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Norway's largest beech forest. Beech is rare in Norway and the Larvik beech forest is the northernmost beech forest of significance. It was the first public outdoor recreational area in Norway and has been managed as a park since 1884. The area is simply known as Bøkeskogen, literally "The Beech forest". The park is near the city centre, between the centre and the Farris lake. The forest sits on the Vestfold Ra, the largest terminal moraine in Scandinavia formed during the last phase of the ice age some 12,000 years ago. There burial mounds from the iron age (pre-viking) in the forest.
Bøkeskogen stretches inwards along Farris Lake in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is an archeological area which is home to between 83, 90, and 100 burial mounds. It contains Vestfold County's largest burial grounds from the Pre-Roman Iron Age. Besides being Vestfold's largest grave site, Bøkeskogen is considered one of Norway's most accessible remains from the Viking Age.
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Former residence for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve. The building started in 1674.
Around 800 AD a Viking trade post was established here, and today it is both an archaeological site and a venue for Viking events in the summer.
Mølen gravrøyser
Several hundred burial mounds or tumuli made from boulders. The largest are around 30 m wide and 5 m tall. Presumably made during the bronze age from 1500 years BC until the Viking age. This is a cultural heritage monument and it is forbidden to change or take anything.