Guidebook for Kristiansand
Food Scene
Restaurant just down the hill towards the city, very good indian food
15 locals recommend
Indian Ocean Tandoori
69 MarviksveienRestaurant just down the hill towards the city, very good indian food
This is a tapas restaurant, excellent food, they have two restaurant, one in the main walking street, the bar and tapas is on the market place, here they have concerts for free every thursdays 17-23, very nice ambiance.
13 locals recommend
Marina Le Monde
2 Østre StrandgateThis is a tapas restaurant, excellent food, they have two restaurant, one in the main walking street, the bar and tapas is on the market place, here they have concerts for free every thursdays 17-23, very nice ambiance.
Quite upscale but very good restaurant situated on the Fishmarket, here you will fint lots of nice restaurants with good food, especially seafood. Every tuesday from 16 00 there will be concerts for free (until 01.08) with lots of good local bands. Worth a visit
30 locals recommend
Bølgen & Moi Kristiansand AS
2 NodevigaQuite upscale but very good restaurant situated on the Fishmarket, here you will fint lots of nice restaurants with good food, especially seafood. Every tuesday from 16 00 there will be concerts for free (until 01.08) with lots of good local bands. Worth a visit
Great organic local food, vegan, rawfood, one fish dish that is caught locally the same day. A must!
37 locals recommend
Tilstede mat og mer
29 Markens gateGreat organic local food, vegan, rawfood, one fish dish that is caught locally the same day. A must!
Just down the steep hill from us, 3 minute walk: a local bakery that uses a traditional wood stove. A must, one of the best bakeries in town.
17 locals recommend
Torgrim Hansen bakery and confectionery
84 MarviksveienJust down the steep hill from us, 3 minute walk: a local bakery that uses a traditional wood stove. A must, one of the best bakeries in town.
Less than 10 min walk from the house in the old city hall that is nicely renovated. Bakery, great pizza and sandwiches here, nice atmosphere, just by the riwer, open the doors when its warm. A very popular place, so can be too crowded sometimes.
26 locals recommend
Rådhuscaféen
6 ØsterveienLess than 10 min walk from the house in the old city hall that is nicely renovated. Bakery, great pizza and sandwiches here, nice atmosphere, just by the riwer, open the doors when its warm. A very popular place, so can be too crowded sometimes.
The Cafe Generalen is a great place to eat with stunning view over the park Ravnedalen, which is the nicest park in town. The restaurant has supposedly the best burgers in town as well. Great concerts here in the summer with a big outdoor stage.
33 locals recommend
Cafe Generalen
34 RavnedalsveienThe Cafe Generalen is a great place to eat with stunning view over the park Ravnedalen, which is the nicest park in town. The restaurant has supposedly the best burgers in town as well. Great concerts here in the summer with a big outdoor stage.
Drinks & Nightlife
Brewery and restaurant, great beer, you can do beer tasting as well, nice atmosphere.
17 locals recommend
Christiansand Brygghus
9 TollbodgataBrewery and restaurant, great beer, you can do beer tasting as well, nice atmosphere.
A great gastropub with large and good beer selection (biggest selection of 2 beer taps…30?), you can ask to try before you buy. Food is excellent. Next door there is the night club, supposedly one of the best in town.
18 locals recommend
KOMBINAT
8 Dronningens gateA great gastropub with large and good beer selection (biggest selection of 2 beer taps…30?), you can ask to try before you buy. Food is excellent. Next door there is the night club, supposedly one of the best in town.
According to my daughter that sometimes helps out as a bartender, this is the coolest bar in town, very casual, industrial interior, super nice staff and they got the "best burger in town" price this year.
13 locals recommend
Tollboden Burger & Bar
8 Markens gateAccording to my daughter that sometimes helps out as a bartender, this is the coolest bar in town, very casual, industrial interior, super nice staff and they got the "best burger in town" price this year.
