Porsgrunn Travel Guide

 Saagar Says:  An in-house museum gallery with theme exhibitions changing every three months. Mainly porcellain art by guest artists attached to the Porsgrund Porcellain Factory.Opening hours as for the sales outlets.You can also visit the factory departm,ent where tha hand painting... 

 Saagar Says:  Newly established factory museum celebrating the 120 years history of Porsgrund Porselænsfabrik. Complete history.Guided tours at 10, 11, 13 and 14 o'clock. all days of of the week incl. Saturdays and during advertised Sunday opening hrs. Check for the latter. Factory guided... 

 Saagar Says:  Porsgrunn is split by the river.Both sides of the river have a riverbank parallel road. The one on the west bank ("Vestsiden")is more "domestic" and housing oriented in contrast to the shopping/business road on the east bank.The Vestregate-Bybakken streets are idyllic. 

 Saagar Says:  This is the main shopping and business street in Porsgrunn- Storgata (= "big street"). It runs parallel to the river from herøya and way up, and you get a feel for the city by walking this road from Downtown to a small canal just past the Østre Brygge-located toruist office.... 

 Saagar Says:  I incidentally followed directions to the tourist info (the infamous "i") and came to the "House of Pain Tatoo". They did a piercing job on tourist information. A sideline? Maybe it's pain in the winter and tourists in the summer?My advice: try their web site instead. The... 

 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. 

 Saagar Says:  This cafe is located at the Porcellain Factory's main outlet store "Magasinet" a bit in the back of the store. Chance is that you have very glassy eyes by the time you arrive here, ripe for a coffee or something.Caspara doubles as a factory workers cafe, so the fare beyond... 

 Saagar Says:  Down by the harbour I finally found one sea food specialist restaurant. However, the opening hours did not suit my schedule, so i never got to taste their food.I guess things are quite seasonal here, too, as is my guess for all restaurant life in Porsgrunn - February doesn't... 

 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. 

 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... 

 Saagar Says:  Glasshjørnet and Porselenshuset are the top quality factory outlets of Porsgrund Porcellain Factory. Shares entrance with Kremmerhuset (separate tip) and the Porcellain Museum.Opening hrs:Mon-Fri: 09-16 (summer 9-18)Thu : 09-18 Sat: 09-13 (summer 9-15)Sun: summer only:... 

 Saagar Says:  Located next to Glasshjørnet, Kremmerhuset is the factory outlet of Porsgrund's out of production stuff, industrial size kitchen wares and supplementary production for old (but still popular) series of tableware.Some of the things here are seriously cheap.Opening... 

 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...