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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  Holmestrand Dykkeklubb
Har du lyst til å melde deg inn i Holmestrand dykkerklubb, så fyll ut dette skjema (HER) og send inn til oss.
Her vil du finne interessant stoff og nyheter for deg som klubbmedlem, eller du som bare stikker innom for å kikke.Vi vil forsøke å ha en mest mulig oppdatert side hvor alt som skjer i klubben annonseres på forhånd og omtales i etterkant.
Holmestrand dykkerklubb tar ikke ansvar for feil og uriktige opplysninger på disse internettsidene.
www.dykkerklubben.no   (102 words)

  
 GoNorway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Holmestrand muncipality has approximately 9.600 inhabitants and covers a area of 85,0 km2.
It might be a surprise to all, that Holmestrand also is known to be an attractive winter sports town.
Holmestrand is often called "The town by- and on the mountain".
www.gonorway.no /township_bottom.php?ID=6   (615 words)

  
 Ny side 1
Holmestrand is a charming town to visit in the summer.
Holmestrand, earlier known as the town under the cliffs, has expanded up onto the plateau, where the majority of the people now live.
Holmestrand has also got excellent facilities for winter sports; ice skating, ski jumping, a centre for alpine skiing and prepared tracks for cross country skiing.
www.acskive.dk /storyline/nordic/cruise/gjoeklep.htm   (333 words)

  
 The Solumsåsen Pukkverk in Holmestrand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the Holmestrand-Horten-Tønsberg district (70 km south of Oslo) extensive lava and rhombenporphyre flows are conserved, notwithstanding fierce erosion during the last ice-age (till 10.000 BC).
The mineralogy of the vesicles in the Holmestrand rhombenporphyry is relatively simple: no more than about 20 different minerals have been observed.
The vesicle minerals of the Solumsåsen quarry near Holmestrand belong with one notable exception (lanthanite) to the more common species as far as micromount-collectors are concerned.
www.nags.net /Nags/english/articles_werner/solumsaasen_holmestrand.htm   (1059 words)

  
 Holmestrand SV - Holmestrand SV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Holmestrand SV - Holmestrand SV Hopp til hovedinnhold
Holmestrand bør ta sitt internasjonale ansvar og ta imot flere flyktninger, mener fungerende ordfører Linda Rustad (SV).
Andebu SV Hof SV Holmestrand SV Horten SV Lardal SV Larvik SV Nøtterøy SV Re SV Sande SV Sandefjord SV Stokke SV Svelvik SV Tjøme SV Tønsberg SV Finn politiker
www.sv.no /vestfold/holmestrand   (355 words)

  
 Vannsport.no - Holmestrand Offshore
Sportsbåtklubben og Drammen Sportsbåt TEAM, i samarbeid med Tønsberg Blad og Holmestrand Avis har gleden av å invitere til tredje runde i NM 3B og 3C og Norgescup runde 28 august og Norgescup runde og NM i Pro Vee 29 August 2004.
I år vil Holmestrand offshore bli arrangert i august, nærmere bestemt 27-29.
Holmestrand Offshore vil bli 8 og 9 runde i Spirit of Norway Cup i rekruttklassen V50.
www.vannsport.no /article/articleview/137/1/3   (247 words)

  
 Nord-Jarlsbergmuseene - The Museums Of Northern Jarlsberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The town benefited from a good natural harbour, and shipping and lumber were to be its prime source of wealth for close to 300 years.
The first ships built in Holmestrand were sloops and schooners which navigated the coast and crossed the Skagerak to Denmark.
He practised as a physician in Holmestrand from 1882, was elected mayor in 1900, and was a member of the Parliament during the dramatic end of the union with Sweden in 1905.
www.museumsnett.no /jarlsbergmuseum/e_holm.htm   (460 words)

  
 Holmestrand car hire Holmestrand car rental airport budget car hire Holmestrand airport cheap Holmestrand car rental ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Beneluxcar can help you to rent a car in Holmestrand Whether it is one way interstate rental car Holmestrand, Beneluxcar has just the right car hire for you.
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www.beneluxcar.com /car-rentals/norway/holmestrand   (276 words)

  
 Holmestrand Car Hire - Great car hire deals from Europcar - Hertz - Sixt - Avis - Budget. Book online in 3 easy steps.
Whether it’s a luxury vehicle, or a budget one-way rental in and around Holmestrand, we have the Holmestrand car rental deal to suit you.
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With expertise like this, you can be sure that your Holmestrand car rental is in good hands.
www.ukcarhire.com.au /car_hire/norway/car_hire_holmestrand.shtml   (224 words)

