Fredriksten fortress, city of Halden. One of Europe´s finest Fortresses. Outer courtyard and wall.
This video will take you through the outer courtyard and around the bailey between curtain wall and the inner fortress and end with the spectacular view over the city of Halden and the fjord.
Fredriksten fortress was built during the end of the 1600s as a respons against the many wars between Sweden and Denmark-Norway, during 200 years Sweden invaded and attacked this fortress a number of times. The Swedish King Carl XII died here in 1718, when he was inspecting the trenches during the Swedish siege of Fredriksten during the Great Northern War 1700-1721.
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