Parks & Nature
A great park for everyone, nice hikes with stunning views, great cliffs for rock climbing (on the left just next to the Cafe Generalen, here you can go up at the top as well). The park was constructed from 1874–1878 by military soldiers under the command of General, Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, the younger brother of Camilla Collet, a novelist and passionate advocate of women's rights as well as the author Henrik Wergeland. The Cafe Generalen is a nice place to eat, supposedly the best burgers in town. Great concerts here in the summer with a big outdoor stage.
18 locals recommend
Ravnedalen Scene
RavnedalenA great park for everyone, nice hikes with stunning views, great cliffs for rock climbing (on the left just next to the Cafe Generalen, here you can go up at the top as well). The park was constructed from 1874–1878 by military soldiers under the command of General, Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland, the younger brother of Camilla Collet, a novelist and passionate advocate of women's rights as well as the author Henrik Wergeland. The Cafe Generalen is a nice place to eat, supposedly the best burgers in town. Great concerts here in the summer with a big outdoor stage.
A beautiful walk around the island as well as historical with lots of batteries from the 2nd WW (memorial site at the top). You can drive to the very top and park there (parking fee) or park by Kilden, the concert house (free on Sunday) If you take left after the bridge, you will find a marine museum with lots of activities for the kids. You can continue up along the quarantine wall to the beach Bendiksbukta. If you follow the road further you will end up at a scenic point at the very south part, go back on the road to the top. Now this island is hosting a lot of artists, you can walk around and look at their galleries
120 locals recommend
Odderøya fort
A beautiful walk around the island as well as historical with lots of batteries from the 2nd WW (memorial site at the top). You can drive to the very top and park there (parking fee) or park by Kilden, the concert house (free on Sunday) If you take left after the bridge, you will find a marine museum with lots of activities for the kids. You can continue up along the quarantine wall to the beach Bendiksbukta. If you follow the road further you will end up at a scenic point at the very south part, go back on the road to the top. Now this island is hosting a lot of artists, you can walk around and look at their galleries
A wonderful, private beach, not known by the tourists. It Blomma (the local name) is situated in Galgeberg which is an interesting and beautiful historical sight with several batteries from the Napolean and 2nd WW. The houses are old, most of them moved from the city center after the city fire. Galgeberg was also famous for witch burning in 1650-70 (Galge=gallow). If you follow the path to the right of this beach all the way down to the sea, you will reach this site. Here you can easily go for a private swim from these rocks.
8 locals recommend
Kirkebukta
A wonderful, private beach, not known by the tourists. It Blomma (the local name) is situated in Galgeberg which is an interesting and beautiful historical sight with several batteries from the Napolean and 2nd WW. The houses are old, most of them moved from the city center after the city fire. Galgeberg was also famous for witch burning in 1650-70 (Galge=gallow). If you follow the path to the right of this beach all the way down to the sea, you will reach this site. Here you can easily go for a private swim from these rocks.
A 5 minute walk from the house, had a diving tower. There are also beautiful cliffs if you want to be more private (on the right hand side, continue next to the boats). On the left side is another beach if you continue on the path by the stair next to the ocean. If you go up the stairs, you will find some batteries for canons from the 2nd WW.
18 locals recommend
Bertesbukta station
A 5 minute walk from the house, had a diving tower. There are also beautiful cliffs if you want to be more private (on the right hand side, continue next to the boats). On the left side is another beach if you continue on the path by the stair next to the ocean. If you go up the stairs, you will find some batteries for canons from the 2nd WW.
Arts & Culture
This is our spectacular new concert house made with local oak, the facade is supposed imitating a skirt of a ballet dancer. Every day at 13 00 there is a concert for free lasting 40 minute s. Really worth visiting
104 locals recommend
Kilden Performing Arts Centre
2 SjølystveienThis is our spectacular new concert house made with local oak, the facade is supposed imitating a skirt of a ballet dancer. Every day at 13 00 there is a concert for free lasting 40 minute s. Really worth visiting
A must; the most impressive museum in Kristiansand with authentic equipment from a former military installation built in 1941-44 by the German navy during WW II. Together with its sister battery at Hanstholm in Denmark, they formed a barrier strategy that Adolf Hitler worked on personally: to obstruct Allied naval forces by blocking the Skagerrak and the seaways to Eastern Norway, Kattegatt Bay and the Baltic Sea. Only a field of ten nautical miles wide could not be covered and was therefore mined. The fortress had four gun positions, one still intact: a 38 cm calibre gun, one of the largest remaining land-based guns in the World; weighs 110 tons, 20 m long with a range up to 55 km.
