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Horten Apartment

Horten Apartment with its 35 rooms is a modern living concept with low prices. Horten Apartment offers tasteful rooms with a fully equipped mini kitchen, private bathroom, a comfortable bed, a good chair, a desk and a wardrobe, for long and short term rentals for both private individuals and companies.

From June 2025, Horten Apartment will increase its capacity to 88 rooms/apartments. All rooms have their own kitchen and private bathroom with shower, sink and toilet. Bed linen and towels. Kitchen with refrigerator, microwave and stovetop, as well as cutlery, crockery and pots.

Horten Apartment combines simplicity with comfort, low prices and a central location in Horten. If you want to spend your money on things other than minibars and room service, Horten Apartment is the place for you. Horten Apartment has its own laundry room with washers and dryers, free wifi and parking.

Horten Guest Harbour

Horten guest harbour has a short distance to restaurants, shops and shopping center.

All amenities available
Horten guest harbour has 90 berths available and offers everything you need of facilities. Attached to the harbor is a service building with toilet, shower, washing machines and easily accessible self-service fuel systems (only diesel). Diesel fillets are payable in the restaurant Fishland.

Waste transfer and wireless internet are also part of the facilities at Horton Gjestehavn.

Exciting attractions nearby
Visitors to the visitor's harbor can recommend a variety of attractions and activities:
– Coastal trails in Horten
– The Borre Park
– Midgard Viking Centre
– Preus Museum
– Navy Museum
– Karljohansvern

Fulehuk Lighthouse

Nowadays the role of the lighthouse is played by a fully automatic beacon on a nearby island. The lighthouse itself is operated by the association of Fuglehuks friends, looked after by the foundation Fulehuk Fyr. Its been renovated by the association, and visitors can enjoy the stunning view from the top of the tower, as well as looking out onto the many ships that pass by every day. The sunset and sundown view is often described as magical.

Accommodation at Fulehuk fyr
The lighthouse offer accommodation up to 30 people in the lighthouse and Naustloftet, and is equipped with kitchen, bedrooms, living rooms and meeting rooms. Fresh water, electricity, indoor toilet and bathroom. The hosts will help you with accommodation and information.

At the cabin there are 8 beds that are rented out during the summer (June 1 – August 30 without Saturdays) They can be rented for up to three days at a time. They are split between two bedrooms that also double as the primary living rooms. The cabin is simmilar to a self serve cabin in the mountains, where you meet other people who are there at the same time as you.

Transport

Fjordtaxi will drive you out for a fixed fee.

By boat: The island which the lighthouse is built upon is quite samm and as a result it is very exposed to the elements. there is also a lack of good spots to anchor, though there are several spots where kayakks can easily dock. If one wishes to use ones own motor boat to visit then the hosts at the lighthouse must be contacted first. Any use of a private boat is done at the owners risk. Alternatively one can dock at the guest port at Eastern Bolæren for a fee and travel out to Fulehuk from there.

Safety
Young children must be looked after at all times as there are several cliffs and many slippery rocks to fall on. If you bring children it is
recommended that they wear life vest while outside. Remember that it is the law to bring life vests if one arrives in a private boat. The lighthouse
lies far out in the fjord and the weather can change at a moments notice.

Hvasser Motell

Hvasser Motel – location and history

The motel is driven by the Schøning-Olsen family third generation. “Fjeldhøi” was built in 1917 by Henrik Torgersen, where the main business was post and phone service. When Sigvart Schøning-Olsen got the estate in 1933, he changed the business to the accommodation sector. In 1936 it was a guesthouse, then in 1978 it was changed to a motel and the annex was torn down.

Cabin and communal area
The cabins are spread out on a 8.000 m2 property, with a nice cosy garden with old fruit trees and roses. There is activities such as volleyball and a playground for the children. The beach is 150 m walking distance away, perfect for small children. Grocery store (year round) and different restaurants (open during summer) is 150 m from the motel.

The cabins are 35-40 m2 and all have living room with kitchen, 2 bedrooms with 4-6 beds, bathroom with shower and toilet. The cabins are equipped with kitchen utensils, duvet and pillows (bed covers is for rent), TV, outdoor furniture and barbeque. In the main house there is a communal living room, freezer opportunities and laundry room.

All the cabins have been renovated over the last few years, such as the kitchen and bathroom. Nine cabins are open during the winter as well, and is usually rented over a long period of time.

During the summer the main guest are families that enjoy the summer with sun and beach.

Animals
Dogs are welcome.

Group activities
Hvasser Motel is perfect for groups, family gatherings and associations, where its possible to rent multiple cabins and the communal living room, where the guest can either have dinner party or have seminars. There is a lot of different activities in Hvasser and Tjøme. Such as scuba diving, sailing, kayaking, bow and arrow, hiking, climbing, horse riding and golf.

