Viking Magazine - May 2015 - 17

BERGENHUS FESTNING
ESTABLISHED: 1184
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS: 31
NEAREST CITY: Bergen
WHAT TO SEE: Don't miss Håkon's Hall,
Rosenkrantz Tower and the Bergenhus
Fortress Museum.
CONTACT: +47 55 54 63 87 for the
Bergenhus Fortress Museum or
+47 55 58 80 10 for guided tours of the
fort by the nearby Bryggens Museum.
forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/
Bergenhus-festning/English/
In 2013, an event
at Kongsvinger
Fortress
celebrated the
NOK 160 million
rehabilitation.
KONGSVINGER FORTRESS
Perched on a hill over the Glåma River
near Sweden, Kongsvinger Fortress
stands atop stone walls that jut out
in every direction. The buildings are
classic Norwegian architecture: simple,
rectangular forms made mostly of
granite and natural stone; some are
whitewashed, others panel-clad. The
buildings are mustard yellow, brick red
and vanilla white. But the details of this
place-the tile roofs, the zigzag of red
and white chevrons, the troll-shaped
locks on iron-encrusted wooden doors,
the metal hooks hanging from cave-like
stone ceilings-bring Kongsvinger
to life.
KONGSVINGER FESTNING
ESTABLISHED: 1681
NEAREST CITY: Kongsvinger
WHAT TO SEE: Stay in the hotel, have
a meal in the Commander's residence,
visit the museum and tour the pastoral
grounds.
CONTACT: For guided tours from
the Friends of Kongsvinger Fortress,
call +47 90 03 92 30 or
email b-langen@online.no.
forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/
Festningene/Kongsvinger-festning/
Built in the 1680s under a Danish
king afraid of Swedish attacks,
Kongsvinger's main job was to secure a
ferry crossing and the local fields from
Swedish incursion. It was bolstered over
the years to protect a major overland
route from Sweden to Christiania and
was at its strongest in the early 19th
century during the Napoleonic Wars.
It was reinforced again in 1905, when
Norwegian independence from Sweden
made attacks seem plausible. The
Germans occupied the fortress during
World War II to train the newly formed
Norwegian SS.
In 2013, an elegant hotel, Hotel
Königs Winger, opened in the restored
barracks. The Commander's residence,
built in 1863, has hosted 13 kings
around its dining table and today serves
traditional Norwegian fare to visitors.
There is a museum and tours can be
arranged, but this is also just a good
place to wander and imagine what was.
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PHOTOS BY (TOP TO BOTTOM): FORSVARSBYGG NASJONALE FESTNINGSVERK / FORSVARSBYGG NATIONAL FORTIFICATION HERITAGE, HALVOR GUDIM
http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/ http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/ http://www.sonsofnorway.com

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