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( 37 04 21 88; Storgata 15; baguettes Nkr27-35, salads Nkr49; 9am-5pm Mon-
Fri, to 4pm Sat Jun-Aug, shorter hr rest of yr)
This highly recommended coffee bar
spills out into the street in summer and is a terrific place to tuck into decent-sized snacks
(baguettes, bacon and eggs etc).
Café Ibsen
CAFE €
(Henrik Ibsens gate 12; 10am-4pm Mon-Sat, noon-4pm Sun)
Come here for deli-
cious pastries. It's opposite the Ibsenhuset Museum. The owners can also sort you out with
a cheap room if required.
Café Galleri
BAR €
(Storgata 28; 5-7pm Sun-Thu, 3pm-2am Fri & Sat)
The centre of Grimstad's night-
life has DJs, jam sessions, quiz nights and a crowd that seems to spring from Grimstad's
woodwork on the most unlikely of nights.
Information
Guest harbour (Gjestehavn; 37 25 01 69;
www.grimstadgjestehavn.no
,
in Norwe-
gian)
Public toilets, showers and a laundry (all open to land-lubbers).
Library (Storgata 44;
10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-2pm Sat)
Free, time-limited inter-
net.
Tourist office ( 37 25 01 68;
www.visitgrimstad.com
;
Sorenskrivergården, Storgata
1a; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat mid-Jun-mid-Aug, 8.30am-4pm Mon-Fri
rest of yr)
Down on the waterfront inside the big white timber building. Staff run guided
tours of the town every Wednesday and Friday in July at 1pm (adult/child Nkr100/free).
Getting There & Away
The Grimstad
Rutebilstasjon
is on Storgata at the harbour. Nor-Way Bussekspress buses
between Oslo (Nkr350, 4½ hours) and Kristiansand (Nkr98, one hour) call at Grimstad
three to five times daily. Nettbuss buses to/from Arendal run once or twice hourly (Nkr53,
30 minutes).
