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Cristian_Uluru Says: From the hill of the Castrum Tunsbergis you can see a wonderful landcape over the town and the fjord.
Cristian_Uluru Says: The Foynogarden (Foyn House) is a listed building that shows the town centre's oldest existing town house as they were normally laid out, with a warehouse down by the harbour and the main house up facing the street. To meet the needs of the entire household, a workshop,...
Castrum Tunsbergis: Mikaelskirken
Cristian_Uluru Says: The foundations of the Church of St.Michael represent the oldest known building on the castle cliff. It was built before 1190 AD. It was mentioned in 1191 in connection with a tale of a journey of Danish pilgrims to Jerusalem. Originally a romanesque church the choir was...
Cristian_Uluru Says: The main tower of the castle was finished in 1276 for King Magnus Hakonsson and he started to build the castle from 1280. The castle was named Tunsberghus from 1340's. The encircling walls were then modernised with round flanking towers. The castle lost its importance as a...
Castrum Tunsbergis: The great hall
Cristian_Uluru Says: The Royal residence with hall and solar was built in the reign of King Hakon Hakonsson (1217 - 1263 AD). The building stood at the western part of the inner castle yard, probably with a connecting passage to the Church of St. Michael. The ground floor was built of stone but...
Castrum Tunsbergis: the southern gate tower
Cristian_Uluru Says: The southern gate tower was the main entrance of the castle, facing the town. A steep bridle path ran from the town behind the Domkirke up to the castle. Today's road was built in the 19th century. the gate has been decorated with glazed bricks.
Cristian_Uluru Says: The castlecliff is originally believed to have been a stronghold back in very early times. The firsrt hnow fortifications however dates back as late as 1165. During the civil war the fortified cliff was a great military importance. Those 12th and early 13th century...
Cristian_Uluru Says: the royal palace on the shore beneath the castlecliff was built in the middle od the 13th century. In the 16th century it belonged to the mayor of Tonsberg. The cellars of a hall are found and the foundations of an encircling wall, to the north of the hall. The ruins seems...
Cristian_Uluru Says: Coastal hunting of seals has a long tradition and has always been important for Norway's coastal population. With newer guns, the seals were soon chased from the hunters followed. In 1847 Svend Foyn sailed the polar vessel haabet (Hope) into the drift ice on east coast of...
Cristian_Uluru Says: In Tonsberg there are some many old buildings like the wooden house of Nordbyen and Britannia House, an house built in the 1700 with a facade in style Luis XVI.
Cristian_Uluru Says: In front of the Domkirke there is a very nice park where you can see some sculputeres made by Per and Gustav Vigeland.
Cristian_Uluru Says: The Domkirke of Tonsberg was built in the 1858 and it was restored in the 1939 by A. Arneberg. Inside the Cathedral there is a nice altar built in the 1621 and it come from the old Mariakirke that was where now there is the cathedral.
randhorn Says: The ruins of the old fortress Tunsberghus lies on a hill in the middle of the town. Here you can get a marvellous panorama view of Tønsberg and its surroundings, walk among ruins from the Viking era and also visit the Tower (Slottsfjelltårnet).
Beppe's Pizza: A restaurant in an old building
Cristian_Uluru Says: Beppe's Pizza offer a wide choice of Italian Pizza. This restaurant is in a house called Britannia, it was built in the 1700 and it has got a facade in style Luis XVI.
Mc.Donalds: Hamburgers,Coke and French Fries
F.Lade Says: And Mc.Donalds have arrived even here.
Cristian_Uluru Says: On the path towars the ruins of the castle there is this nice statue of Pincess Kristina.
Cristian_Uluru Says: Near the Domkirke you can see this nice statue of Svend Foyn (1809-1899): the businessman of the whales.
F.Lade Says: Tønsberg has allways been a seafarers city , it used to be whaleing , but the last whaleoilcookery left from here in the 60`s. But the city is still in the oil buisnes now we are building oil production platforms.
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My favorit in Norway , sit down here on a nice summerevening , have a half ltr. of beer , watch the people and the boats and enjoy life.
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Tonsberg is a very nice town located on the south of Norway in the Tonsbergfjorden and it is only 10 chilometres far from the town of Sandefjord. Historians think that the town existed before the......
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The small town of Tønsberg, Vestfold, is considered to be the oldest town in Norway (founded c. AD 871) and it became an important trading centre in the Viking age. In the 13th century King Håkon......
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