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Tønsberg P-hus

Max height 195 cm.

Easy and safe parking system by AUTOPAY.

Payment
The parking garage has AUTOPAY, means that there are cameras that read your car sign on arrival and departure, with different payment options:

1) Pay by creditcard on departure – you must enter your car registration number.

2) Pay online within 48 hours.

3) Sign up for automatic credit card withdrawal. Sign up here.

4) Invoice by mail for parked time + invoice service fee

5) Easypark App code / zone number for parking in Tønsberg P-hus 8307

You can also rent a parking lot every day, all day.

Marinemuseet – Navy Museum

Here you can explore the history of the Navy and the Royal Norwegian Navy from the dissolution of the Kalmar Union all the way to today’s Norwegian Special Operations Command.

The museum offers unique exhibitions, including the “Old Department”, housed in the original exhibition hall from 1864.

The Naval Museum is also an exciting destination for families. Experience history up close through large vessels, cannons, and maritime artefacts, and enjoy the special opportunity to board both the gunboat KNM Blink and the submarine KNM Utstein. Bring the whole family to explore narrow cabins, technical solutions, and everyday life at sea during the Cold War.

Sail On

Maritime courses for sailing and boat driver licences. Sail On also offers rental of sailboats, sails and rib. Team building for companies through sailing, rib and water sports activities.

Sail On uses the entire outer Oslofjord and Vestfold's beautiful archipelago for activities, in cooperation with several other actors to be able to deliver courses and events of high quality.

Life is an adventure, make sure you find the time to enjoy it!

Holt Farm

Holt Gård is located in Undrumsdal, 10-12 minutes drive both from Horten and Tønsberg. The farm produce organic food, such as vegetables, eggs, milk and meat, as well as some fruit and berries for juices and jams. The farm has varied opening hours through the year.

OPEN FARM
Open farm with café in Bryggerhuset. In the cafe you can buy freshly made baked goods, pizza and ice-cream (in season). Holt Gård serve mainly organic and self-produced food. See opening hours.

At the farm you can enjoy the farm life, visit the animals, jump in the hay and maybe go horseback riding.

GROUPS & MEETINGS
Holt Gård is availiable for groups who want to experience the life on the farm, or for celebrations throughout the year. Each season offers different activities and experiences.

Holt Gård can accommodate up to 65 people for celebrations in Bryggerhuset, and up to 25 people in the cafe. Bryggerhuset is suitable for meetings of up to 50 people. Read more at Holt Gård's website, and contact the hosts for a successful meeting.

Rekkeviksbukta Beach

Outdoor recreation area with grass and beach
Rekkeviksbukta is a beautiful beach and recreation area on the eastern side of Larviksfjorden. Rekkeviksbukta has a 95 meter long west-facing sandy beach with a nice grassy backdrop. The beach has a long ramp going into the sea, made for wheelchair users.

The coastal trail between Østre Halsen and Gon passes by Rekkeviksbukta.

Kjeholmen
If you walk the trail along the north side of the bay you will get to Kjeholmen. Here is also nice swimming possibilities either from the great rocks (svaberg) or the two smaller sandy beaches.

Franklinodden
On the south side of the bay you can follow the path to Franklinodden. Here you can dive from the smooth rocks.

Memorial to the Polar Ship Fram
The famous Polar ship Fram was built in Rekkeviksbukta. On the lawn behind the beach is a memorial and information sign about Fram.

Facilities
Rekkevik bay has public toilets, changing rooms and garbage disposal. There are also playgrounds on site.

Skjee Church

Skjee church is located in Stokke in Sandefjord municipality. Several changes have been made to the church over the years. Among other things, the church was expanded in both width and length during a major rebuild in 1846.

Inside the church there are 320 seats.

Outside the church there is a cemetery, which is located on both sides of the county road.

WH Café

WH cafè has outdoor seating in the yard.

