Vestfold · Norway
Where to stay in Horten
Horten is a city in Vestfold, Norway, home to about 28,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Horten.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June
- Nearest airport
- TRF28 km · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Horten
Horten () is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jarlsberg.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Horten
See
- Midgardsenteret
- Marinemuseet
- Tordenskiold Oak
Do
- Klokkergården Studentboligtun
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Horten
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
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| Thon Hotel Horten hotel |
When to go
The best time to visit Horten
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Horten are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Horten: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 28 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 94 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
The nearest airport is Torp (TRF), near Sandefjord. Otherwise go for Gardermoen (OSL), Oslo. Southbound local bus to Stavern passes through Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik. The busiest crossing of the Oslofjord runs east to Moss every half hour. 30 minutes, 28 kr. Even though the Vestfold Line does not pass through the Horten city proper, Skoppum station is inside the Horten municipality, and buses into Horten are often available. Another option is to use the station at Holmestrand.
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TRF · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
Questions
Horten: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Horten?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Horten are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Horten?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 28 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 94 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Horten?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Horten
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.