Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Most sights hug the port or are in its grid of streets in the post-war centre.
Gamle Byen
,
Kristiansund's old town lives on in a part of the island of Innlandet, with clapboard build-
ings that date back to the 17th century. The grandiose
Lossiusgården
, at its eastern end,
was the distinguished home of an 18th-century merchant. The venerable 300-year-old
Dødeladen Café
- where you can still get a meal and a drink - hosts cultural and musical
events. It's a 20 minute walk across the Heinsgata bridge, but the most enjoyable way of
getting there is from the centre is on the stubby Sundbåt ferry from Piren ferry port.
Norsk Klippfiskmuseum
MUSEUM
10am-2pm late Jun-early Aug)
This museum, in the 1749 Milnbrygga warehouse on Gomalandet peninsula, presents the
300-year history of the dried-cod export industry in Kristiansund. It continues to produce
modest quantities of
klippfisk
in the traditional way. From the town centre, take the Sund-
båt ferry and ask to be dropped off.
Just north of this museum are two other classic buildings, both normally closed to the
public: Hjelkrembrygga, a former klipfish warehouse dating from 1835, and Woldbrygga,
a barrel factory constructed in 1875.
Mellemværftet
SHIPYARD
Something of a nautical junkyard, Mellemværftet, free and accessible any time, is best ap-
proached on foot along the quayside from the
Smia Fiskerestaurant
.
It's difficult to make
out what's what amid the clutter, but it includes the remnants of Kristiansund's 19th-cen-
tury shipyard, a forge, a workshop and workers' quarters.
Kirkelandet Church
CHURCH
Architect Odd Østby's inspirational church was built in 1964 to replace the one destroyed
by Nazi bombs. The angular 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
