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Coordinates: 59°40′30″N 10°36′56″E / 59.67500°N 10.61556°E / 59.67500; 10.61556
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[[File:Oscarsborg festning og Drøbaksundet.JPG|thumbnail|The Drøbak Sound with the Oscarsborg fortress seen from the east side of the Oslofjord.]]
[[File:Oscarsborg festning og Drøbaksundet.JPG|thumbnail|The Drøbak Sound with the Oscarsborg fortress seen from the east side of the Oslofjord.]]
'''The Drøbak Sound''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]:Drøbaksundet) is a [[Sound (geography)|sound]] where the [[Oslofjord]] narrows between [[Drøbak]] and [[Hurum]]. [[Outer Oslofjord]], a term for the [[fjord]] south of the Drøbak Sound until it meets the [[Skagerrak]], starts there.
'''The Drøbak Sound''' ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: Drøbaksundet) is a [[Sound (geography)|sound]] at the [[Oslofjord]] narrows between [[Drøbak]] and [[Hurum]]. Outer Oslofjord, a term for the [[fjord]] south of the Drøbak Sound until it meets the [[Skagerrak]], starts there.


The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by the fortress [[Oscarsborg Fortress|Oscarsborg]]. During the [[Norwegian Campaign|Nazi German attack on Norway]], was the [[German cruiser Blücher]] sunk by Norwegian defence forces in the sound west of the fortress 9 April 1940.<ref>[[Battle of Drøbak Sound]] Wikipedia {{en icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/Oscarsborg-festning/English/ Oscarsborg Fortress, Official website] {{en icon}}</ref> Now, it's a fortress museum and hotel located there. There is a ferry from Drøbak.
The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by [[Oscarsborg Fortress]]. During the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion of Norway]] on 9 April 1940, the German cruiser {{ship|German cruiser|Blücher||2}} was [[Battle of Drøbak Sound|sunk by the fortress]].<ref>[http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/Oscarsborg-festning/English/ Oscarsborg Fortress, Official website] {{en icon}}</ref> Oscarsborg Fortress has been converted into a museum and a hotel. There is a ferry from Drøbak.


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The Drøbak Sound with the Oscarsborg fortress seen from the east side of the Oslofjord.

The Drøbak Sound (Norwegian: Drøbaksundet) is a sound at the Oslofjord narrows between Drøbak and Hurum. Outer Oslofjord, a term for the fjord south of the Drøbak Sound until it meets the Skagerrak, starts there.

The Drøbak Sound was previously guarded by Oscarsborg Fortress. During the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940, the German cruiser Blücher was sunk by the fortress.[1] Oscarsborg Fortress has been converted into a museum and a hotel. There is a ferry from Drøbak.

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59°40′30″N 10°36′56″E / 59.67500°N 10.61556°E / 59.67500; 10.61556