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Country NORWAY HORTEN (regional info) NORLANDIA GRAND OCEAN HOTELL Horten is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway, located along the Oslofjord. The town of Horten was separated from Borre as a municipality of its own in 1858. Borre and Horten were (again) merged to one municipality January 1, 1988. The name of the new united municipality was first Borre, but (after a referendum) it was changed to Horten June 1, 2002. The municipality also includes the villages Borre, Åsgårdstrand, Skoppum and Nykirke. Newspaper - The local newspaper in Horten is named Gjengangeren, and covers mostly local news. It is also available online (see external links section) Football - Horten has several footbal clubs. The most successful and well known is Ørn Horten, which currently plays in the Norwegian 3rd Division (Konica Minolta League). Another Horten team, Falk, plays in the same league, while Borre and Gribb plays further down in the leagues. read full wikipedia reference about Horten, Norway OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN NORWAY List all available cities in NorwayAalesund Arendal Askim Bergen Bodo Drammen Eidfjord Gardermoen Gjoevik Grimstad Hamar Hammerfest Harstad Haugesund Hell Horten Kristiansand Levanger Lillehammer Mandal Molde Moss Os Oslo Rana Randaberg Sandnes Skien Skjervoy Sogndal Stavanger Steinkjer Stjordal Tana Tromso Trondheim |
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