GET TO KNOW OUR NATIONAL PARK
Come and visit our unique coastal landscape, shaped and polished by ice, water and wind over millions of years. There is so much to see and do! Enjoy the interactive exhibitions in the national park’s new visitor centre at Verdens Ende (“The World’s End”), experience how the park changes with the seasons, try your hand at fishing, take a relaxing boat trip and learn about the people who lived and worked here. Broaden your mental horizon against the backdrop of a spectacular horizon.
Code of conduct
"Protect through use" which means that we are welcome to experience the park, but that we have to take certain considerations into account.
Visitor Centre
Our Visitor Center Færder National Park will inform and create engagement and activity around the national park.
Nature and history
Our nature and history are almost unique in the world and different from anything else, with its shiny rocks, islets, and reefs.
FÆRDER NATIONAL PARK
Færder National Park is one of two marine national parks in Norway, and like Ytre Hvaler National Park it enjoys an easily accessible location in Eastern Norway. The park covers 340 square kilometres of mainland, islands, skerries and sea bed in the municipalities of Tjøme and Nøtterøy in Vestfold county. The park was established to preserve a characteristic coastal landscape with great biodiversity and relatively untouched countryside.
Færder National Park and the surrounding area make an attractive tourist destination. A variety of outdoor recreational activities are available to both the local population and the many visitors. The management of the park is based on the principle of conservation through use. Here you can come face to face with nature on its own terms.
EXPERIENCE NATURE
Færder National Park offers a host of experiences – all year round! Of course it’s lovely here in summer, when you can go swimming or bask on the smoothly-polished rocks, and the music of the nightingale trills out at dusk. But the coast is alive all year round, offering changes, colours and moments of beauty that are almost beyond our imagination. As any local person will tell you: you just have to experience it!
Photo: Erik Bleken
SIGHTS
Everywhere has a story to tell and an experience to share. This website will give you advice on great places to visit, both within the national park itself and on its fringes. You will also find practical information that will help you to plan your visit.
Bolærneøyene
At Bolærne you can go for a swim, sunbathe, fish, hike through forests and mountains, and experience a military defense facility.
Verdens Ende
The National Park's Visitor Center, Restaurant, the famous Lighthouse and a view of the smoothly-polished rocks sloping down to the sea, and beyond them the islands and shipping lane.
Moutmarka
Moutmarka is one of Norway’s finest outdoor recreation areas thanks to its incredible biological and geological diversity.
Færder lighthouse
Færder lighthouse stands watch over the southern gateway to the national park. This 43-metre tall lighthouse has been in operation since 1857.
Fulehuk
This lighthouse was built in 1821 using stone from Neslandet near Drammen. The name comes from the Dutch voule hook, or dangerous point.
Ildverket
Ildverket is one of the coastal gems for boaters and paddlers. The "Paradise Bay" in the east with sandy beaches, rocky mountains, and bathing places lives up to its name.
Hvaløy
Hvaløy is easily accessible from Tønsberg and Nøtterøy and is a good starting point for day trips. There have been people living on this island since the 1600s.
Torås Fort
Work on this abandoned coastal fort on the edge of the national park a couple of kilometres north of Verdens Ende started in 1939 and was continued by the German occupying force during the war.
Fjærholmen
Fjærholmen on the east side of Nøtterøy is the municipality’s biggest and best bathing area. There are lovely smooth rocks and a grassy area with a children’s playground.
Sandøsund
The popular holiday island of Hvasser just outside the national park has a port used by pilots and fishers, and in the summer months it’s a hive of activity.
Tønsberg
The town of Tønsberg is a centre of culture with a vibrant nightlife. The port reflects 1,200 years of maritime history.
Plan your visit
Transport
Advice on how to get to Færder National Park and on how to get around the park and the surrounding area.
Code of conduct
The national park is run on the principle of conservation through use, you're welcome to experience it, but you must help us to look after it.
Facilities
This is where you will find information about picnic sites, showers and where to get rid of your waste, including where to empty marine toilets.
Accommodation
There is a wide selection available, so you are certain to find something that suits you, whether you want a cabin in beautiful surroundings or a luxury hotel room.
Information points
Here you can read about the National Park sign and where to look if you are looking for more information. There are also useful links.
Medisinske tjenester
Here you will find a list of medical services available throughout the National Park. Contact information and links are available.