Birkenes
District of Birkeland
in Birkenes of Aust-Agder, Norway
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Kristiansand Airport (10 mi) - Lista Airport (61 mi)
- Skien Airport (76 mi)
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Thisted Airport (89 mi) - Notodden Airport (92 mi)
- Stavanger Airport, Sola (101 mi)
- Aalborg Airport (104 mi)
- Skive Airport (128 mi)
- Geilo Airport Dagali (144 mi)
- Billund Airport (182 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.331 and 8.232 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 19' 51" and E 8° 13' 56"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krone - NOK
- Spoken languages:
- Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sami, Finnish
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 11:04 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: Europe/Oslo
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:02 am and 9:44 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Norway.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Norway. Last Update: 2024-05-13 08:03:22
Touring Birkenes
The district Birkenes of Birkeland in Birkenes (Aust-Agder) is a subburb located in Norway about 143 mi south-west of Oslo, the country's capital place.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Lillesand, Vennesla, Kristiansand, Birketveit and Grimstad. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 62 °F
| Morning Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 40% |
| Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 35% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Wednesday, 15th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Thursday, 16th of May 2024
18°C (64 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Videos from this area
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Storslegga i Dyreparken, synsvinkel.
En kort video av Storslegga i Dyreparken, Kristiansand. Denne gangen har jeg filmet fra en annen vinkel, slik at man kan se hvordan Slegga ser ut når den er i gang for de som står ved utgangen.
167. ENCN, Kjevik Take off 22, 22.06.2010
ENCN, Kjevik Take off 22, 22.06.2010.
Approach and landing at Kristiansand Airport Kjevik, flying Widerøe Bombardier Q400 NextGen.
Video taken on 10.02.2012, Kristiansand Norway.
Wideroe Dash 8-400 LN-WDJ landing at Kristiansand arriving from Bergen
Wideroe Dash 8-400 LN-WDJ landing at Kristiansand arriving from Bergen.
VFR scenic flight from Oslo to Kristiansand - Norway
A VFR flight in a Cessna 172 (LN-NRF) from Kjeller (ENKJ) outside Oslo to Kjevik (ENCN), Kristiansand. It was a scenic flight in very nice weather along the beautiful coastline of southern...
Birkeland Radiostyrt
Practice day at our local drifttrack.
Kom og dans Birkeland!
Kom og dans Birkeland sitt bidrag på 17-mai-festen på Birkeland 2012.
Laks i Tovdalselva Birkeland
RC-biler
Kjøring med store RC biler med 23cc bensinmotorer i et sandtak i Birkeland. Filmet fra et tricopter flydd FPV med Gopro Hero.
Colin The Australian
A series of movieclips made in 2002, for a cultural thingie at Birkeland.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park
The Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park (Kristiansand Dyrepark) is a Zoological garden and amusement park situated 11 km east of Kristiansand, Norway. It is Norway's most frequently visited attraction, covering an area of 150 acres . Animals include wolves, lynxes, wolverines, tigers, lions, chimpanzees, mooses, zebras, and orangutans.
Brekkestø
Brekkestø is a small village on the southern coast of Norway. It is located on the island of Justøy within the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, in the region known as Sørlandet. The village is actually located on several rocky islands, and many of the homes built around its compact harbor are white wooden cottages with red tiled roofs, typical of the area.
Blindleia
Blindleia is an 20-kilometre long inland waterway in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It starts in the Gamle Hellesund or Ulvøysund areas in southern Høvåg in the southwest and it continues northeast past the city of Lillesand. It is a salt water fjord passage that is protected from the open sea by an elongated archipelago of skerries. There are several narrow gaps as part of the waterway, some of them only 10 metres wide.
Arne Arnardo
Arne Arnardo (12 October 1912 – 4 May 1995), born Arne Otto Lorang Andersen, was a Norwegian circus performer and -owner, generally referred to as the "circus king" of Norway. He escaped with the circus at an early age, took the stage name "Arnardo", and developed proficiency in several different acts. In 1949, he opened his own circus, under the name of Cirkus Arnardo.
Tovdalselva
Tovdalselva or Topdalselva is 143 kilometres long and is one of the longest rivers in Southern Norway. The river flows from the northeast to the southwest and reaches the sea at the Topdalsfjorden between Hamresanden and Kjevik. The upper reaches of the river include many lakes such as the Herefossfjorden and the Straumsfjorden (the largest lake on the river). It drains about 1,800 square kilometres in territory and the highest point is 1,101 metres above sea level.
