Vestfold has a number of urban centers as well as impressive scenery. The main towns: Holmestrand, Borre, Horten, Tolsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik all have populations of between 10 000 and 40 000. Vestfold is famous for its history and it was a Viking center a thousand years ago. You can still find a lot of graves from that period.
From Larvik, there are ferries to Denmark, like the passenger ferry "Petter Wessel", and from Sandefjord you can visit Sweden by another ferry.
During the summer the coastline attracts a lot of tourists because of the beautiful beaches and skerries. The night life is good during the weekends in all the towns, but especially in Tonsberg, the center of the county.
Telemark county is known as little Norway. It is famous for its beautiful coastline, but if you go north you will find mountains and valleys. The highest mountain is Gaustablikk and in good weather you can see an area more than ten times as large as Vestfold county. The most famous tourist attraction is the Telemark Canal, which goes from the coast to the middle of Telemark.
Skien and Porsgrunn are two towns in the center of Telemark with 100 000 inhabitants. This is one of the most important areas for Norwegian industry. Especially Norsk Hydro, the largest company in Norway, has major importance for this area.
