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Islands / Frogn / Aspond
Island in the northern part of the Drøbak sound, about 30 hectares (300 dekar) with around 46 cabins. Privately held cabin island; the main shipping lane in to Oslo runs close along its east side. Reached by private boat.
Aspond is a wooded cabin island in the northern part of the Drøbak sound, just north of Håøya, with Fagerstrand on Nesodden close to the east. The island covers around 30 hectares (300 dekar) (30 hectares) and rises to 68 metres at its highest. The main shipping lane in to Oslo runs tight along the east side, so passing here puts you in the same channel the large ferries and cargo ships use.
private boat or kayak.
Times shift with the season, and several of the island boats run only in summer — check the current timetable at Ruter.
Aspond is a privately held cabin island with around 46 summer cabins. Its known history belongs to the water around it more than to the island itself: the channel east of Aspond is one of the busiest approaches to Oslo, with something in the order of 5,600 vessels a year heading for the harbour. The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) has spent considerable sums in recent years on deepening and widening the fairway along the island and on improving the marking with lights and sea marks.
The island is cabin ground, around 46 summer cabins, with no inn, shop or public facilities. Fagerstrand on Nesodden lies just east and is the nearest built-up area on the mainland.
Aspond is reached by private boat or kayak. There is no ferry connection to the island. It is privately owned cabin land, with no coastal trail cabin (*kystledhytte*) and no known protected area. Watch the ship traffic in the channel east of the island; this is the main approach to Oslo with dense traffic of large vessels.
The channel east of Aspond carries around 5,600 ships a year in towards Oslo. From a small cabin island like this you watch cruise ships, the Color Line ferries and cargo vessels slide past at close range.
The Norwegian Coastal Administration has spent large sums on deepening and widening this exact stretch. The channel is narrow, and the island sits on one side of the bottleneck.
The name Aspond sets the island apart from the Nesodden side just east; Fagerstrand lies close enough that the crossing over the sound is short.
Oslo Sea Experience passes Aspond on its private fjord trips from Tjuvholmen.
The Norwegian version notes which facts were taken from each source: Aspond på norsk.