Kategori: Children/family

Barnas Gamleby | Gamlebyen i Fredrikstad

The children thrive in the Old Town, not least with Benny, Per and the other goats that you will find next to the large playground, together with a bunch of happy hens. Or how about riding a train at the Old Town Model Railway Center and visiting Fredrikstad Museum with its fun "history bar".

A short hour south of the capital lies the fortress town of Fredrikstad. Here, life has taken its course for 450 years. The Old Town is built to protect and defend, but has rarely had to use the cannons that line the green ramparts. Here people and animals live peacefully together, as they have always done. The goats and hens like visitors, and especially if you bring a twig for them to chew on. The ducks roam freely in the streets, hoping to find that piece of biscuit you lost from the soft ice cream. The birds in the moat are very happy for a snack, and prefer grapes, peas and corn.

 

The Old Town  Model Railway Centre

The Old Town Model Railway has kilometers of chugging trains and adventurous landscapes. Here, of course, you will find the Old Town in miniature!

This is a fantastic little experience center with a whole world of small trains, cars, houses, people and landscapes – with lots of small details and lots of humour! The exhibition depicts urban environments, rural surroundings and magnificent nature dioramas. Buildings, cars, people and animals, all in 1:87 scale. An experience for the whole family.

The model railway center also offers periodic tours on Saturdays with its own small tourist train – a 14-metre long train that takes you through the charming Old Town on a cross and crosswise basis. Extra fun for the kids!

 

Fredrikstad Museum | The Østfold Museums

At Fredrikstad Museum in Tøihuset, everyone can learn more about history in a fun way. Let the "bartender" in Bar 1567 on the museum's first floor serve you history in a completely new and innovative way. Using technology and storytelling techniques, you meet women and men from high and low in society who have left their footprints in the city
In the Timeline on the second floor, you can get closer to the objects and immerse yourself in the history and the people.The Museum also hoses a brand new exibition called Østfold in war 1939-45- Operation Polar Bear, which targets historical features from WW2. 

 

The activity town Gamle Fredrikstad

Just outside the Old Town is Aktivitetsbyen with a large golf course and mini golf. Here you will also find the Old Town in miniature – like a mini golf course! Next to the golf course is the Kongstenbadet, with both indoor and outdoor pools, and next to the golf course and the bath sits the small majestic Kongsten Fort, an exciting place for little explorers.

Aktivitetsbyen Gamle Fredrikstad

Aktivitetsbyen Gamle Fredrikstad has activities for everyone. With Østfold's finest outdoor adventure golf course (minigolf deluxe), pay-and-play golf course, football golf and tennis. Within walking distance of the campsite you will also find Kongstensbadet and the well preserved fortress town; the Old Town.

Aktivitetsbyen Gamle Fredrikstad “The activity town” (formerly Fredrikstad Motel and Camping) have 100 campsites, 24 motel rooms and 18 cabins. Aktivitetsbyen also operates the golf facility at Kongsten in cooperation with Old Fredrikstad Golf Club.

Oppdagelsesferd i Ytre Hvaler Nasjonalpark | Skjærhalden

Experience Hvaler and the national park with the children – let them wonder, be curious and explore the unique nature. Visit the national park's visitor center at Skjærhalden and the open air house at Storesand via the coastal path on the marked path; along the water, over the beach, mountains, paths and in pine forests. Here you will find beautiful beaches, exciting history and good food. You decide whether the day should be short or long, the experiences are not far apart.

Ytre Hvaler National Park is Europe's first marine national park. Here you can find rare and endangered plant species, insects and species of fungi and algae. The area also has a special and varied butterfly fauna. Ytre Hvaler National Park has its own visitor center in the old grain store at Skjærhalden. They have great exhibitions with text and pictures, examples of occurrences from nature in the national park and picture presentations on a screen. Here you can borrow an experience bag completely free of charge. It contains encyclopedias, trapping and gathering equipment and many more activities.

