Sarpsborg

Sarpsborg (http://www.visitsarpsborg.no) is the tenth largest city in Norway with 52,000 inhabitants in the municipality. Situated in Østfold county in Norway it is the largest city alongside the E6 motorway between Oslo 1 hour north of Sarpsborg and Gothenburg 2 hours south of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is the only Norwegian city to have both the archipelago and skiing areas within 10 minutes from the city, and in the city centre is a large park and the largest water fall in Europe. But it also a very industrial city with several paper mills and other factories. Sarpsborg has grown together with neighbour city Fredrikstad to form the fifth largest urban area in Norway, with 100,000 inhabitants.