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Porsgrunn

Type:Municipality

Floodsgt. 153, 3915, Porsgrunn

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Porsgrunn grew from being a coastal town serving Skien in the 1650 s to what it is today. Its existence is due to a favourable position and a good harbour. The district has an archipelago forest, lakes and farmland areas.

In Porsgrunn you will find the only porcelain factory in Norway, Porsgrunds porcelain factory.

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Tel: 35 54 70 00

What's Nearby

  1. Osebrostrøket district

    Osebro is the best preserved part of Porsgrunn town.

    130 m away
  2. The Geopark visitor centre

    The Gea Norvegica Geopark visitor center is located at the porcelain factory in Porsgrunn…

    842 m away
  3. Østre Porsgrunn Church

    The new church in Porsgrunn, Østre Porsgrunn church, is an architectural gem and has…

    854 m away
  1. Gea Norvegica Unesco Global Geopark, Porsgrunn

    South of Porsgrunn, across Frierfjorden, there is an extensive fault, the results of a…

    939 m away
  2. Auksjonshallen

    Auksjonshallen in Porsgrunn combines an auction house and antique shop.

    1.00 km away
  3. Gea Norvegica Unesco Global Geopark

    As the first geopark in Scandinavia, Gea Norvegica became member of the Global Geoparks…

    1.04 km away
  4. Porsgrunds Porcelain Factory - factory outlet

    Norway's only porcelain factory, Porsgrund's Porcelain Factory, is located in Porsgrunn…

    1.06 km away
  5. The Porcelain Museum

    Welcome to the Porcelain Museum where tradition is combined with digital technology and…

    1.06 km away
  6. The ‘straw painters’ at Porsgrund Porcelain Factory

    At Porsgrund's Porcelain Factory, you can see how porcelain painters decorate porcelain,…

    1.10 km away
  7. Historical garden, Porsgrunn town museum

    A hidden pearl right in the center at Porsgrunn City Museum.

    1.13 km away
  8. Kapitelberget

    Kapitelberget in Skien, church ruins from the 1100s, after the mighty Dagsætten…

    6.86 km away
  9. Gea Norvegica Unesco Global Geopark - Kapitelberget

    On Kapitelberget you'll find the ruins of a crypt church from the Middle Ages.The church…

    6.88 km away
  10. Hakastein cultural monuments site

    Christian burial grounds, cooking pits and "witches graves".


    6.93 km away
  11. MS Victoria

    MS Victoria, also known as the Canal Queen sails on lock cruises between Skien and…

    7.30 km away
  12. Fish ladder

    New, modern fish ladder in down town of Skien.

    7.58 km away
  13. Snipetorp district

    Snipetorp, Skien's oldest residential quarter and residence of Henrik Ibsen's parents,…

    7.75 km away
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