Kategori: Guided tour

Scandal, Style & Stiff Skirts – A Journey to the 18th Century

A Journey Back to the 18th Century

Step back in time and experience the 18th century in the beautiful Fortress Town of Fredrikstad. Your host, the charming Miss Sophie von Sipp, brings history to life with humour, wit, and fascinating stories about everyday life in the 1700s.

Discover why dresses became so wide that houses needed double doors, learn about elaborate hairstyles with hairpieces and padding, hear tales of 18th-century drinking habits, and enjoy many other entertaining insights into life in a bygone era. A lively and memorable historical experience.

INFORMATION & RATES 2026

  • Duration: 1 hour
  • Capacity: Up to 50 guests
  • Season: Year-round
  • Price: NOK 6,000 per group (up to 50 guests), thereafter NOK 100 per additional guest

Roald Amundsen’s Birthplace – Where the Story of a Polar Legend Began

Discover the home, family history and polar legacy of one of the world’s greatest explorers

Visit the birthplace of Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole and one of Norway’s greatest explorers. Set in peaceful surroundings just outside Fredrikstad, the beautifully preserved family home offers a fascinating insight into the life and upbringing of the man who changed the history of polar exploration.

During the guided tour, you’ll hear the remarkable story of the Amundsen family and discover how international trade, shipping and curiosity about the world shaped young Roald’s ambitions. Through the engaging presentation “When the World Came to Vesten”, you’ll learn how a local shipping family became connected to the wider world and inspired one of history’s greatest adventurers.

The experience also includes Framheim, a full-scale replica of the expedition hut used during Roald Amundsen’s successful South Pole expedition in 1911. Step inside the recreated polar base and hear the dramatic story of the race to the South Pole while sitting around the same style of table where Amundsen and his expedition planned their historic journey. The replica was built from the original construction drawings and recreates the atmosphere of the famous Antarctic winter camp.  

Stroll through the park surrounding the historic Skipper House and continue along the scenic riverside trail to Amundsen Pier, where the Amundsen family’s shipping company once operated. The pier is also accessible by private charter boat, offering a unique opportunity to arrive just as merchants, sailors and explorers once did along the Glomma River.  

This unique attraction combines polar history, maritime heritage and authentic family stories, offering an inspiring journey into the life of one of the world’s greatest explorers.

 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION & PRICES 2026

Guided Tour

  • Duration: Approximately 1 hour
  • Capacity: Larger groups are divided into two groups, each with its own guide
  • Season: Year-round (advance booking required outside the summer season)

Prices

During the summer season (regular opening hours)

  • Groups: NOK 100 per person
  • Includes a guided tour and a complimentary cup of coffee.

Outside regular opening hours

  • NOK 100 per person
  • Minimum charge: NOK 500

Outside the summer season

  • NOK 100 per person
  • Minimum charge: NOK 1,000
  • Advance booking required.

The Ancient Trail – A Journey 3,000 Years into the Past

Travel back more than 3,000 years and discover Norway’s largest concentration of prehistoric monuments. Along the Ancient Trail between Fredrikstad and Skjeberg, you’ll explore remarkable Bronze and Iron Age rock carvings, burial mounds, stone circles and ancient hill forts that reveal the lives, beliefs and traditions of the region’s earliest inhabitants.

Accompanied by an experienced local guide, guests visit some of Norway’s most significant archaeological sites. The impressive rock carvings, carved into the bedrock thousands of years ago, provide fascinating insights into prehistoric religion, seafaring, trade and everyday life.

Combining history, archaeology and beautiful landscapes, this excursion offers one of Norway’s most unique cultural heritage experiences.

Information

  • Guided coach excursion (coach not included)
  • Duration: approximately 2 hours
  • Capacity: one coach per guide
  • Season: April–October (rock carvings are protected during periods of frost)

Rates 2026

  • NOK 3,750 for groups of up to 25 guests
  • NOK 150 per additional guest
  • Supplement of NOK 600 if the guide starts and ends at different locations

A walk in Munch’s footsteps

There are many traces of Edvard Munch’s life story in Fredrikstad. The paternal side of his family can be traced back to Søren Munch, who worked at Isegran. On his mother’s side the Bjølsens were from Kråkerøy and Torsnes. Edvard Munch’s mother, Laura Cathrine Munch, and his aunt, Karen Bjølstad, were born in Storgaten 26. Munch’s parents were married in Glemmen Church and several branches of the Bjølstad family are buried in Old Glemmen Church.

 

If you would like to take a walk in Munch’s footsteps contact

Visit Fredrikstad & Hvaler

T: 69 30 46 00

info@visitfredrikstadhvaler.com