Where to stay in Hokksund
Beds in Hokksund gather in and around the town centre, the way of a market town, with most rooms near Haug kirke where hotels and guest rooms stand close to the shops, the station and the museums. The centre suits visitors who want the town and the glassworks story on the doorstep. It is the obvious base.
Toward the edge of town, the bath of Hokksund Kurbad takes guests who come for the water and the quiet, a different kind of stay in Øvre Eiker. Some come just for the bath. Out among the parishes toward Fiskum, holiday houses and farm stays spread through the country around Fiskum kirke and Bakke kirke, a quieter base for travellers touring this part of Buskerud by car.
Reserve ahead in summer, when the town and the museums of Hokksund draw visitors across Øvre Eiker.
Things to do in Hokksund
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Museums & Galleries
- Nøstetangen norsk glassmuseum
- Norsk Motorhistorisk Senter
Churches & Religious Sites
- Haug kirke Heritage-listed — church building in Øvre Eiker
- Fiskum gamle kirke Heritage-listed
- Bakke kirke Heritage-listed
- Fiskum kirke
About Hokksund
What is Hokksund known for?
Hokksund is the largest town and the seat of Øvre Eiker. The old name Haugsund still clings to the place, and the wooden Haug kirke marks the parish at its heart. Museums fill out the town.
Nøstetangen norsk glassmuseum keeps the story of the old glassworks, and the Norsk Motorhistorisk Senter holds the motors, while the bath of Hokksund Kurbad and the country churches of Fiskum give this corner of Buskerud its older fabric.
What are the main landmarks in Hokksund?
Nøstetangen norsk glassmuseum is the landmark of Hokksund. It keeps the story of the old glassworks that made the place known, the chief draw of the town. Motors and water draw visitors too.
The Norsk Motorhistorisk Senter holds the historic vehicles and Hokksund Kurbad offers its bath, while the wooden Haug kirke marks the centre and the older Fiskum gamle kirke, Fiskum kirke and Bakke kirke stand among the parishes of Øvre Eiker in this corner of Buskerud.
What is the history of Hokksund?
Hokksund grew at a crossing and market place known of old as Haugsund. Travellers and goods gathered where the routes met, and the wooden Haug kirke fixed the parish at the heart of the settlement as it spread along the valley of Øvre Eiker. The crossing made the town.
Trade and the works of the district carried Hokksund through the centuries, and the glassworks remembered at Nøstetangen norsk glassmuseum brought the place a craft and a name beyond the parish. Industry and the railway widened the town as the years passed. Hokksund became the seat and the largest population centre of Øvre Eiker, gathering the offices, the shops and the museums of the district, among them the Norsk Motorhistorisk Senter and the bath at Hokksund Kurbad.
Around it the old parishes held their churches, Fiskum gamle kirke, Fiskum kirke and Bakke kirke among the farms, and the town settled into its role at the centre of this south-eastern reach of Buskerud.
Where is Hokksund?
Hokksund lies in the valley of Øvre Eiker, in the south-eastern part of Buskerud, in south-eastern Norway. The town sits on the valley floor where the routes meet and the slopes rise toward the wooded ridges and the parishes beyond. Valley and farmland frame the town.
The municipality of Øvre Eiker reaches up the side valleys and out toward Fiskum, taking in the farms and the churches of Fiskum kirke and Bakke kirke, with Hokksund as the gathered centre of this reach of Buskerud.
What is the climate of Hokksund?
Hokksund has the cool inland climate of the valleys of eastern Norway. Winters run cold and snowy, the frost settling over the valley of Øvre Eiker and the snow lying on the slopes and the farms through the dark months. Summers are warm and green.
The valley holds the day's heat under the long northern daylight, drawing visitors to the town and the parishes around Fiskum in the warm season, while the surrounding ridges keep the nights cool across this corner of Buskerud.
How do you get to Hokksund?
Hokksund sits on the rail line and roads of the Øvre Eiker valley. Trains stop here on the route running west from the larger towns of Buskerud, and the station lies a short walk from Haug kirke and the town centre. Many arrive by car.
The main roads gather at the old crossing of Hokksund and carry the traffic on toward Fiskum and the parishes beyond, while the wider airports of eastern Norway lie off to the south-east for those reaching this part of Buskerud from further away.