Hølen
Hølen is a village and former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. Hølen was in early times known for the production of timber, and from the 17th century important trade took place.Places of Interest
Highlights include Filtvet Church and Pepperstad skog.
Filtvet Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Filtvet Church is situated 4 km southwest of Hølen.
Pepperstad skog
Residential area
Pepperstad skog is a village in Vestby, Akershus, Norway. Pepperstad skog is situated 3 km east of Hølen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvitsten and Ramme Gaard.
Hvitsten
Hamlet
Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hvitsten is a former town in Akershus county, Norway, located between Drøbak and Son. It is the smallest town that has ever existed in Norway: In 1951 it had 76 inhabitants, and an area of just 0.07 km2.
Ramme Gaard
Hamlet
Photo: Øyvind, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramme Gaard is an organic farm and country estate located by the Oslofjord, just north of Hvitsten in the Vestby municipality of Akershus, Norway. Ramme Gaard was previously owned by billionaire philanthropist Petter Olsen.
Drøbak
Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drøbak is in the Frogn municipality, in the county of Akershus in Norway, at the shores of the Oslofjord, a few miles south-east of Oslo.
Hølen
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Vestby, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.5868° or 59° 35′ 13″ northLongitude
10.65591° or 10° 39′ 21″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
9FFGHMP4+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6454044929OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
9537215
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