Well-located Kristiansand

Kristiansand is situated on the very south coast of Norway, facing the European continent and surrounded by water on three sides. Although the whole town centre fits within one square kilometer, it is Norway's fifth largest city.

The Kristiansand area is known for busy summer harbours, white wooden houses, a rocky coast with skerries and a lot of festivals. You can see lions and tigers at Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, visit Vest-Agder County Museum - a cultural history museum and open-air museum, Sørlandets Art Museum, Galleri Bi-Z or see one of the world's largest cannons at the Cannon Museum.

Kristiansand is easy to reach no matter whether you travel by car, bicycle, bus, train, ferry or plane.

Kristiansand Airport Kjevik is situated 12 kilometers east from the city centre and has good world-wide connections with daily flights via Oslo, Copenhagen or Amsterdam. The port of Kristiansand is the second largest in Norway. This is not only due to the long sea-faring traditions in the town, but to the town's strategic hub position to the rest of Europe. Different shipping lines are responsible for trade, transport and contact with the Norwegian coast and Europe as a whole. We are also visited every year by more than 20 cruise ships.

Kristiansand is well served by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) and coach companies such as for example Nor-Way Bussekspress, Konkurrenten and Lavprisexpressen. To the east and west, as well as to the north through the picturesque Setesdal Valley, Kristiansand gives priority to safety for cyclists. Kris- tiansandisapioneertownfor a network of separate paths for cyclists and walkers.