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toric rose garden dating from 1850. It's just over 1km from the centre, across the Oddernes
bridge.
Kristiansand Cathedral
CATHEDRAL
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(Domkirke; Kirkegata; admission free, tower adult/child
Nkr20/10; 10am-4pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat mid-Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hr rest
of yr)
Built in 1884 in late gothic style, the Kristiansand Cathedral, with seating for 1800
people,isNorway'sthird-largestchurch.Guidedtoursofthecathedral,includingthetower,
run at 11am and 2pm Monday to Saturday in summer, and there are organ recitals at 1pm
Tuesday to Saturday during the same period.
Vest-Agder Folk Museum
FOLK MUSEUM
(Vest-Agder Fylkesmuseum;
www.vestagdermuseet.no
, in Norwegian; Vigeveien 22b;
adult/child Nkr40/15; 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, noon-5pm Sat-Mon mid-Jun-Aug,
shorter hr rest of yr)
Located 4km east of town on the E18, the open-air Vest-Agder Folk
Museum houses a collection of 40 farmsteads and hamlets from the Setesdalen region and
Kristiansand itself.
Baneheia & Ravnedalen
PARKS
Baneheia and Ravnedalen, both north of the city centre, offer greenery and a network
of lakeside hiking and skiing tracks for those keen to escape the city for a while. Both
parkswerecreatedbetween1870and1880byKristiansand'scitychairman,GeneralOscar
Wergeland.Overa30-yearperiod,heoversawtheplantingof150,000coniferoustreesand
transformed the area into a recreational green belt.
Setesdalsbanen
TRAIN RIDE
(
www.setesdalsbanen.no
;
adult/child return Nkr100/ 50; departures 11.30am,
1.20pm & 3.10pm Sun mid-Jun-August)
The78km-longnarrow-gauge railway between
Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord was opened in 1896 to link Setesdalen with the coast. It
was used to transport nickel from the Evje mines, and local timber and barrel staves that
were used in the salting and export of herring. Although competition from the normal-
gaugestaterailwayforceditsclosurein1962,theSetesdalsbanen Railwaystillrunssteam-
or diesel-powered locomotives along the last 6km between Grovane (2km north of Ven-
