Sandefjord Things to Do

No problem if you get lost in Sandefjord. With few highrise buildings in the town, it is easy to locate the soaring spire of the town church. It was built just over 100 years ago, and if you fail to see it, you should hear it, when its computer-controlled bells chime the hours.

It is probably wiser to leave your Save the Whales tee-shirt at home if you plan to visit Sandefjord's whaling museum, which claims to be the only one of its kind in Europe. It is fairly big – well, it has to be, since one of the star attractions is a full-size model of a blue whale. Fortunately, the models on sale in the museum shop are rather smaller. If an hour here doesn't make you want to reread Moby Dick, nothing will.

At the end of the main street, close to the ferry terminal, you can find the monument to Sandefjord's whaling heritage. It looks great in the photos, which tend to show the fountains bubbling and sparkling around the monument, but in winter they turn off the fountains. The monument looks rather forlorn in the frozen pool with its coating of dirty ice.

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The boat goes from Sandefjord to Stromstad, Sweeden. It takes around 3 hours. Enjoy the trip and all the food in the restaurant(knee supper), it's enough food for three hours

In Sweden you should take the advantage of all the cheap food there, before returning to Norway.

The Gokstad ship is a late 9th century Viking ship found in a ship burial beneath a burial mound at Gokstad farm in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. It was excavated in 1880.

The actual ship is now in the Viking Museum in Oslo but a replica, Gaia is in the port in Sandefjord.

At the actual Gokstad site, there is information boards about the ship and some history.

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Bjerggaten is among the oldest preserved houses in Sandefjord. They're from the begynning of the 1800 century. The people living here were trademen and seamen.
Today Bjerggaten and also Breili are idyllic places which shows old house areas and wood houses which escaped the city fire.

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this chapel opened in the spring 2004 and it is probably the only floating chapel in Europe. Inside this Chapel, everyone is welcome to enjoy the silence and the light ceremony. There's also a memory room and a wall made to remember the norwegian whale catchers who were barried in South Georgia, the island in the south pacific.

It's possible to lend the chapel for arrangements. Marriages have also been done here. The chapel takes 30 persons.

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this is a must for all Sandefjord visitors. In the Museum you'll read, hear and see the history of the whale capture and how it's done earlier and today. you'll also learn about other peoples relationship with whales, especially the inuits. There's a model of a big whale there, an exhibition with polar animals and a play room for the kids.

price for adults: 40 NK, Group 30NK.

Kids ? i don't know