Tyrifjorden
Tyrifjorden is a lake in Norway. It lies 40 kilometres northwest of Oslo and is the nation's fifth largest lake with an area of 138.56 km2. It has a volume of 13 km3, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Norway
- Also known as: “Lake Tyri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Utøykaia and Utvika Camping.
Utøykaia
Station
Photo: Sopsjaned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Utøykaia or Utøya-kaia, also called «Thorbjørnkaia», is a ferry landing in Tyrifjorden. The ferry landing on the main land is located approximately 600 metres from the ferry landing at Utøya.
Utvika Camping
Campsite
Utvika Camping is a camping spot close to the Tyrifjorden. Perhaps mostly known as the place where most of the survivors of the 2011 Norway attacks at Utøya were taken when rescued by boat owners in the area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sundvollen and Kroksund.
Sundvollen
Village
Photo: ToB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sundvollen is a village in the municipality of Hole, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Sundvollen is located along the east side of Tyrifjorden where the E16 crosses west over Steinsfjorden, the northeastern arm of Tyrifjorden, to Kroksund. Sundvollen is situated 6 km northeast of Tyrifjorden.
Kroksund
Quarter
Photo: Ekko, Public domain.
Kroksund is a small village in the municipality of Hole, in Buskerud, Norway. Kroksund is located just west of Sundvollen. The village had 319 residents as of 1 January 2014. Kroksund is situated 6 km northeast of Tyrifjorden.
Vik
Village
Vik is a village and the administrative center of Hole in Buskerud, Norway. Vik is situated on the northeastern arm of Steinsfjorden, a branch of the Tyrifjorden. Vik is situated 7 km north of Tyrifjorden.
Tyrifjorden
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hole, Buskerud, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Tyrifjorden” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Возера Цюрыфіёрд”
- Belarusian: “Турыф’ёрд”
- Belarusian: “Цюрыфіёрд”
- Catalan: “Tyrifjorden”
- Chinese: “蒂里湖”
- Chuvash: “Тюрифьорд”
- Croatian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Czech: “Tyrifjorden”
- Danish: “Tyrifjorden”
- Dutch: “Tyrifjord”
- Dutch: “Tyrifjorden”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره تيريفچوردين”
- Esperanto: “Tyrifjorden”
- Estonian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Estonian: “Tyrifjordeni järv”
- Finnish: “Tyrifjorden”
- French: “Tyrifjord”
- French: “Tyrifjorden”
- German: “Tyrifjord”
- German: “Tyrifjorden”
- Hebrew: “טיראיפיור”
- Hungarian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Italian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Japanese: “ティーリフィヨレン”
- Korean: “튀리피오르덴 호”
- Korean: “튀리피오르덴”
- Korean: “튀리피오르덴호”
- Kurdish: “Tyrifjorden”
- Malay: “Tyrifjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holsfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Steinsfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storfjorden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tyrifjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tyrifjorden”
- Norwegian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Portuguese: “Tyrifjorden”
- Russian: “Тюрифьорд”
- Slovenian: “Tyrifjorden”
- Spanish: “Tyrifjorden”
- Swedish: “Tyrifjorden”
- Turkish: “Tyrifjorden”
- Ukrainian: “Тюріфйорд”
- Venetian: “Tyrifjorden”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Portebakken and Utvika.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Utøya and Berget.
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