Thon Hotel Horten

Thon Hotel Horten consist of 88 rooms with 176 beds, all of the 88 rooms and most public areas have recently been renovated and upgraded. The hotel offers single rooms, double rooms and business rooms. A bar and à la carte restaurant with outdoor seating during the summer. There is also a lounge on the first floor with view of Oslofjord.

Thon Hotel Horten is expanding!

In spring 2027, guests can check in to the hotel’s new extension. The expansion will bring the total number of rooms to 186, including suites with views of the Oslofjord.

The hotel offers free Wifi and guest parking.

Conferences and events
Thon Hotel Horten can help you arrange a business meeting, no matter if you are representing a company, the public sector or a voluntary organisation. The hotel has capacity for everything between 2 -200 people.

The hotel was renovated and upgraded in 2016, the rooms, the restaurant, the bar, lobby and meeting rooms was upgraded. The big room Fjordsalen can be divided into two rooms if needed. New equipment for videos, sound and microphones. The hotel has two big and spacious conference rooms and two group rooms on the first floor.

Services
Golf packages, Borre Golf Club, museums, sights and a coastal trail are nearby. Also available nearby is taxi service, pubs, restaurants, shopping centres, beaches, fishing and boat-trips.

Caravansite by the harbour in Sandefjord

Sandefjord Motorhome Park has access from both the Strandpromenaden and Sandefjordsveien, and is located right by the sea and Sandefjord's new bathing facility. There are 13-14 places with power, filling options for water, emptying station for septic and rubbish, and a petrol station with long opening hours. Brand new sanitary facility with WC / shower and washing machine right next door.

There is only a few minutes walk to shops, restaurants and Sandefjord town center. The ferry terminal for Color Line is only 300m from Sandefjord Motorhome Park. Across the road you will also find a swimming pool and shower at Scandic Park Sandefjord.

Payment is made on Vipps, or credit card on arrival. Drop-in only, no pre-booking is possible.

Wilhelmsen House

Wilhelmsen House consists of en-suite apartment rooms, a café and treatment rooms within health and wellbeing. The building also has a lobby with a fire place, a gym, and a common room. All rooms are equipped with bed linens, towels, a TV and free Wi-Fi.

Wilhelmsen House has 49 rooms over 3 floors, no reception and has automated check-in and check-out. You will receive the keycode to your room by SMS and e-mail on the day of your arrival.

Wilhelmsen House is located in central Tønsberg – only five minute walk from the train- and bus station, and a ten minute walk from the harbour. Parking facilities located right next to the building (fees not included).

WH Café with lunch and drinks open every day.

Grand Hotel Åsgårdstrand

Grand Hotel Åsgårdstrand is situated only a one hour drive from Oslo and 30 minutes from Sandefjord Airport Torp. There are bus connections to Tønsberg from Oslo and from Tønsberg to Åsgårdstrand. The hotel has 78 large og newly refurbished rooms.

Åsgårdstrand is regarded as being an "artist's town" and a gem in eastern Norway. Edvard Munch's "The girls on the bridge" was painted just near the hotel.

Food and drink at the hotel
The restaurant is proud of its good cuisine, and offers a wide range of wines and is fully licensed. As a guest in the restaurant, you can enjoy panoramic views of Åsgårdstrand and the Oslo Fjord. During the summer months our outdoor terrace is open, where you also can enjoy a drink or a good meal.

In 2018 the new summer restaurant Grand Brygge opened at the pier.

Attractions and other things to do at the hotel
With the idyllic location of hotel, we recommend a stroll in Åsgårdstrand with the fjord as the backdrop. There are 150 meters to the nearest beach, and also walking distance to Edvard Munch's house. Nearby you will also find Lefdals Riding Centre and Midgard Viking Centre.

Thon Hotel Tønsberg Brygge

Thon Hotel Tønsberg Brygge was completely renovated in 2017 and is today a modern and welcoming hotel. The hotel offers accommodation and a breakfast buffet. The district offers many cultural events, museums and shopping.

Wireless Internet
Free wireless internet access is available throughout the hotel.

The hotel bar
The hotel bar is the hotel’s natural gathering point, to meet for a drink – or just to relax with a newspaper.

Activities and other things to do at the hotel
Tønsberg is one of the best places to be in Norway in the summer. Thon Hotel Tønsberg Brygge is located on the Brygga waterfront in Tønsberg town centre, and it is close to shops, beaches and Slottsfjellet. The hotel is also well placed in relation to nightlife, bars and restaurants in Tønsberg town centre.

Sandefjord Guest harbour

Sandefjord Guest Harbour has about 60 places with depths from 2.5 m to 4 m power and water. The boats moored with bow or stern to the quay.

The harbour is very well protected from the weather from all sides. Close to downtown, 20 minutes to Sandefjord Airport Torp and ferry several times daily to Strømstad.

Contact the Cafe on the pier (tel. +47 94 07 01 01) outside the Restaurant Kokeriet, or inside the Restaurant if the Cafe is closed.