Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The centre of Grimstad's nightlife 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
LAUNDRY
(Gjestehavn; 37 25 01 69;
www.grimstadgjestehavn.no
)
Public toilets, showers and a laundry (all open to landlubbers).
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
www.visitgrimstad.com
; Storgata 1a, Sorenskrivergården;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, 8.30am-4pm Mon-Fri Sep-May)
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, though some buses only stop up
at the highway, rather than coming into town. Nor-Way Bussekspress buses between Oslo
(Nkr400, 4½ hours) and Kristiansand (Nkr220, one hour) call at Grimstad three to five
times daily. Nettbuss' Timekspressen buses run to/from Arendal once or twice hourly
(Nkr73, 30 minutes).
Lillesand
Pop 9465
Between Kristiansand and Arendal, lovely Lillesand has a pedestrian-only whitewashed
village centre full of second-hand shops and cafes, along with a stunning circular harbour.
Sleeping
Tingsaker Camping
CAMPGROUND