  
 Bark Fædres Minde - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage
The information has be collected from a multitude of sources, and among them also secondary sources.
The bark "Fædres Minde" was built at Holmestrand in 1850.
She was owned by J. and H. Holst of Holmestrand.
www.norwayheritage.com /p_ship.asp?sh=femia   (276 words)

  
 International Civic Heraldry - Norwegian Municipal Arms - HOLMESTRAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The eagle in the arms is derived from the arms of the merchant Johan Heinrich Tordenskiold, who, in 1819, donated all his fortune to built a school in Holmestrand.
The anchor symbolises the importance of Holmestrand as a harbour town.
The snake is the symbol of medicine and symbolises the former health spa in Holmestrand, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
www.ngw.nl /int/nor/h/holmestr.htm   (202 words)

  
 Hydro Nordisk Aviation Products - Location
Holmestrand is located 60 km from Oslo and 39 km from Torp Airport, Sandefjord.
After about 1 hour on the E 18 you will see the road signs saying Holmestrand.
When arriving Holmestrand, look for the road sign saying Hydro Aluminium.
www.hydro.com /nordisk/en/about_us/location   (153 words)

  
 Velkommen til Holmestrand Storband
HOLMESTRAND: Holmestrand Storband leverte noter i skikkelig Frank Sinatra-stil under deres konsert i går kveld.
HOLMESTRAND: Søndag inviterer Botne kirkekor og Holmestrand Storband til en kirkekonsert litt utenom det vanlige i Botne kirke.
SANDE: Holmestrand Storband viste seg fra en helt ny side under sin konsert i Sande Kirke lørdag ettermiddag.
www.holmestrandstorband.com   (169 words)

  
 Restructuring of aluminium plant in Holmestrand, Norway - Hydro
Restructuring of aluminium plant in Holmestrand, Norway - Hydro
The rolled products plant in Holmestrand last year suffered because of the conditions in the scrap market and lack of performance.
Management at the rolling mill in Holmestrand, in cooperation with employees, must therefore seek further solutions to generate additional improvements in order to meet Hydro’s expectations.
www.hydro.com /en/press_room/news/archive/2003_04/holmestrand_en.html   (225 words)

  
 MAGIC PILLOWS - synopsis
In November that year they recorded a 6-track demo which was sent sporadically to radio stations and concert scenes, but it didn’t gain much response.
Ten months later, during the annual music festival in their hometown Holmestrand in June 2001, the band played in front of an enthusiastic home audience, this time with new material.
Among others, Dream Magazine (USA) writes: This quartet from Holmestrand, Norway are one of the most wonderful things out of this musically fertile country that I've heard yet… More of these reviews can be read here: Reviews.
www.magicpillows.net /eng/synopsis.htm   (351 words)

  
 Bark Christine - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage
The ship Christine of Tønsberg departed from Holmestrand on Apr. 15th 1853, and arrived at Quebec on June 2nd.
Because the National Archives of Canada [NAC] did not start the archiving of passenger lists before 1865, and the Norwegian emigration records did not start before 1867, there is no surviving passenger list for this voyage.
Newspaper notice from "Morgenbladet April 24th, 1853; Holmestrand April 19th, Saturday the 19th this moth, the ship Christine of Tønsberg, Capt. Harris, departed with about 130 emigrants.
www.norwayheritage.com /p_ship.asp?sh=chrix   (158 words)

  
 Alquiler de coches Holmestrand coches de alquiler aeropuerto Holmestrand alquiler de vehiculos Holmestrand
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www.imakoocars.co.uk /guia-viajes/noruega/holmestrand   (373 words)

  
 Nord-Jarlsberg Sumary
The new sludge treatment plant at NJA is located at Nordre Foss in Holmestrand county in Vestfold in southern part of Norway.
The plant is owned by four different counties Holmestrand, Borre Horten, Våle and Hoff.
The purpose of the plant is to hygienize and stabilise dewatered sludge from five different sewage treatment plants located in each of the four counties:
www.rdptech.com /tch20.htm   (2865 words)

  
 Storbrann i Holmestrand - Dagbladet.no
STORBRANN: Brannen i Holmestrand spredte seg fort til andre bygninger.
20 personer ble evakuert etter at det brøt ut brann i Holmestrand sentrum klokka 04.41mandag morgen.
Kommunens kriseledelse er varslet og flere busser er satt i sving for å transportere berørte til pinsemengheten Filadelfias lokaler i Holmestrand som i dag fungerer som forsamlingssted.
www.dagbladet.no /nyheter/2006/02/20/458366.html   (352 words)

  
 artnet.com: Resource Library: Backer, Harriet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In the 1860s and early 1870s she took lessons in drawing and painting in Christiania (now Oslo) and also travelled extensively in Europe with her sister Agathe, a composer and pianist.
She copied works in major museums and took occasional art lessons; she later considered this experience to have been of fundamental importance to her artistic development.
Little Red Riding Hood (1872; Oslo, N.G.) is impressive in technique, and the early portrait of her sister, Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1874; Holmestrand, Komm.), shows a refined colour scheme.
www.artnet.com /library/00/0055/T005574.asp   (281 words)

