Folkestad
Folkestad is a village in Midt-Telemark Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The village is located about 3 kilometres north of the village of Bø, which is the municipal centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 436 residents
- Description: settlement in Midt-Telemark Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Folkestad, Midt-Telemark”, “Folkestadgrenda”, and “Folkstad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bø Sommarland and Bø Museum.
Bø Sommarland
Theme park
Photo: Ssu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bø Sommarland is one of Europe's biggest water parks, situated in Bø in Telemark, Norway. Bø Sommarland is located two hours from Oslo. It is owned by Parques Reunidos, who also owns Tusenfryd, another amusement park in Norway.
Bø Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bø Station is a railway station located in Midt-Telemark in Telemark, Norway on Sørlandet Line. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand as well as serving as a major transport hub in western Telemark. Bø Station is situated 3 km south of Folkestad.
Folkestad
- Categories: urban area in Norway, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Midt-Telemark, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.43524° or 59° 26′ 7″ northLongitude
9.06996° or 9° 4′ 12″ eastPopulation
436Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)Open location code
9FFFC3P9+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5646284649OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3156881Wikidata ID
Q2194278
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Folkestad” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folkestad”
- Danish: “Folkestad”
- Dutch: “Folkestad”
- Finnish: “Folkestad”
- French: “Folkestad”
- Irish: “Folkestad”
- Malay: “Folkestad”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Folkestad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folkestad i Bø”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Folkestad”
- Norwegian: “Folkestad”
- Romanian: “Folkestad, Telemark”
- Romanian: “Folkestad”
- Spanish: “Folkestad”
- Swedish: “Folkestad, Telemark”
- Swedish: “Folkestad”
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