CRIME & PUNISHMENT ANNO 1862-2020
A TOUR OF THE OLD ARENDAL PRISON
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CAPACITY: 45
DURATION: 2-3 hours Walking/Bus
COMBINATION: City Walk, Glass Elevator, Chocolate Factory
TOTAL WALKING DISTANCE: 100 m
Slip into optional prison clothes and tour the Arendal House of Correction from 1862–2020 with a former prison inmate. For nearly 160 years the «Philadelphia model» remained the City Prison until it opened up as a hotel on the list of unusual accommodations. Explore the original yard and prison cells and learn firsthand about daily life behind bars and the notorious prison breaks culminating in the «Grand Escape» of 1999. Facilitate your own prison break using the same escape route back to port. This tour is full of surprises with genuine insight making it a most thrilling excursion!