Guidebook for Holmestrand

Christina
Christina
Guidebook for Holmestrand

Essentials

Extra Gullhaug
95 Gurannveien
MENY Holmestrand
123 Hvittingfossveien
Wine and spirits shop. Please note that in Norway they don't sell wine and spirits in groceries stores or convenience shops, only at Vinmonopolet.
Vinmonopolet
665 Østveien
Wine and spirits shop. Please note that in Norway they don't sell wine and spirits in groceries stores or convenience shops, only at Vinmonopolet.

Food Scene

Cute local cafe where you can also buy a tea and snacks to bring home with you https://www.facebook.com/LilleHolmestrand/
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Lilleholmestrand AS
20 Langgaten
7 preporuka/e lokalaca
Cute local cafe where you can also buy a tea and snacks to bring home with you https://www.facebook.com/LilleHolmestrand/
Local restaurant with views of the boat marina. Web: http://langgataspiseri.no/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2345434-d7696981-Reviews-Langgata_Spiseri-Holmestrand_Vestfold_Eastern_Norway.html
Langgata Spiseri
6 Havnegaten
Local restaurant with views of the boat marina. Web: http://langgataspiseri.no/ https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2345434-d7696981-Reviews-Langgata_Spiseri-Holmestrand_Vestfold_Eastern_Norway.html
Local sushi restaurant and take away. Web: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Sushi-Restaurant/Holmestrand-sushi-Asia-Mat-624752040946180/
Holmestrand Sushi & Asia Mat
36 Langgaten
Local sushi restaurant and take away. Web: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Sushi-Restaurant/Holmestrand-sushi-Asia-Mat-624752040946180/
Local chinese restaurant. Web: https://en-gb.facebook.com/GDHolmestrand/
Golden Dragon
15 Rådhusgaten
Local chinese restaurant. Web: https://en-gb.facebook.com/GDHolmestrand/
Local pizza restaurant and pub
Pizza Restaurant & Pub Casablanca
46 Langgaten
Local pizza restaurant and pub
Tapas Restaurant in Drammen https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g190458-d4104831-Reviews-Anchas_bodega-Drammen_Drammen_Municipality_Buskerud_Eastern_Norway.html?m=19905
20 preporuka/e lokalaca
Anchas Bodega
4 Bragernes Torg
20 preporuka/e lokalaca
Tapas Restaurant in Drammen https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g190458-d4104831-Reviews-Anchas_bodega-Drammen_Drammen_Municipality_Buskerud_Eastern_Norway.html?m=19905
Iconic Norwegian pizza restaurant. Every Norwegain has been to Peppes Pizza.
Peppes Pizza - Tønsberg
26 b Nedre Langgate
Iconic Norwegian pizza restaurant. Every Norwegain has been to Peppes Pizza.
Indian Restaurant in cozy traditional building https://www.bombaytandoori.no/
Bombay Tandoori Tønsberg
28A Nedre Langgate
Indian Restaurant in cozy traditional building https://www.bombaytandoori.no/
Classic dining with water views on the boardwalk in neighbouring town Tønsberg
13 preporuka/e lokalaca
Havariet
30E Nedre Langgate
13 preporuka/e lokalaca
Classic dining with water views on the boardwalk in neighbouring town Tønsberg
Local restaurant by the marina
Bryggekanten Pizza Og Restaurant
2 Havnegaten
Local restaurant by the marina
A Thai street kitchen is located near the beach and the open-air area, park and Holmestrand train station
Taste Of Thailand
3 Langgaten
A Thai street kitchen is located near the beach and the open-air area, park and Holmestrand train station

Entertainment & Activities

46 preporuka/e lokalaca
Brygga i Tønsberg
36 Nedre Langgate
46 preporuka/e lokalaca
18 preporuka/e lokalaca
KinoCity
2 Bragernes Torg
18 preporuka/e lokalaca
Small downhill skiing hills close to the cottage
Høgås Alpine
31 Høgåsveien
Small downhill skiing hills close to the cottage
In the midst of Tønsberg's vibrant harbour area you can see the history recreated – all year round. Here Lies "Saga Oseberg", a full-scale archaeological copy of Oseberg viking ship, built here in the years 2010-2012. If you're lucky you can also get to be on a rotur in this the finest of all famous Viking ships. http://osebergvikingarv.no/en/
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
Saga Oseberg
3 Ollebukta
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
In the midst of Tønsberg's vibrant harbour area you can see the history recreated – all year round. Here Lies "Saga Oseberg", a full-scale archaeological copy of Oseberg viking ship, built here in the years 2010-2012. If you're lucky you can also get to be on a rotur in this the finest of all famous Viking ships. http://osebergvikingarv.no/en/

