Borgen is a suburb located in the municipality of
Asker
Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. Located some 20 kilometers southwest of
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, Borgen has many different styles of residential areas, ranging from apartment complexes and semi-detached houses in the southern area of Borgen, to the villas of Borgen Skog.
There are two elementary schools, Rønningen Barneskole and Hagaløkka Barneskole, and a middle school, Borgen Ungdomsskole.
Mount Vardåsen offers downhill skiing in winter and during the rest of the year nice terrain for
Orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...
.
Villages in Asker
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