What to do and see in Mandal Municipality, Southern Norway: The Best Things to do

Length: 22 kilometres - (including the walk: 25 kilometres). Level: Light Start from the Tourist Information Office and follow the cycle path along the E39 towards Kristiansand. After about 3 km, take the turn off to Tregde. A further 2 km down the road, turn off towards to Skjernoy. This is Norway's southernmost inhabited island. You will find excellent terrain here, both for walking and cycling. Cycle over the bridge and turn right at the foot of the hill to Skjernoysund. The stretch between Skjernoysund and Dyrstad is along bike paths built during the 1880s. You will also see Dyrstad School from 1877. The remainder of the ride is on busy country roads. When you come to the chapel at Farestad, turn left and follow the road back to Mandal.

Mandal public library is everything you expect a modern library to be. You can use our free WiFi from your own internet device, or you can use one of our public machines. Printing, scanning and copying is also possible for a small fee. Of course we have books too. Loads and loads of them. All residents of Norway are free to loan from our collection.

The factory was built in 1894, and has been designated a national monument to the textile industry in Norway. Today the factory is a living museum with its own power station, dye house, spinning mill, weaving mill and finishing plant. If you go on a guided tour, you will be able to see the various machines and production prosesses in action. In the summer season, from 15.6-20.8 Guided tours of the factory starts at 11 a.M., 1 And 3 pm. Wool workshop for children starts at 2 pm. Our shop, with products produced at the factory, is open Monday to Friday 11-15.

The childhood home of the artists Gustav and Emanuel Vigeland. Gustav Vigeland is perhaps the more famous of the brothers, having produced the sculptures for the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo. Their childhood home is typical of craftsmen’s houses in “old Mandal”, and a guided tour will give you a unique insight into the childhood and artistic development of the brothers.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mandal is the largest wooden church in Norway and is the first monumental building which was built in Norway after the union with Denmark ended in 1814. The architect was Jorgen Gerhard Loser. Construction work began in 1817 and the church was in use already in 1819 but officially consecrated in 1821. The church, built in the Neoclassical Empire style, can seat up to 1200 people. The painting "Resurrection", by the famous local artist Adolph Tidemand, hangs in the room on the left side of the alter. The church service in Mandal Church is every Sunday, usually at. 11:00.

Lenght: 36 kilometres - Level: Light. Start from the Tourist Information in the direction of the brigde, and take the road Marnarveien further on past Amfisenteret (shopping centre) at ovrebyen. Follow the old road on the west side of Mandal River. The river has allways been seen as one of the richest salmon river, and is today counted as one of Southern Norway`s best. Follow the river on good roads, until you get to Krossen in Holum. From here to oyslebo, you will be riding on gravel roads, which are preserved as it was originally built in 1860, lines with guard stones. Along the road you will find several great spots for fishing and bathing.

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