have found.
1 Review and 7 Opinions Too expensive for what they offer. Business clientele oriented. We were offered room for NOK 800pp...
Saagar Says: If I was let loose and could have my beer where it fancied, I'd go to Eigil's Pub for a beer. Definitiely a brown place, with live music. My female company backed off after a peep through the curtains.
several: Some kind of pub crawl...
Saagar Says: There are a number of brown pubs that attract a somewhat sombre clientele here. The places seem to have their own sort of clientele with small tribal differences. However, the discern all these seems difficult, manageable only for locals. A pub crawl could be an interesting...
Saagar Says: Porsgrunn is close enough to E18 (Oslo-Kristiansand (Stavanger) highway to be able to comfortably drop by for a stop. The E18 runs closer to the coast, so about 10 km upriver is the city area. It's also a possibility to run up to the mountains of Telemark from E18 through...
Downtown: Shopping malls of Porsgrunn
Saagar Says: Ooouchhh!This isn't my idea of holiday.And a terrible name for a Telemark (you know, sweaters, skiing and all that) shopping center.If you have to, this is the place to do your shopping quick and dirty in Porsgrunn. 70 shops located in two neighbouring malls. But do not...
Haircutting seems to be a big deal....
Saagar Says: I do not know why, but Porsgrunn has a disproportionate number of hair saloons and hair cutters. I will try to provide a photo doc on this in an album some time. Just puzzles me...
Saagar Says: Traffic on Porsgrunn's maze of one-way streets is cumbersome for those not aquainted with it. Now try this... follow signs for parking in Porsgrunn... we eventually found parking...Click photo.
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I do not know why, but Porsgrunn has a disproportionate number of hair saloons and hair cutters. I will try to provide a photo doc on this in an album some...
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Porsgrunn and Skien - twin cities, really - in the southern part of Norway are on every secondary school student's itinerary: Porsgrunn is at the industrial core of Norway, Skien was the childhood...
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This is a pretty little town in Telemark of just 30,000 people, theres another town 5 miles up the road which brings the total up to 80,000, but still pretty wee! Its lovely in summer - close to the...
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