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Explore Drøbak
Drøbak in Frogn (Akershus) with it's 11,363 inhabitants is located in Norway about 18 mi (or 28 km) south of Oslo, the country's capital.
Local time in Drøbak is now 04:50 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Oslo with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Drøbak, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Norway is Moss Airport, Rygge in a distance of 20 mi (or 33 km), South. 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 71 mi (or 114 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: Vestby, Tofte, As, Slemmestad and Nesoddtangen. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -1°C / 31 °F
Morning Temperature | -2°C / 28 °F |
Evening Temperature | -2°C / 28 °F |
Night Temperature | -2°C / 29 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 50% |
Air Pressure | 993 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
-2°C (29 °F)
-2°C (28 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
0°C (33 °F)
-2°C (29 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
1°C (34 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Reenskaug Hotel
Videos from this area
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Kajakk Oslofjord August 2012
Kajakk i Oslofjorden mellom Son og Drøbak august 2012. Oscarsborg festning. Seepaddeln. Kayaking Kajak oslo norway.
Delan Oscarsborg 2012
Clips from the Elan 310 "Delan" from the 2012 Elan training session at Oscarsborg, with onboard expert Thomas Nilsson from North Sails.
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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.
Drøbak
Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,358 inhabitants.
Oscarsborg Fortress
Oscarsborg Fortress is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the small town of Drøbak. The fortress is situated on two small islets, and on the mainland to the west and east, in the fjord and was military territory until 2003 when it was made a publicly available resort island. The fortress is best known for sinking the German heavy cruiser Blücher on 9 April 1940.
Oslofjord Tunnel
Oslofjord Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel under the Oslofjord, Norway, connecting Hurum, in Buskerud in the west to Frogn, in Akershus in the east. The Oslofjord Tunnel is one of the longest undersea tunnels of its kind in Northern Europe; it is 7.2 km long and reaches a depth of 134 metres below sea level, with a maximum gradient of 7%.
German cruiser Blücher
Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine, built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles. Named for Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the victor of the Battle of Waterloo, the ship was laid down in August 1936 and launched in June 1937. She was completed in September 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II.