About Kristiansand

Norways most southerly city and cruise port Kristiansand is also its sunniest and that - with its beaches, superb scenery, fascinating history and range of attractions - makes it the most popular holiday spot for Norwegians as well as a big hit with cruise visitors.

A renaissance city founded in 1641, Kristiansands history is laid out in one of Norways largest open-air museums - Vest Agder. It is also apparent in the 17th century Christiansholm Fortress and the rows of attractive old wooden houses in the city centre.

Just outside the city are the 960-year-old Oddernes Church and the Kristiansand Cannon Museum, with the worlds second largest gun. Other tours take in a recreated Bronze Age settlement with its own fertility maze and the Setesdalsbanen Vintage Steam Railway.