Train destinations from Holmestrand in 8h
Stockholm
SwedenWander Gamla Stan’s cobbled lanes before stepping into the Vasa Museum to see its preserved 17th-century ship.
6 hr 31
Bergen
NorwayBryggen’s colourful wooden houses line the harbour, a reminder of Bergen’s Hanseatic past.
6 hr 36
Gothenburg
SwedenWander among the ships at Maritiman, then browse the stalls at Feskekörka.
4 hr 38
Fredrikstad
NorwayWalk Gamlebyen’s star-shaped ramparts and take in the 17th-century fort town beside the broad Glomma estuary.
2 hr 08
Oslo
NorwayWalk up the sloping roof of the Oslo Opera House for a broad view across the fjord.
48 min
Varberg
Sweden5 hr 30
Tønsberg
NorwayClimb Slottsfjell for a look around the medieval fortress ruins above the harbour.
17 min
Lillehammer
NorwayAt Maihaugen, timber farmsteads, town houses and a stave church trace five centuries of Norwegian life.
2 hr 56
