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Handelshuset
CLASSIC CAFE
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(Freiveien; 11am-4pm daily mid-Jun-Aug, Sun only rest
of year)
Handelshuset, formerly alively place servingtraditional food,seems tohavebeen
overcome by the general cultural languor. Its magnificent vintage jukebox, with old 45rpm
hits by Elvis Presley, the Stones, the Beach Boys and other distant icons, may have played
its last platter unless someone gets around to repairing it. But you can still browse among
Handelshuset's old posters and signs, learn something of Kristiansund's commercial his-
tory and drink the freshest coffee, toasted on Norway's oldest operational coffee roaster.
Norsk Klippfiskmuseum
FISH MUSEUM
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(Gomalandet; adult/child incl guided tour Nkr50/free;
noon-5pm late Jun-early Aug)
The Norwegian Klipfish museum, in the 1749
Mil-
nbrygga warehouse
on Gomalandet peninsula, presents the 300-year history of the dried-
cod export industry in Kristiansund. It continues to produce modest quantities of klipfish
in the traditional way. From the town centre, take the Sundbåt ferry and ask to be dropped
off.
Just north of this museum are two other classic buildings, both normally closed to the
public:
Hjelkrembrygga
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, a former klipfish warehouse dating
from 1835, and
Woldbrygga
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, a barrel factory constructed in
1875.
Kirkelandet Church
CHURCH
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(Langveien; 9am-3pm Sun-Fri)
Architect Odd Østby's in-
spirational church was built in 1964 to replace the one destroyed by Nazi bombs. The an-
gular exterior, where copper and concrete alternate, is sober and measured. Inside, all lines
direct the eye to the 320 panes of stained glass at the rear of the chancel. Moving upward
from the earthy colours at the base, they become paler and, at the top, replicate the 'celes-
tial light of heaven'.
Behindthechurchlies
Vanndamman Park
,withplentyofgreenery,walkingtracksand
the eagle's-eyrie Varden watchtower viewpoint.
Petrosenteret
INTERPRETIVE CENTRE
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(
www.petrosenteret.no
,
in Norwegian; Storkaia 9; adult/
child incl guided tour Nkr75/50;
11am-4pm Mon-Fri late Jun-early Aug)
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