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Austrått Fortress and Fosen's War Historical Collections

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Austrått Fortress and Fosen's War Historical Collections
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Follow Route 710. Exit towards Austrått between Brekstad and Botngård.

Map page: 11-2
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June 10-Aug 15: daily 11am-5pm.Other times by arrangement (tlph. 72 51 40 36).


Description: Austrått Fortress is a former German fortification with a gigantic five-storey cannon tower. This installation had an important strategic location at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. Visitors may join a guided tour (about one hour) through the entire cannon tower, the electricity plant, the quartering where 200 soldiers lived, as well as to Fosen Krigshistoriske Samlinger, an exhibition about the German occupation of Fosen during World War II.




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Telephone:72 51 40 36 / 72 52 18 04
Fax:72 51 40 03
E-mail:postmottak@orland.kommune.no
Homepage:www.orland.kommune.no
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Places with handicap toilets and other types of adjustments for the functionally disabled

(26.05.2003) The following places have handicap toilets and other types of adjustments for the functionally disabled.
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