I quickly found out that I would die here.

I studied at Telemark University College in Porsgrunn while you studied in Sandefjord. And we lived in Sandefjord, but because of job opportunities it was natural for us to move here. Aleksander got a job in Rygge. I am originally from Skoppum and from the area and I also missed living here. Then he wanted to go to Horten. And we don't regret it.

The school and kindergarten are located 800 meters south of here and the school and kindergartens are right next to each other, they border each other so it is very easy to deliver and pick up to and from work. It also makes the everyday hassle a little easier.

WE spend a lot of our afternoons and weekends out for walks. Especially up towards Knudsrød because it's just a one-km walk across the road. Especially in autumn and spring, the forest is used a lot. In the summer, we only walk five minutes down towards the sea and then we're on the beach. Reverompa, Løvøya, Karljohansvern, Rørestrand. It's a short walk to everywhere, really.

We chose to move to that street because it was a dead end and child-friendly and a short walk to most things. And when they started kindergarten, we got to know the people behind us here.

Hello! Are you pretending to be shy? You who never are. This is Madeleen and Øystein and they are the parents-in-law of our eldest son. That's how we met. So they have become our extended family.

I feel extremely comfortable in Horten. It is Vestfold's coolest town and has a pulse of its own, you could say. With the cultural life and not least if you are a bit interested in military history like I am, then it is absolutely great with Karljohansvern and the history that lies there.

We had a deal that if I didn't like it here after a year, we would try moving to Bergen for a year. We never did because I quickly realized that I would die here.