Archive for November 25th, 2009
Østfold in Pictures: Rygge Airport
Posted by admin in Photos and videos, Travel and practical stuff on November 25, 2009
Ryanair to open base at Rygge in March 2010
Posted by admin in News, Travel and practical stuff on November 25, 2009
Ryanair today announced it will open its 37th base at Moss Rygge Airport in March 2010. The carrier (Europe’s largest airline), will invest more than US$200 million at Rygge, using it as the base for three aircraft and over 100 weekly return flights. Ryanair will offer 16 new routes from Oslo Rygge, to Aarhus, Berlin, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Eindhoven, Gdansk, Krakow, La Rochelle, Malaga, Memmingen (Munich West), Palma, Paris, Riga, Wroclaw, Valencia and Venice. Ryanair hopes to increase its traffic at Oslo Rygge to 1.7 million passengers per year, creating and sustaining 1,700 local jobs. This is Ryanair’s first base in Norway.
Read the full story here www.traveldaily.co.uk/IndustrySpecific/Detail.aspx?Section=15530
Østfold in Pictures: Jeløya, Moss
Posted by admin in Nature and the great outdoors, Photos and videos on November 25, 2009
Top 5: Things to do in Moss
Posted by admin in Travel and practical stuff on November 25, 2009
- Visit Gallery F15, one of Norway’s most cutting edge galleries, housed on a beautiful estate overlooking the Oslofjord. www.gallerif15.no
- Enjoy a stroll, a drink and/or a movie in Møller Byen, the renovated old mill district, with its characteristic red brick buildings and cobble-stoned streets.
- Shop in Moss Amfi, one of Østfold’s biggest shopping centres, with over 110 shops, cafes and restaurants under one roof. www.amfi.no
- Watch the locals kite-surfing off Jeløya, or go for a ride on one of the island’s many country roads.
- Dine at Refsnes Gods, home to one of the county’s best gourmet restaurants – Edvard Munch was a regular here, and some of his works adorn the restaurant’s wall. www.refsnesgods.com
More info at www.visitmoss.no