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==Attractions== [[File:Norwegian Naval Museum Horten.jpg|thumb|right|Norwegian Naval Museum]] * '''[[Borre National Park]]''', the first national park in Norway.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fouberg |first=Erin Hogan |title=Norway |last2=Hogan |first2=Edward Patrick |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=9781438105277 |pages=40}}</ref> It is home to [[Northern Europe]]'s largest collection of royal grave mounds,<ref name="evensberget" /> and it is the largest grave mound site in Northern Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vestfold |url=https://snl.no/Vestfold |access-date=2018-11-11 |website=Store Norske Leksikon |language=no}}</ref> * '''[[Royal Norwegian Navy Museum]]''' ({{lang|no|Marinemuseet}}), the oldest existing museum of its kind in the world, founded in 1853. At the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum you can find many ships, including {{HNoMS|Rap|1873|6}}, the world's first [[torpedo boat]] from 1873. * '''Preus Fotomuseum''', the Norwegian Museum of [[Photography]], is a unique museum located in the same building as the naval museum. * '''[[Karljohansvern]]''', the former [[naval base]] in Horten. Activity there in the recent years have been decreasing and parts of the area have now been opened to the public, including some nice [[beach]]es. Both the museum of photography and the navy museum are located close to the naval base. *'''[[Royal Norwegian Navy]] Band''', a [[military band]] ranked among the best in Europe has its home base in Karljohansvern in Horten. * '''Horten Bilmuseum''', the [[classic car]] museum, houses a variety of classic cars ranging from 1900 to the 1970s. One of Norway's largest [[model railway]]s is also on display in the museum. It is open every day during summer, Sundays only from the middle of August to the middle of June. * '''[[Borre Golfbane]]''', a [[golf course]] has hosted two [[Challenge Tour]] events (1994 and 1998) and was in 2005 extended to 27 holes of full length (par 72 + par 36). The first Challenge Tour event in 1994 was the first professional golf tournament on Norwegian soil. The 18-hole course runs along lake [[Borrevannet]] and some of the holes have views over the lake.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} * '''Borrevannet''', a lake that is home to a national [[bird sanctuary]] where 255 different bird species have been observed (2003 numbers). 110 species have been confirmed using the lake as their nesting place. * '''L'Esprit d'[[Edvard Munch]]''', the [[The World's most northern|northernmost]] [[vineyard]] of the world, operating in Horten. * '''[[Åsgårdstrand]]''', a town in the southern part of the municipality, is a sight of its own. It is a small, white-painted ocean town that is best known for its great painters (like the aforementioned Edvard Munch) and its beaches.
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