Justvik
Justvik (also called Gjusvik) is a village in the municipality of Kristiansand, Norway. Its population (as of January 2012) is 1,803. Justvik is located to the West of Topdalsfjorden. Before municipal amalgamation with Kristiansand in 1965, Justvik was considered part of the Tveit municipality, while nearby areas Justnes and Eidsbukta belonged to Oddernes municipality.
Varodd Bridge
Birkeland, Aust-Agder
Birkeland is the administrative centre of the municipality of Birkenes in Aust-Agder, Norway. Its population (2009) is 2,426, and the village area covers 2.18 square kilometres . The village is located on Norwegian national road 41, about 30 kilometres northeast of Kristiansand and 14 kilometres northwest of Lillesand. The river Tovdalselva flows through the village. The old Lillesand–Flaksvand Line was a railway line that passed through Birkeland.
Ogge
Ogge is a lake in the municipalities of Birkenes and Iveland in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located about 40 kilometres north of Kristiansand and has about 360 islands and reefs. The overall length of the lake is approximately 16 kilometres . The Sørland Line runs along the west side of the lake.
Herefossfjorden
Herefossfjorden is a lake in the municipality of Birkenes in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the Tovdalselva river. The Gauslåfjorden and Uldalsåna lakes flow into Herefossfjorden near the village of Herefoss. The Uldalsåna lake is held back by a dam and the Gauslåfjorden flows over a waterfall into the Herefossfjorden.
Sør Arena
Sør Arena ("South Arena") is a football stadium located at Torsvika in Kristiansand, Norway. The all-seater has a capacity of 14,563 people, and serves as the home ground of Tippeligaen side IK Start. It was designed by Kjell Kosberg, and is architecturally similar to Aker Stadion. The venue has seen concerts by Elton John, Dolly Parton and A-ha, among others. The name derives from a sponsorship agreement with Sparebanken Sør.
Sørlandssenteret
Sørlandssenteret is the largest shopping centre in the southern Norwegian region of Sørlandet, with a turnover of 971 million Norwegian kroner in 2002. It lies 12 km east of Kristiansand, close to the popular Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park. Sørlandssenteret was built in 1987, and was remodeled and expanded in 1995. It is now 26,065 m² and holds 100 stores. In 2005 the centre had 3,6 million visitors.
New Varodd Bridge
The New Varodd Bridge is a cantilever road bridge that spans the Topdalsfjord in the city of Kristiansand, Norway. It carries the westbound lanes of European route E18; the eastbound lanes are carried by the adjacent Old Varodd Bridge. The length of the bridge is 663 metres, with 4 spans, of which the longest is 260 metres.
Flaksvatn
Flaksvatn, formerly Flaksvand, is a village in Birkenes, Norway. Located just north of Birkeland on the lake Flakksvann, the village was from 1896 to 1953 the terminus of the Lillesand–Flaksvand Line.
Cardamom Town (theme park)
Cardamom Town is a theme park located within the Kristiansand Zoo, made after the popular Norwegian children's book When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town by Thorbjørn Egner. The theme park, which opened in 1991, was made to look exactly like it looks in the original illustrations in the book. Thorbjørn Egner got to see the theme park while it was under construction, but did not live long enough to see it completed. The theme park comprises 33 houses, eight of which are rental properties.
Oggevatn
Oggevatn is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Svaland
Svaland is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Trøe
Trøe is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Væting
Væting is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand
Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand (formerly Vest-Agder Fylkesmuseum) was founded in 1903 and is located in Kristiansand, Norway. The museum consists of a main building with collections and 40 old buildings, grouped by where they previously stood. Setesdaltunet consists of buildings from Valle and Bykle in Aust-Agder County, containing houses for living, stabbur, sauna and barns. The oldest buildings date from the middle of the 17th century.
Justøy
Justøy is an island in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder County, Norway. The name comes from Old Norse Jóstr. Justøy has bridges and scattered settlements. On the island is the old outport Brekkestø, one of the remains from the time of sailing ships in the Skagerrak coast. Justøy is Aust-Agder's second largest island, 7.9 km ². The island is largely characterized by summer tourism.
Vollevannet
Vollevannet is a freshwater lake in Kristiansand, between Gimlekollen and exit from the E18 to the Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand and Ålefjær (county road 452) in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Vollevannet was earlier used as drinking water, and is held back by two dams. It is a strain of perch in the lake. On the north side is a small, sandy beach.
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