  
 Holmestrand Hotels - Reservations - Full List
Holmestrand hotels sorted by price: Makes it easy to find the best value in Holmestrand lodgings.
If you did not find the Holmestrand hotels you were looking for or are looking for lodgings in other Norway cities you may want to check out the accommodations for other cities in our Norway cities list.
You may also view Holmestrand lodgings and hotels alphabetically or Holmestrand hotels and rooms sorted by price.
www.exploitz.com /Holmestrand-hotels-no.php?type=az   (231 words)

  
 Marit Sofie Holmestrand - Norge rundt - NRK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Marit Sofie Holmestrand - Norge rundt - NRK
– Mitt barnebarn Yasmin kaller meg verdens tøffeste áhkku (bestemor), sier Marit Sofie Holmestrand (51) som fredag 7.
Den nye programlederen er en ekte Finnmarksviddas datter, født og oppvokst på et småbruk i den lille samegrenda Jergul i Karasjok.
www.nrk.no /programmer/tv/norge_rundt/3733105.html   (338 words)

  
 Holmestrand, Norway
Beyond Drammen there are two routes - either on a road hugging the coast of the Drammensfjord or on the main road running inland - to Sande, on the Sandebukt.
From here the road continues down the west side of the Sandebukt to Holmestrand (pop.
Also of interest is the Holmestrand Museum (history of the town; ships and the sea, etc.).
www.planetware.com /oslofjord/holmestrand-n-vfl-sanhol.htm   (116 words)

  
 GlobalFreeloaders.com / Holmestrand / Norway / Stay for Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
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www.globalfreeloaders.com /memberlocations.php?city=holmestrand&code=NO-20-1715714   (130 words)

  
 Velkommen til Holmestrand Fjordhotell "Nytt" hotell i strandkanten
Holmestrand Fjordhotell har fått nye eiere, og hotellet åpnet sine dører igjen 10.
gange fra Holmestrand sentrum, under 1 times reisetid med bil fra Oslo.
Toget fra Oslo tar en knapp time og det er kun 100 meter å gå fra jernbanestasjonen til hotellet.
www.holmestrandfjordhotell.no   (280 words)

  
 Car rental Holmestrand | Cheap Car rentals Holmestrand Book Now!
We will endeavour to get you a cheap rent car Holmestrand, no matter where in the world you would like to book.
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www.imakoocars.co.uk /travel-guide/norway/holmestrand   (392 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Vestfold Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Vestfold is located west of the Oslo Fjord, as the name indicates.
It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Horten, Holmestrand and Sandefjord.
Formerly a headquarters for whaling fleets, the coastal towns of Vestfold now engage in fishing and shipbuilding.
www.ipedia.com /vestfold.html   (213 words)

  
 B1-basalt, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
From a unspecified locality near Holmestrand, in a pyroxene-basalt (B1-sequence)in the lower part of the Vestfold lavaplateau.
Maghemite has been found as a supergene alteration of magnetite that occurs as 0,01-0,08mm small crystals in the basltic rock (Everdingen 1960)
Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.
www.mindat.org /loc-49229.html   (126 words)

  
 NEWS |
Anneli will give an intimate (acoustic?/unplugged?) concert at Holmestrand Fjordhotell March 17.
She will perform with her own solo material together with Sindre Hotvedth (piano) and Bjørn Charles Dreier (guitars).
Tickets are available at Holmestrand Fjordhotell: (+47) 33 06 61 00.
www.annelidrecker.com /news/010120.htm   (41 words)

  
 Norway Aug98 Queries
I do not know where they were married but I do believe they were married in Holmestrand around 1893 ish, as the oldest child was born in 1894.
Again I believe he was born in Holmestrand.
I believe was born in Holmestrand as I have been unable to find his birth in Moss.
www.rootsweb.com /~wgnorway/98Q-Aug.htm   (5325 words)

  
 siglo.is - Nordic Co-operation
The partners of Siglufjördur are Holmestrand in Norway, Herning in Denmark, V”nersborg in Sweden, Kangasala in Finland, the ‰lands, Eidi in the Faroes, Arsak in Greenland and Husby in South Schleswig.
The first gathering of this sort in Iceland was held in Siglufjördur in 1951.
Joint venture project done by schools in Holmestrand Herning and Vanersborg
www.siglo.is /en/modern/nordic.shtml   (141 words)

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