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.
Art gallery in the city centre of Fredrikstad. Here you will find Norwegian, professional visual artists.
Managing director Gullaug is also publisher and editor of the arts and culture magazine FEELGOOD.
The exhibitions are varied and show different artists and art forms, from black-and-white photography, ceramic sculptures, prints and paintings.
Visit Østfold Art Center with its art exhibitions, art shop and cafe with delicious food. On the terrace, they have one of the city's best views of the Old Town, the park and the river.
Østfold Art Center (ØKS) is a competence center where the focus is on the display and dissemination of contemporary art. The business includes gallery management, art projects, advice and guidance regarding art in public spaces, educational communication for children and young people, tours, arrangements for artists, artist presentations, seminars, workshops and sale of art. Our exhibition profile aims to show a diversity of artistic expressions within contemporary visual arts and handicrafts. ØKS works for the entire county.
The Art Center has approx. 135 professional artists affiliated. ØKS is based in an old stately 19th-century building centrally located in Fredrikstad. The center houses reception, three gallery rooms, art shop, communication room, two artist studios and administration.
Open 12-17 Wednesday-Sunday
Welcome to the oldest part of Gamlebyen, Fredrikstad’s Old Town – one of the best preserved fortress towns in Northern Europe. At Bastion 5 – the southern tip of the fortress – you will find Café Magenta and the workshops and galleries of 9 artists. Visitors come to this culture corner to enjoy à la carte eating, art, history and music. Guests are free to visit the art workshops and see potters, painters, goldsmiths and glassblowers at work.
Café Magenta, known for its rustic interior and ancient location, has live music twice a week and a new exhibition every month. Choose hot and cold dishes from the large menu.