This was a full day for us in Kongsberg. We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast of breads, cheese, jam, caviar, vegetables, coffee….delicious. After getting ready, we went for a little hike up behind Elisabeth’s house. The area is called Håvet. There are trails and fields and a local road that leads to a place called “The Crowns in Håvet”. From Wikipedia: This attraction (Kronene i Håvet) is a site where Norwegian royal monograms have been carved into the mountainside overlooking Kongsberg to mark royal visits to the city. In June 1704 King Frederik IV visited Kongsberg and started a tradition that is still celebrated. King Frederik also arranged for the monograms of visits from earlier monarchs to be recorded as well.The first monogram on the hillside property belonged to Christian IV who in 1624 founded Kongsberg at
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