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== Points of interest == [[File:Hvalfangstmonumentet1.JPG|thumb|[[Whaler's Monument]] with [[Scandic Park Hotel]] seen on the left]] [[File:Sandar kirke.jpg|thumb|[[Sandar Church]] was consecrated in 1792.<ref name="TS" />{{rp|149}}]] Notable points of interest include:<ref name="gonorway.no" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Attractions – See and do – Sandefjord |url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/sandefjord/see-and-do/attractions/ |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Visitvestfold.com}}</ref> * '''[[Gokstad Mound|Gokstad Burial Mound]]''', site of the discovery of the 9th-century [[Gokstad Ship]]. * '''[[Sandefjord Museum]]''' (the Whaling Museum), Europe's only museum dedicated to the whaling industry.<ref name="DP91" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Whaling Museum |url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/sandefjord/see-and-do/attractions/?TLp=3492&The-Whaling-Museum |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Visitvestfold.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/ |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Hvalfangstmuseet.no}}</ref> ** '''[[Gaia ship]]''', 1990 replica of the [[Gokstad Ship]] at Museum's Wharf in Sandefjord Harbor. ** '''[[Southern Actor]]''', [[whale-catcher]] turned [[museum ship]]. Only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order.<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Whale catcher Southern Actor |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-whale-catcher-southern-actor/13/ |website=visitnorway.com}}</ref><ref name="FO97" />{{rp|395}} * '''[[Whaler's Monument]]''', rotating bronze monument, erected in honor of pioneering whalers * '''[[Sandefjord Spa]]''' (Kurbadet), the 1899 thermal baths are housed in one of Scandinavia's largest wooden buildings. * '''Bjerggata''', one of the oldest parts of the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]] with preserved wooden houses.<ref name="RD" />{{rp|304–305}}<ref name="TS" />{{rp|14}} * '''[[Hjertnes Civic and Theater Center]]''', adjacent to [[Badeparken]] and [[Scandic Park Hotel]]. * '''[[Sandar Church]]''', built on ruins of a 13th-century [[medieval]] stone church. Present church was erected in 1792.<ref name="VM" /> * '''[[Sandefjord Church]]''', 1903 church, home of Sandefjord Church Bells and host of various concerts and events. * '''[[Høyjord Stave Church]]''', in [[Andebu]], only preserved [[stave church]] in [[Vestfold]] County.<ref name="SB04" />{{rp|67}}<ref name="HKB1998" />{{rp|113}} * '''[[Hvaltorvet]] Shopping Centre''', largest shopping mall in Sandefjord, located in the city center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-28 |title=KLP kjøper Hvaltorvet kjøpesenter |url=http://retailmagasinet.no/nyhetsarkiv/klp-kjoper-hvaltorvet-kjopesenter |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Retailmagasinet.no}}</ref> * '''Harbour Chapel''' ("Bryggekapellet"), Europe's only floating church.<ref name="MS" />{{rp|107}} * '''[[Vesterøya#Folehavna Fort|Folehavna Fort]]''', ruins from a German fortress constructed in 1941 during the [[German occupation of Norway]].<ref name="Schandy" />{{rp|173–175}}<ref name="SG" />{{rp|71}} * '''[[Sundås Fort]]''', ruins from fortifications constructed in 1899 during the [[Union between Sweden and Norway]].<ref name="SG" />{{rp|43}}<ref name="EL2" />{{rp|347–349}} * '''[[Istrehågan]]''', ancient burial ground which dates to the [[Roman Iron Age (Northern Europe)|Roman Iron Age]] around 1500–500 BCE.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock carvings and standing stones at Haugen Farm |url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/larvik/product/?TLp=200315 |website=visitvestfold.com}}</ref>
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