Fetsund Booms

Interesting museum for an interesting part of the history

In the old days getting the timber from the forests to the factories, the easiest way was to float them down the rivers. I still remember my geography book from 1964 telling about this, and that Glomm...

A different kind of museum - need to be explored

Fetsund Timber Booms museum is unique, discover how the timber were collected in the river and floated through the lake on its way to the sea port in Fredrikstad. Timber has given bread and butter to...

A pearl by the islander in Fetsund. 25 km from Oslo.

An amazingly nice place in the summer. Great museum. Also try the good waffles. Something you really should not miss is to take a trip with the boat MS Øyern. Incredibly nice trip out in the delta. ...

Great place!

I was in the area for work. I discovered the place by chance! Nice place to visit to learn about timber transportation of the Glomma river. Beautiful surrounding landscape

Walk on land and river.

Industrial museum showing the history where the timber was transported by the river Glomma to the sawmills. Here you can see a colletion of old boats and walk on the water as the workers once did. A u...