Kristiansand Boardwalk (

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: Strandpromenaden) is a street in the town centre Kvadraturen in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

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. The street is in most of its course closed to the passage of motor vehicles, but operates in the tourist season in connection with sightseeing. From where the street Strandpromenaden ends in the eastern corner of the town centre, there is a continuing boardwalk upwards the river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark count ...

. The boardwalk got the Nordic Green Space Award in 2013.

Parks

The waterfront runs past the following parks in a row: * Gravaneparken by Hartmann's pier, vis-à-vis the Fiskebrygga * Otterdalsparken with

fountain A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or Spring (hydrology), spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect. ...

by artist

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, the second largest fountain in the Norway after the

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. * Retranchementet or "Tresse", the local name. This is a park and open space in front of

Christiansholm Fortress Christiansholm Fortress (''Christiansholm festning'') was a Norwegian fortress built to defend the city of Kristiansand. Background The fortress was finished in 1672 and formed a part of King Christian IV's plan for defense of Kristiansand when ...

. Tresse is used as the party place, sometimes for events, concerts and beach volleyball tournament. Playground and outdoor ice-and-ball court. Toilets. Statue of

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and Aviation pioneer

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. * The park at the marina Christiansholm Marina (also called Langfeld commons) *

Bystranda Bystranda (''The City Beach'') is a Blue Flag beach in the southeastern part of the downtown of the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is located just east of the mouth of the river Otra. The shallow sandy beach by the Kristiansa ...

is a public beach, and there are indoors swimming facilities at ''Aquarama'' nearby.About Kristiansand Boardwalk

Gallery

File:Hartmannsbrygge.JPG, Hartmanns pier by Gravaneparken File:Kristiansand 01 ubt.jpeg, The boardwalk in Gravaneparken File:Nupen2.JPG, In Otterdal Park at the waterfront is the second largest fountain construction in Norway by

. File:Christiansholm festning twierdza1 ks ubt.jpg, The waterfront park passes Tresse (Retranchementet) and

. File:Camilla CollettStatue.jpg, Statue of

File:Bystranda 2014-07-21.JPG,

, the beach not far south of the boardwalk

Notes

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