Today's testing and measurement website hotspot is Asker, in Norway.
Asker is a municipality in Akershus county, and a suburb of Oslo,and became a municipality in 1838, having previously been a parish, centred on the parish church.
The church, in turn, was built at Asker Farm, the name of which came from the old Norse word for ash trees, 'askar'. Thus, the coat of arms, only created in 1975, depicts three ash trees, with the distinctive shape of ash trees in the area, resulting from their annual cropping for animal feed.
Due to its proximity to Oslo and its rural character, Asker is the second wealthiest municipality in Norway. The population is around 55,000.
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