Horten
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is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. Other population centers in Horten Municipality include the town of Åsgårdstrand and the villages of Nykirke, Skoppum, and Borre. The municipality is located on a peninsula along the Ytre Oslofjord.
Edvard Munch's house in Åsgårdstrand
Karljohansvern was the Royal Norwegian Navy's main base from 1819 to 1963
Burial mound at Borre National Park, Norway's first national park.
Ferries cut across the Oslo Fjord, connecting Horten and Moss.
Vestfold
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Vestfold is a county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the largest city is Sandefjord. With the exception of the city-county of Oslo, Vestfold is the smallest county in Norway by area. Vestfold was until 2019 the only county in which all municipalities had declared Bokmål to be their sole official written form of the Norwegian language.
Norway's largest preserved Viking ship, Gokstad ship, was discovered at Gokstad Mound, Sandefjord.
Istrehågan, ancient burial ground which dates to the Roman Iron Age, 1500-500 BCE
Halfdan the Black, 9th century king of Vestfold. His brother was long believed to be buried at the Gokstad Mound.
Southern Actor, whale-catcher turned museum ship