sightseeings and cities (Wikipedia) in the near of Ørje:
Marker, Norway / 1.9 km
Marker is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørje. Marker was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 following the merger of the two former municipalities of Rødenes and Øymark (...) (mehr)Rødenessjøen / 2.9 km
Rødenessjøen is a lake in the municipalities of Aurskog-Høland in Akershus county and Marker in Østfold county, Norway. (...) (mehr)Ørje / 3.3 km
Ørje is the administrative centre of Marker municipality, Norway, not far from the Swedish border. Its population (2013)) is 1,881. Ørje was founded in the 1880s around a timber-processing mill. Engebret Soot had built the first Norwegian canal locks at Ørje in the years 1857-1860 (...) (mehr)Halden Canal / 3.6 km
The Halden Canal near Halden, Norway, began construction in 1852. The canal allows boats to travel parallel to the Swedish border of 75 km from Tistedal to Skulerud. Engebret Soot (1786 - 1859) was responsible for this canal, as well as the earlier Soot Canal (...) (mehr)Ørje Fortress / 3.8 km
Ørje Fortress (Ørje fortene) lies in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The construction of the fort started in December 1901 and was completed the following year. The fortification guarded the heavily trafficked route through the community of Ørje, which was an important entry point (...) (mehr)powered by Geonames.org, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap