FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Creating New Life on Historical Grounds AF Nordhaug, Stine AU Nordhaug, S AB The Norwegian army has been reorganized and made smaller to fit the needs of Norway today. This means that many of the fortifications are no longer needed and these are now being turned into tourist destinations. Firstly, the paper gives an introduction to the process of turning the forts into tourist destinations and a glance is cast at the activities currently offered at the forts. The second section focuses on Oscarsborg fortress and the hotel located there. The focus of the paper lies with Oscarsborg because the development of the fortress has come far, but also because the hotel still has an enormous potential for further development. Due to the historical importance of the fortress, the interest from both the local population and tourists has been immense. The future outlook and the changes needed to continue to grow are main issues in the paper. Positive and negative feedback given to the employees at the hotel from the guests is used as a basis for the areas in need of improvement. The paper is largely based on the authors own observations during the summers of 2005 and 2006, but employees at the hotel and the organization running the fortress has also been consulted to create a full picture of the situation. ER