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Hidden : 12/29/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Vallø!


Norsk:

Vallø er en halvøy noen kilometer utenfor Tønsberg i Vestfold fylke. I over 100 år har det vært oljevirksomhet på Vallø og i 1905 ble firmaet A/S Vallø Oljeraffineri startet. I dag er raffinerivirksomheten lagt ned, men bygningene og området er fortsatt eid av Esso.

Raffineriet ligger ytterst på Vallø og kom raskt under tysk kontroll under 2.verdenskrig. Allerede kl 0530 på morgenen 9.april 1940 ble en tysk infanteritropp ilandsatt på Vallø. Den strategiske beliggenheten i forhold til Oslofjorden samt raffineriet som befant seg på stedet gjorde Vallø til et yndet mål for okkupasjonsmakten.

Vallø ble bombet to ganger under krigen. Første gang kort tid etter den tyske overtakelsen, den gang bare et fåtall fly som gjorde liten skade på raffineriet. Ikke lenge før den tyske kapitulasjonen i 1945 kom det som skulle bli en katastrofe for Valløs lokalbefolkning. 25.april 1945 kl 2325 gikk 119 allierte krigsfly til angrep på Vallø. Hele stedet ble lagt i grus og 53 nordmenn samt et mindre antall tyske soldater omkom.

English:

Vallø is a peninsula some kilometers outside the city of Tønsberg in Vestfold county. For over 100 years there has been oil production on Vallø and in 1905 the company A/S Vallø Oljeraffineri was established. Today, the oil production has been shut down, but the buildings and the area is still owned by Esso.

The refinery is situated at the tip of Vallø and was quickly overtaken by German troops during World War 2. Already at 0530 in the morning of april 9th 1940, a small number of infantry troops landed on Vallø. The strategic location and the refinery at site made Vallø a wanted target for the Germans.

Vallø was bombed twice during the war. First, a short time after the German take-over, this time only by a few planes hardly damaging the refinery. Not long before the German capitulation in 1945 the catastrophe hit Vallø locals. On April 25th 1945 at 2325, 119 allied bombers attacked Vallø. The entire local society was destroyed and 53 Norwegian and a smaller amount of German troops were killed.

The cache is a small plastic container wrapped in a transparent ziploc bag

Original contents:

Non-tradeables:
Log book
Pencil
Pencil sharpener

Tradeables:
Norwegian Geocoin
Scissors
Pokemon card
Flute
Monster head
Marker

Give-aways:
FTF certificate

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre ger / gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)