Kvåse
District of Høvåg
in Lillesand of Aust-Agder, Norway
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Kristiansand Airport (6 mi) - Lista Airport (59 mi)
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Thisted Airport (78 mi) - Skien Airport (85 mi)
- Aalborg Airport (95 mi)
- Notodden Airport (102 mi)
- Stavanger Airport, Sola (106 mi)
- Skive Airport (117 mi)
- Karup Airport (134 mi)
- Billund Airport (171 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.171 and 8.246 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 10' 16" and E 8° 14' 45"
- 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: 06:13 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/Oslo
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 4:51 am and 9:55 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: 2024-05-18 08:26:29
Explore Kvåse
The district Kvåse of Høvåg in Lillesand (Aust-Agder) is located in Norway about 151 mi south-west of Oslo, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Birkeland, Kristiansand, Lillesand, Vennesla and Nodeland. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 28% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 5% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 20th of May 2024
20°C (69 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 22nd of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Storslegga i Dyreparken, synsvinkel.
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Dyreparken i Kristiansand m familie
En dag i dyreparken i Kristiansand med familie : mamma, kusine og guttene.
Dyreparken 17. mai 2012
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LOS Dagen i Dyreparken
Hvert år arrangere LOS en dag med gratis inngang i Kristiansand Dyrepark for sine kunder. Denne filmen er fra årets LOS Dag, 2. september 2007.
Kristiansand Dyrepark/Zoo HD
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Løvinne med koselyd.
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Den sorte dame 2011
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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.
German cruiser Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and was operated between 1929 and April 1940, including service in World War II. She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine. She had two sister ships, Königsberg and Köln. Karlsruhe was built by the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel; she was laid down in July 1926, launched in August 1927, and commissioned into the Reichsmarine in November 1929.
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.
Otra
The Otra river is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It flows from the Setesdalsheiene mountains in Bykle municipality in Aust-Agder county in the north, down to the municipality of Kristiansand in the south, where it flows into the Skagerrak. The Otra is 245 kilometres long, making it Norway’s eighth longest river. There are many large lakes along the river including: Åraksfjorden, Byglandsfjorden, Hartevatnet, and Kilefjorden.
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
Kristiansand Stadion
Kristiansand stadion is a multi-use stadium in Kristiansand, Norway. The stadium holds 16,600 people. It was mostly used for football matches and was the home ground of I.K. Start. In 2007 Sør Arena replaced Kristiansand stadion as home ground. The venue hosted Norway national under-21 football team matches twice, the first home game ever, losing 1–2 against Sweden on 31 May 1969 and winning 3–1 over Hungary on 9 October 1990.
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.
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.
SS Laura (1908)
Laura was a 842 GRT coaster that was built in 1908 by Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft, Copenhagen, Denmark for Danish owners. She was captured in 1917 by UC-79 and passed to German owners as a prize of war. A sale in 1935 saw her renamed Sylt. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Continent. , then Master Nicholas following a sale in 1947. In 1952, she was sold to Greece and renamed Soussana II.
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.
Trøe
Trøe is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Oksøy Lighthouse
Oksøy Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located off Kristiansand, Norway. It was first lit in 1832. The lighthouse marks, along with Grønningen Lighthouse the approach to Kristiansand.
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.
Grønningen Lighthouse
Grønningen Lighthouse is a lighthouse on an islet off Kristiansand in Vest-Agder County, Norway, which marks the eastern point of the approach of Kristiansand. The building is 5 meters above sea level and is built in concrete. The tower is 14 meters high. The lighthouse was first in service on 1 September 1878. The other lighthouse, which marks the western entrance, Oksøy Lighthouse, lies 2.2 km to the west. The lighthouse station was manned until 1980.
Kvåsefjorden
Kvåsefjorden is an aprox. 8 kilometres long fjord which forms the outer county boundary between Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, Norway. It also forms part of the border between the municipalities of Lillesand and Kristiansand. Fjord inlet of the Skagerrak is at Meholmen near Ulvøysund, which is considered as the western starting point of Blindleia. Blindleia is the inner shipping route along the coast of Lillesand and runs mainly north and inland.
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Studevann: E18, Studevann (source)
Sørlandsparken: Sørlandssenteret, Sørlandsparken (source)
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