diff --git a/day08/common/forest.go b/day08/common/forest.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf4f42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day08/common/forest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+)
+
+type Tree int
+
+type Forest [][]Tree
+
+
+func Parse(scanner bufio.Scanner) Forest {
+  forest := Forest{}
+
+  for scanner.Scan() {
+    line := scanner.Text()
+    forestRow := make([]Tree, len(line))
+    for i, character := range line {
+      forestRow[i] = Tree(character - '0')
+    }
+    forest = append(forest, forestRow)
+  }
+
+  return forest
+}
diff --git a/day08/ex1/main.go b/day08/ex1/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed3c5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day08/ex1/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+  "bufio"
+  "fmt"
+  "os"
+  "aoc2022/day08/common"
+)
+
+func main() {
+  forest := common.Parse(*bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin))
+  nVisibleTrees := 0
+
+  for i := 0; i < len(forest); i++ {
+    for j := 0; j < len(forest[i]); j++ {
+      visible := true
+      for k := 0; k < i; k++ {
+        if forest[k][j] >= forest[i][j] {
+          visible = false
+        }
+      }
+      if visible {
+        nVisibleTrees++
+        continue
+      }
+      visible = true
+      for k := 0; k < j; k++ {
+        if forest[i][k] >= forest[i][j] {
+          visible = false
+        }
+      }
+      if visible {
+        nVisibleTrees++
+        continue
+      }
+      visible = true
+      for k := i + 1; k < len(forest); k++ {
+        if forest[k][j] >= forest[i][j] {
+          visible = false
+        }
+      }
+      if visible {
+        nVisibleTrees++
+        continue
+      }
+      visible = true
+      for k := j + 1; k < len(forest[i]); k++ {
+        if forest[i][k] >= forest[i][j] {
+          visible = false
+        }
+      }
+      if visible {
+        nVisibleTrees++
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fmt.Println(nVisibleTrees)
+}
diff --git a/day08/ex2/main.go b/day08/ex2/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c5b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day08/ex2/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+  "bufio"
+  "fmt"
+  "os"
+  "aoc2022/day08/common"
+)
+
+func main() {
+  forest := common.Parse(*bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin))
+  maxScore := 0
+
+  for i := 0; i < len(forest); i++ {
+    for j := 0; j < len(forest[i]); j++ {
+      score := 1
+
+      currScore := 0
+      for k := i - 1; k >= 0; k-- {
+        currScore++
+        if forest[k][j] >= forest[i][j] {
+          break
+        }
+      }
+      score *= currScore
+
+      currScore = 0
+      for k := j - 1; k >= 0; k-- {
+        currScore++
+        if forest[i][k] >= forest[i][j] {
+          break
+        }
+      }
+      score *= currScore
+
+      currScore = 0
+      for k := i + 1; k < len(forest); k++ {
+        currScore++
+        if forest[k][j] >= forest[i][j] {
+          break
+        }
+      }
+      score *= currScore
+
+      currScore = 0
+      for k := j + 1; k < len(forest[i]); k++ {
+        currScore++
+        if forest[i][k] >= forest[i][j] {
+          break
+        }
+      }
+      score *= currScore
+
+      if score > maxScore {
+        maxScore = score
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fmt.Println(maxScore)
+}