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In 1974 my parents moved to the nice town of Halden,
120 km south of Oslo. "Down-town" Halden is divided by the river
"Tista" as you can see from the picture. It's taken from
the fortress rising above the city to defend it's inhabitants form the
Swedish attacks in the 1600s and 1700s.
Halden is close to the Swedish border, and are surrounded by large
areas of wood, lakes and a nice coast where a lot of locals use their
boats on every minute of their spare time. |
Halden, my home for more than 20 years
Photo by JK |
Fredriksten Fortress, a nice place to
visit
Photo by JK |
Fredriksten fortress is
the No. 1 tourist
attraction in Halden.
You can't avoid seeing it above the city, and a
visit up at the clock tower gives you a great view over Halden and the
fjord between Norway and Sweden, Idefjorden.
In addition to the fortress, a visit to the Rød Manor is worth
the time and money. The old manor holds the largest private arms
collection in Europe.
Go there and have a look for yourself! |
| On the site of the old fortress stables, the newly-built Fredriksten
Tavern is built to serve the thousands of tourist coming to Halden
every year.
Many of them are Swedish, seeking the destiny of the their king Carl
XII that were killed trying to conquer Fredriksten fortress in the
17-hundreds. |
Fredriksten Tavern
Photo by Thor Korshavn, July 2001
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Halden harbor
Photo by JK
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Every year in early July, the
local business people hold a food- and wooden boat festival.
It's a very popular week-end
where food, dance, boats and of course some beers are enjoyed here in the harbor
area underneath the fortress. |
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You can read more about Halden here and...
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