Fredriksten Fortress

This is a model of Fredriksten Fortress, in Halden, Norway.

Things you can do: Try clicking on doors, canons, the clock tower, and the information booth, and explore the fortress. Use the viewpoints to follow a predefined route around the fortress.

For more information (in Norwegian) about Fredriksten, have a look at the Fredriksten Festning guidebook at Østfold College.

Note that quite a few textures have been used to improve the appearance of this model, so please be patient when downloading it.

You can compare the model with photographs for each of the viewpoints in the model. Look at the Fredriksten Gallery page (appears in a new window).

Credits:Modelling by Dag Kristiansen and Claus Andreas Østby (HiØ). VRML conversion and programming by Michael Louka (HVRC/IFE). Thanks to Halden Kommune for terrain data and the Norwegian Army (Østfold Regiment) for architectural drawings and other material.