Islands / Færder / Bjerkøy
Island east of Nøtterøy, about 1.2 km², partly within Færder National Park. It has a protected burial chamber with a coffin from before the Reformation, and the reality series Tjukkholmen was filmed here in 2004.
Island east of Nøtterøy, around 1.2 km², rising to 54 metres. It is wooded, with smooth rock running down to the sea. Parts of it lie within Færder National Park.
Partly Færder National Park. The boundaries and the rules are in Naturbase, and they are worth checking before you land anywhere outside the marked areas.
Private boat or kayak.
No scheduled boat comes here. You will have to find the nearest public quay yourself, and the rest is your own boat or a kayak. Check the wind and wave forecast before you set out; the open stretches in the outer fjord turn unpleasant in a fresh breeze.
Bjerkøy has a burial chamber with a coffin from before the Reformation, which is to say from before 1537, protected as a cultural monument. Beyond that the written history is thin; the Wikipedia article is a stub with little on settlement or working life.
The Norwegian reality series Tjukkholmen was filmed on the island in 2004.
The island has scattered buildings. Parts of it fall within Færder National Park. Otherwise it is cabin life and open country.
No ferry connection, so come by private boat or kayak. Parts of the island lie within Færder National Park, established on 23 August 2013. Keep to the paths and the signed zones. Check Naturbase, the national map of protected areas, for any seabird reserves with landing bans on neighbouring islets before you tie up.
A Norwegian reality series was filmed here in 2004, Tjukkholmen, named after an islet rather than after the contestants.
The medieval coffin is a protected monument. People were buried on this island before the Reformation in 1537.
Oslo Sea Experience passes Bjerkøy on its private fjord trips from Tjuvholmen.
The Norwegian version notes which facts were taken from each source: Bjerkøy på norsk.