Summer is coming to an end

Summer is almost over, and now is your last chance to catch this year’s city floral displays. Drop by the city center to take in the blue, lilac, gray and pink flower designs, all put together by our very capable horticulturalists.

Summer shots from Kristiansand

While summer hasn’t quite taken hold yet, people are enjoying Kristiansand’s flowers, lakes and parks.

The city marina and Strandpromenaden are also popular at the moment, and it seems everyone is having a great time there.

Mayor opens new concert arena

Kristiansand’s new concert arena, Odderøya Amfi, is about to be invaded by concert goers from all over Europe. Last Tuesday, Mayor Oddvar Skisland and Helmer Espeland from Kristiansand Parks Department showed the media around the new arena dubbed “Europe’s best concert venue” by Quart Festival music manager, Jørgen Skauge.

See photos from the arena at Fædrelandsvennen and NRK.

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Welcome to Kristiansand, the Flower City

Kristiansand Parks Department welcomes you to Blomsterbyen (The Flower City).

This webpage has been around for years, but has now been redesigned and had an English-language section added to it.

In addition to future material being released in both Norwegian and English, we will gradually translate a number of the existing Norwegian articles to English for your reading pleasure.

We hope you will enjoy our website! Please leave your feedback or questions by clicking on the comments link below.

New Quart arena

Massive changes are taking place around the old sporting area at Odderøya, where a huge concert arena is currently being constructed.

The arena is expected to be completed in time for this year’s Quart Festival, which kicks off in July, and concert goers can look forward to ocean views, outdoors eating and huge sound.

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