Tangen is a pier and neighborhood in the city of
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 incorporati ...
in
Agder
Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...
county, Norway. It is a part of the Kvadraturen (Kristiansand), Kvadraturen borough and is mostly populated with new apartments, there is one high school with the pier and Tangen is next to the beach
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 Kristian ...
. The main quarter for
NRK
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
Southern Norway
Southern Norway ( no, Sørlandet; lit. "The Southland") is the geographical region (''landsdel'') along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. The region is an informal description since it does not have any governmental function. It rough ...
is located at Tangen.
Tangen Park
Tangen Park is a grass park in the tip of Tangen, there is a pedestrian road around the area and a playground in the middle, the area is also located with public bathrooms and bench down to the shore for fishing etc.
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Neighbourhoods of Kristiansand
Piers in Norway