Take your knowledge one step further at the Visitor Centre!
Visitor Center Færder National Park will inform and create engagement and activity around the national park. We do this through events, nature guides for kindergartens and schools, lending activity bags with field equipment, guided tours and exhibitions. In addition, the visitor center is a meeting point for research and management. Children as well as adults can have an educational and fun all-day experience together in grand nature. You will find us at the southern tip of Tjøme, Verdens Ende. Welcome!
The Visitor Center was opened by H.M. Queen Sonja on June 27, 2015 and stands in the same place as the old restaurant at the End of the World. Tjøme municipality was responsible for the construction according to drawings by architectural firm Ola Roald AS. The pebble facade of the original restaurant from 1932 has been preserved, and added with new and exciting elements such as the “Færder axis” and the roundabout with compass rose on the top floor.
Opening hours 2023
Tues – Sun: 12 – 4 PM
Winter break, week 8: Exhibitons, games, books and coloring are available everyday 12 – 4 PM. In addition we welcome you to two days of extra fun:
Tuesday Feb 21: Bat-day
Thursday Feb 23: Bird-day
More info on our Facebook page
Other opening hours for winter holidays, Easter holidays and autumn holidays. School classes and groups are accepted regardless of opening hours.
Ticket prices
Free entrance
WELCOME TO OUR VISITOR CENTRE
At the visitor center Færder National Park, young and old are welcome to learn more about Færder National Park and the ocean life through exhibtitions and outdoor natureguiding. All to the spectacular view of the End of the World.
TEACHING
The visitor center offers free tuition in the subjects of nature and the environment, outdoor life and cultural history. We have programs for children in kindergarten and pupils up to and including high school. The teaching is rooted in framework and curricula and is based on play and activities both at the center and outdoors. Could this be something for your class? Contact natureguide Cecilie Notø at cecilie@ferdernasjonalparksenter.no.
Here is our mascot Pelle Strand out exploring nature. Pelle Strand is made of marine garbage by the artists Kari Prestgaard and Astor Andersen
Photo: Prestgaard / Andersen
Rental and seminars
From our 360 ° panoramic room there are views of the iconic Tippo Lighthouse & Færder Lighthouse, the spectacular archipelago and the unique landscape of the national park. This provides a good framework for a successful conference, seminar or other type of rental such as anniversaries, weddings and weddings.
“Spiseriet Verdens Ende” restaurant is located in the same building and serves local food and seasonal meals from its kitchen.
More info by email: heidi@ferdernasjonalparksenter.no or mobile +45 970 22 441.
Guided tours
In the summer, we arrange guided tours in the area around the visitor center with our local well-known nature experts / national park hosts. They can also be rented for private tours. More information about this can be found on our facebook page. Here illustrated with our mascot Pelle Strand.
The creators of our mascot, Pelle Strand are artists Kari Prestgaard and Astor Andersen. The materials used to build Pelle are marine garbag collected from the area.
Shop
Here you can buy literature, local products in wool and wood, postcards and profile products. Here you can also sign up for nature walks and organized activities and offers.
Our friendly staff will be happy to help!
Organisational structure
Færder National Park Center is organized as an inter-municipal company
Management/Governing bodies
General Manager: Heidi Karoline Storm
Nature guides: Cecilie Notø & Daniel Etnestad
The Board of the visitor centre:
Chair: Vidar Ullenrød
Vice Chair: Anne Holm Moen
Inger Lise Gulliksen
Øyvind Hagen
Even Moland
Representative council:
Mayor of Færder: Jon Sannes Andersen,
Mayor of Tønsberg: Anne Rygh Pedersen
Richard Fossum
Steinar Solum
Tom Mello
Lise Mandal
Owners:
The building is owned by the municipality of Færder, with the Færder National Park Center IKS and “Spiseriet Verdens Ende” as tenants. Færder National Park Center IKS is an inter-municipal company owned by Færder and Tønsberg municipalities with two equal shares. The National Park Center received its authorization from the Norwegian Environment Agency on June 21, 2016.