Sightseeing

Collection of Viking graves within Borre National Park. Borre National Park is home to the most extensive collection of king's graves in Scandinavia.
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
The Borre Mounds
9 Birkelyveien
15 preporuka/e lokalaca
Collection of Viking graves within Borre National Park. Borre National Park is home to the most extensive collection of king's graves in Scandinavia.
The Castle Rock/Slottsfjellet Tower is Tønsberg's most famous landmark. In the Middle Ages, Slottsfjellet was a royal resident and an important power center in Norway. It was also the largest medieval fortress in the 1300s.
48 preporuka/e lokalaca
Slottsfjelltårnet
14A Dronning Blancas gate
48 preporuka/e lokalaca
The Castle Rock/Slottsfjellet Tower is Tønsberg's most famous landmark. In the Middle Ages, Slottsfjellet was a royal resident and an important power center in Norway. It was also the largest medieval fortress in the 1300s.
Boardwalk in our local town by the Oslo fjord.
Holmestrand brygge
Havnegaten
Boardwalk in our local town by the Oslo fjord.

Arts & Culture

Midgard vikingsentre is situated near the Borre burial mounds or Borrehaugene as it's called in Norwegian, which form one of Norway's most important cultural heritage sites. Please see link for more info: https://midgardvikingsenter.no/en/
20 preporuka/e lokalaca
Vikinški centar Midgard
9 Birkelyveien
20 preporuka/e lokalaca
Midgard vikingsentre is situated near the Borre burial mounds or Borrehaugene as it's called in Norwegian, which form one of Norway's most important cultural heritage sites. Please see link for more info: https://midgardvikingsenter.no/en/
Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo is Norway's largest museum of cultural history featuring large indoor collections, the world's oldest Open-Air Museum and a 12th century stave church. https://norskfolkemuseum.no/en
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
Norveški muzej kulturne povijesti
10 Museumsveien
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo is Norway's largest museum of cultural history featuring large indoor collections, the world's oldest Open-Air Museum and a 12th century stave church. https://norskfolkemuseum.no/en
Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula with the world's best-preserved Viking ships and finds from Viking tombs around the Oslo Fjord. Two of the ships where found in our local County of Vestfold.
275 preporuka/e lokalaca
Muzej vikinških brodova
35 Huk Aveny
275 preporuka/e lokalaca
Museum on the Bygdøy peninsula with the world's best-preserved Viking ships and finds from Viking tombs around the Oslo Fjord. Two of the ships where found in our local County of Vestfold.
Must see park in Oslo
598 preporuka/e lokalaca
Vigelandsparken station
Kirkeveien
598 preporuka/e lokalaca
Must see park in Oslo
This is the house and town where the artist Munch spent many of his summers and painted. Girls on a Bridge was painted here. The town Åsgårdstrand is a lovely little town in the Oslo fjord
23 preporuka/e lokalaca
Munch's Hus
25 Edvard Munchs gate
23 preporuka/e lokalaca
This is the house and town where the artist Munch spent many of his summers and painted. Girls on a Bridge was painted here. The town Åsgårdstrand is a lovely little town in the Oslo fjord
Another museem located on Bygdøy dedicated to The Kon-Tiki expedition. A journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer, writer and visionary Thor Heyerdahl. https://www.kon-tiki.no/
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
Kon-Tiki muzej
36 Bygdøynesveien
171 preporuka/e lokalaca
Another museem located on Bygdøy dedicated to The Kon-Tiki expedition. A journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer, writer and visionary Thor Heyerdahl. https://www.kon-tiki.no/

Getting Around

This is the closest access to Holmestrand Station and where we pick up our guests if they have requested to be collected from the station. You will need to take the elevator up or down to access the train station. There is a sign as you exit the train platform HEIS TIL ROVE. Please contact host for more info.
Roveheisen
24 Roveveien
This is the closest access to Holmestrand Station and where we pick up our guests if they have requested to be collected from the station. You will need to take the elevator up or down to access the train station. There is a sign as you exit the train platform HEIS TIL ROVE. Please contact host for more info.

Shopping

Shopping centre
34 preporuka/e lokalaca
Farmandstredet
1D Jernbanegaten
34 preporuka/e lokalaca
Shopping centre
Local shopping mall with a range of shops and essentials. Web: http://re-torvet.no/butikker/
Re Torvet
5 Kåpeveien
Local shopping mall with a range of shops and essentials. Web: http://re-torvet.no/butikker/