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Explore Askenga
Askenga in Asker (Akershus) is a city in Norway a little west of Oslo, the country's capital.
Local time in Askenga is now 01:04 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / Oslo with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Askenga, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Norway is Oslo Gardermoen Airport in a distance of 31 mi (or 50 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. The closest heritage site is Rock Carvings in Tanum in Sweden at a distance of 86 mi (or 139 km). We found 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sandvika, Asker, Slemmestad, Nesoddtangen and Lierbyen. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -4°C / 24 °F
Morning Temperature | -7°C / 20 °F |
Evening Temperature | -6°C / 22 °F |
Night Temperature | -6°C / 21 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 26% |
Air Pressure | 993 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 41% of sky |
General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
-2°C (28 °F)
-5°C (23 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
-3°C (27 °F)
-1°C (30 °F)
Snow, calm, overcast clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Rain and snow, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
THON HOTEL OSLOFJORD
Quality Hotel Leangkollen
SCANDIC ASKER
THON HOTEL VETTRE
Videos from this area
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Skoleball-Torstad skole,Asker-13.feb.2014
For 6 sjette gang leverer vi komplett discotek til skoleball på Torstad skole i Asker. Som alltid hyggelige elever og topp stemning. Vi beklager dårlig lyd.
Sandvika - Time Lapse
Sandvika is located about 15km outside of Oslo (Norway). The video consists of over 1000 images taken with a Nikon D90 during the period 10pm to 11pm the 17th of May 2011.
Tarzan Trefelling
Felling av stor edelgran i Sandvika. Raskt, effektivt og nøyaktig. Kvister kvernet og kjørt bort. Resten kløyvd til passe små vedkubber. Alt gjort på tre timer. Anbefales! www.trefellingtarza...
Nesten like gøy i virkeligheten … (IT-reklame)
En liten reklame for IT fra Sandvika VGS. Denne versjonen er fargekorrigert.
gayspray
dette er en video som vi har laget under et reklame prosjet (fikk karakter 6 ^^) av magnus gitle kristian håkon steffen eirik.
MAREX 370 AFT CABIN CRUISER - 2011 MODEL
A big family cruiser from Marex. You do not find a more fuel efficient and roomy boat than this at 37 feet. Marex delivers also a high quality product. It's my favorite boat in it's class....
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hvalstad
Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the Municipality Asker. Hvalstad has slightly more than 2000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the seventies. Hvalstad is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo. Hvalstad Station is on Drammensbanen (the Oslo-Drammen Railway line) opened on October 7, 1872.
Asker Line
The Asker Line is a 9.5-kilometre railway line between Asker and Lysaker in Norway. The line runs along the same corridor as the Drammen Line, offering increased capacity, speed and regularity on the rail network west of Oslo. The first part opened in 2005, and in 2011 an extension opened from Sandvika to Lysaker. An extension to Skøyen in Oslo will perhaps be built after 2020. Most of the railway is in tunnel and is dimensioned for 160 km/h running.
Billingstad Station
Billingstad Station is a railway station located at Billingstad in Asker, Norway on the Drammen Line. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 400 operated by Norwegian State Railways with two hourly services. The station was opened in 1919.
Hvalstad Station
Hvalstad Station is a railway station located at Hvalstad in Asker, Norway on the Drammen Line. The station is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 400 operated by the Norwegian State Railways with two hourly services.
Billingstad
Billingstad is a village in Asker municipality, Akershus county, Norway. It is close to the border of Bærum and Vestmarka and is 18 km west of Oslo. It has 2,349 residents (2006). The area is both residential and commercial. It is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail at Billingstad Station, and hosts the world's first IKEA outside Sweden. Both Budstikka and Varner-Gruppen have their head offices at Billingstad.
Tanum Tunnel
Tanum Tunnel is 3,590-meter-long double-track railway tunnel on the Asker Line, between Jong in Bærum and Åstad in Asker, Norway. It was built as part of the first state of the Asker Line, between Asker and Sandvika; construction started in February 2002 and the tunnel opened on 27 August 2005. The tunnel was built by AF Gruppen for the Norwegian National Rail Administration.
Anna Krefting
Anna Paulsdatter Krefting née Vogt (1683-1766), was a Norwegian businesswoman who ran and expanded her family's business enterprises in and around Christiania for over 50 years. Among these enterprises were mines and ironworks, forestry, and trade. Anna Paulsdatter Vogt was born into an affluent family in Christiania with ties to the government in Denmark.
Isurvey
iSURVEY is a Norwegian oilfield service company providing positioning and survey services to support offshore operations. iSURVEY is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. Certification authority is Det Norske Veritas. iSURVEY is qualified in the Achilles Joint Qualification System to the oil industry in Norway and Denmark.