Situated to the southwest of Oslo, not too far from the Norwegian capital, the city of Kongsberg was founded in 1624 by King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway, who actively took part in its physical configuration, and true to the Baroque spirit of the times, planned it on a classical grid. Urban development in the 18th and 19th centuries respected these patterns, with timber buildings and beautiful parks and landscaping, and the city today is among the finest samples of this Nordic country's scarce historical heritage...[+]