55 locals recommend
Kristiansand Cannon Museum
101 KrooddveienA must; the most impressive museum in Kristiansand with authentic equipment from a former military installation built in 1941-44 by the German navy during WW II. Together with its sister battery at Hanstholm in Denmark, they formed a barrier strategy that Adolf Hitler worked on personally: to obstruct Allied naval forces by blocking the Skagerrak and the seaways to Eastern Norway, Kattegatt Bay and the Baltic Sea. Only a field of ten nautical miles wide could not be covered and was therefore mined. The fortress had four gun positions, one still intact: a 38 cm calibre gun, one of the largest remaining land-based guns in the World; weighs 110 tons, 20 m long with a range up to 55 km.
Is the only natural history museum on the Southern Coast of Norway. The museum was founded in 1828 and is located in the former farm Gimle; the museum is in the outhouse, the botanical garden is in the park, the main building also has a museum, which belongs to the Vest Agder Museum. A great activity is online-orientering in this park, a free activity if you subscribe to http://turorientering.no/skautrimmen/turer/2017/nye-poster-pa-agder-naturmuseum-og-botaniske-hage/
23 locals recommend
Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Agder
27 GimleveienIs the only natural history museum on the Southern Coast of Norway. The museum was founded in 1828 and is located in the former farm Gimle; the museum is in the outhouse, the botanical garden is in the park, the main building also has a museum, which belongs to the Vest Agder Museum. A great activity is online-orientering in this park, a free activity if you subscribe to http://turorientering.no/skautrimmen/turer/2017/nye-poster-pa-agder-naturmuseum-og-botaniske-hage/
Essentials
This is a cheaper shop, there is no fish or meat counter, but as I say: cheap for norwegians....and a good selection, and you could buy the good vacuum-packed Salma laks (Salmon).
11 locals recommend
REMA 1000 Lund
4 IndustrigataThis is a cheaper shop, there is no fish or meat counter, but as I say: cheap for norwegians....and a good selection, and you could buy the good vacuum-packed Salma laks (Salmon).
Best shop in the area but most selection, fresh fishdepartment and butcher. Lots of organic stuff. Post office is in this shop.
9 locals recommend
Coop Extra Lund
9 IndustrigataBest shop in the area but most selection, fresh fishdepartment and butcher. Lots of organic stuff. Post office is in this shop.
Walk up the hill, bear right, then follow the road straight, descend a narrow bike hill past the shop Spar, this place is called Lund Torv or Rundingen
11 locals recommend
SPAR Lund
6 SteinkleivaWalk up the hill, bear right, then follow the road straight, descend a narrow bike hill past the shop Spar, this place is called Lund Torv or Rundingen
Not as good as Coop extra, no fresh fishdepartment and butcher, but very close.
13 locals recommend
Coop Mega Lund
1 StadionveienNot as good as Coop extra, no fresh fishdepartment and butcher, but very close.
Entertainment & Activities
Bystranda: the beautiful city beach, next to Aquarama, the new indoor swimming pool with waterslides, surf wave, 50 m swimmingpool, lots of different pools, also outdoor pool (in the 2nd floor there is a very nice spa as well).
126 locals recommend
Aquarama Bad
8 TangenBystranda: the beautiful city beach, next to Aquarama, the new indoor swimming pool with waterslides, surf wave, 50 m swimmingpool, lots of different pools, also outdoor pool (in the 2nd floor there is a very nice spa as well).