Vestby Church

Vestby church is a long church designed by Johannes Henrik Nissen and Holm Munthe, and the builder was Gulbrand Johnsen. The poet Johan Herman Wessel (1848-1915) grew up in the vicarage next to the church.

About this building

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Key Features

  • Architecture
  • Monuments

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • Car park at the building
  • Accessible toilets in the building

Other nearby buildings

Hvitsten Church

Hvitsten church is a long church that was built of wood in 1902. The architect of the church was Harald Sundby.

Garder Church

The Garder church is a long church built by the builder Andreas Keitel in 1881 according to the same designs as the church in Oppegård, but the church in Garder is slightly larger than the church in Oppegård. Christen Brun painted the altarpiece as a copy of the altarpiece in the church in Tyristrand.

Ås Church

The Ås church is a typical long neo-gothic church from 1867, built in unpainted brick according to the plans of the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. It has lower and narrower choirs in the east and an octagonal tower above the porch in the west.