Storesand – a large, connected nature and outdoor area, arranged for swimming, walks, play and nature experiences. Throughout the year, Friluftshuset hosts exhibitions, activities and information related to the national park. In addition, you will find simple catering, sanitary facilities and service for outdoor life. Storesand also has a tent pitch, if you want to extend the trip by a day or two.

The coastal path from Skjærhalden is a walk in our finest nature in a landscape with rich history and memorials from changing eras. Bronze Age mounds, house foundations from the Middle Ages, medieval church, nature reserve, national park, remains from stonecutter activities, Rødshue sculpture park and Homlungen lighthouse. The journey follows a marked path; along the water, over the beach, mountains, paths and in pine forests.

Always remember; When you are in the national park, you are nature's guest.

The experiences are easily accessible, also with options for public transport from both Fredrikstad and Oslo.

Roald Amundsens Discovery Trail

Learn more about Roald Amundsen and test your skills as a polar explorer.

In the beautiful countryside around Roald Amundsen's birthplace you can solve puzzles inspired by the great polar hero. Spin the compass needle and solve fun and educational tasks.

You can try the Discovery Trail all year around and when there is snow during the winter, the trail becomes a true challenge for a aspiring polar explorer!

The Old Town Model Train Centre

Visit the largest model railroad exhibition in Scandinavia! Discover an impressive model railway layout inside a vast landscape, paced with details. Beautiful sceneries, rural places and city centers. People, animals, houses and cars. All In scale 1:87. Don't miss our very own scale model of Gamlebyen – the fortified town. It's all in the details!

The 2.0 track layout is computer controlled, providing the best operation of the 30 train sets on the track. The control room is placed inside a real life sized model of a Norwegian commuter locomotive.

 

The Old Town – Gamlebyen Fredrikstad

Gamlebyen is one of Northern Europe’s real treasures. In well-preserved buildings and along cobbled streets you will find a blend of everyday life, art, history, quaint shops, museums, galleries, theatres and charming cafés. People have shopped here since 1640! The shops are open all year, also Sundays. There is a weekend flea market and a Christmas market at weekends before Christmas. Every season in the Old Town has its charm and rewards your visit.

Gamlebyen has a busy and varied calendar of concerts and festivals. And is brim-full with history. A stroll in its streets carries you back several centuries.

The star-shaped defence walls around the town are perfect for picnics and strolls and for slowing your pulse. Gamlebyen is a living part of Fredrikstad, with good food, attractive shops and a unique atmosphere.

Kortevaren, the oldest shop, was established in 1939. It sells toys, kitchen utensils, soap, sewing items and handkerchiefs. If they don’t sell it, you don’t need it. Gamlebyen is renowned for its artists’ studios, from which you can buy everything from pottery and sculpture to textile art.

Visitor Center Outer Hvaler National Park

Outer Hvaler National Park is europes first naval national park. The national park have its own visitor center in the old corn magazine. At the visitor center you'll find displays regarding the national park, and examples of natural occurrences from the national park. The visitor center also displays the skeletons of a porpoise and a dolphine, the first of which was found at Tisler in the national park, and the latter was found at Karlsøy in Skjererg. If you decide to visit the visitor center, you are bound to learn a lot about the naval nature.

The center also have their own "lilleputtsenter" in the harbour of Skjærhalden, which contains an outdoor aquarium that'll allow you too take a sneak peak at the life under ocean roof. 

The visitor center has as a goal to educate and improve peoples understanding of coastal values, and also contribute to science and research as well as being a hub for everyone with a interest for nature.

The visitor center is free, and open for everyone!

 

The glassworks factory

The Glass Factory (Glasshytta) in the Old Town, Fredrikstad is the first studio glass cabin in Norway. It was started as part of the PLUS – organization. 

There is a separate exhibition with glass art by the renowned glass artist Benny Motzfeldt. You can also learn about the history of glass and see and read about the tools used in the production.

The Glass art produced in “Glasshytta” are made ​​using techniques and tools that were used thousands of years ago. The art is sold in the shop in the factory and in shops and galleries in Norway and abroad.