Inside you’ll find a big lounge and a small cosy corner in the cafè.

The cafè is nice for children, with a calm, cosy and informal atmosphere.

Via Ferrata Tjøme

Vestfolds and Oslofjord's only Via Ferrata in beautiful surroundings on Tjøme overlooking the archipelago of Færder National Park.

A fantastic 4 hour Via Ferrata route with 6 different rappels and zipline at the end.

Heisetra

In Vestre Kodal you will find most of the Sandefjord Tourist Association's blue-marked trails. The association's cabins on Heia are a good starting point for trips. The place consists of two facilities: Heisetra with rental, and Slirabu as an unattended cabin with DNT lock and 9 beds.

TOUR AND ACTIVITY OPPORTUNITIES
The cabin is located next to Heivannet and Svartåa and adjacent to the tourist association's 100 km marked trail network, in some of Vestfold's finest and most varied forest terrain. In addition to being the starting point for many of the tourist association's blue-marked trails, the cabin is also connected to two nature/cultural trails: Svartåa cultural trail (9.7 km) and Heia-Vestby cultural trail (7.6 km). Sandefjord Tourist Association has also marked a permanent nature trail around Heivannet with 10 posts. The cabin has a nice local area with opportunities for fishing, swimming and picking berries and mushrooms. In winter, ski slopes are often groomed in the area around Setra. Heisetra is adapted for children and the disabled. Starting from this cabin, you can walk on marked paths all the way up to Hardangervidda.

The Children's Tour Association has prepared four small maps with tips for four child-friendly tours in the area: Tour to Grevesteinen (approx. two km each way, great view from the top), Tour to Slira dam, Upper and northern Heivann round (approx. four km) and Heivannet round (about two km).

ROAD DESCRIPTION
There is parking 300 meters from the cabin. Heia is 2.5 miles northwest of Sandefjord. From Raveien in Haukerød take fv. 305 towards Andebu and Kodal approx. 7.5 km north. When you reach Skjeggerød, turn left towards Åsrum and western Kodal. Follow this road towards Åsrum, to the left over the Trollsåsbrua and to Pipenholt. There you take county road 601 to the right towards Hvitstein and Heia. Follow the road approx. a mile, the last couple of kilometers on a gravel road, until you see a sign for Heia and a car park further down the road on the left. Heia is located approx. 500 meters down a dirt road west of the car park.

***Car driving down to the cabin is only permitted for utility vehicles and the transport of disabled people. Driving down to the cabin is not possible in winter.

Coastal trails in Horten

History, culture and nature all in one
Horten is a coastal municipality with a 40 kilometer long coastline from Tønsberg municipality to the south, and to Re municipality in the north.

Popular trails
* Sandsletta – Frebergvika – Slettefjell – Varnestangen
* Falkensten – Varnestangen
* Løvøya around
* Karljohansvern around
* Coastal Horten – Borre – Åsgårdstrand (Signed as Cycle Route No. 1)
* Coastal road Åsgårdstrand – The border to Tønsberg municipality

17 km long hiking path
The coastal path in Horten is part of the North Sea Route, and extends from Falkensten / Løvøya in the north to Åsgårdstrand in the south. Along the 17 km long trail you can wander in surroundings characterized by silence, peace and quiet. Nature here is diverse. It has large features of Edelløv forest and many nice places to sit down with a snack to listen to birdsong and waves.

Maps of historical trails
Detailed maps of historic hiking trails in Horten municipality are available at ut.no.

Bicycle Paradis
Are you interested in cycling in beautiful nature, Horten has great cycling trails. Horten city is surrounded by breathtaking scenery with both flat stretches like the ones between Åsgårsstrand and Horten, and with more wavy stretch over hills and fields.

16 shelters in Horten
The geography, climate and landscape of the geography has a rich diversity of animals and plants and has 16 protected areas. These will take care of rare, vulnerable and pristine landscapes, plants and animal species.