Kristiansand

Kristiansand is the largest campus town both in terms of number of students and study programmes. With a population of 75,000 the town is the fifth largest in Norway and the largest on the southern coast of Norway, usually referred to as “Sørlandet”.

Kristiansand is a Renaissance town founded in 1641. Located on the southern tip of Norway, the town has always been a commercial centre with easy access to and good connections with the European continent and the rest of the world. Visitors appreciate that Kristiansand is the sunniest place in Norway with regular domestic and international flights in addition to intercity bus connections and ferry and railway services. Not least because of its regular ferry connections to Gothenburg (Sweden), Hirtshals (Denmark) and Newcastle (England), Kristiansand is today the second largest port in Norway, next to Oslo. It is the largest summer tourist resort in Norway with its armada of pleasure boats, and it has one of Northern Europe’s largest zoos and amusement parks.

Published by 22/04/2008