Kristiansund

Kristiansund is able to berth two ships simultaneously at its city center quay of 366mtr in length.

Woodlands and green parks are located close to the town's commercial center, and beautiful views of the surrounding mountains complete the picture. All of this makes Kristiansund a town of contrasts with a wide variety of exciting events waiting to be experienced during your stay.

Kristiansund has many attractive shops, and offers a broad range of historical attractions and activities. All growth in the town is linked, directly or indirectly, to the port. The town itself was founded here because of the ideal position of the harbor and the shelter it provided. At first the port was used for timber exports, but later, the mainstay of the economy became fish and fish processing in general, and klippfish in particular. Today we are Norway's largest service base for the petroleum industry and the regional port for fish exports. Kristiansund is in every way a maritime town - a perfect harbor with the ocean on its doorstep.

• The archipelago of Grip, southwest of Kristiansund was until 1964 the smallest municipality of Norway. Today it is a deserted fishing village, but is a popular tourist attraction for the special architecture and unique location.
• Sundbåtene in Kristiansund holds status as the world's oldest public transport system founded in 1776. The small "Sundbåt" passenger ferries crosses between the four "lands" of the city.
• The old city structure in Vågen is a center for the historical fishing settlement in Kristiansund. Many old harbors and buildings. Mellemværftet is also located here, which is an old shipbuilding facility for sailer ships. The Norwegian Clip fish Museum is also located here.
• Innlandet is an old city part of Kristiansund with very special and unique coastal architecture. Innlandet is the part of Kristiansund who was least destroyed in the bombings of Kristiansund during World War Two

The Norwegian currency is the Norwegian crown (norske krone), abbreviated kr. A 1/100th krone is called øre. 1.00 EUR = about 8 NOK

ATMs in Norway are called Minibank.

Nearly all stores accept major credit cards such as Mastercard and Visa (Bring your passport/driver's license, as you are required to identify yourself when using a credit card).

Norwegian is the official language of Norway. The language is very close and mutually intelligible with the two other Scandinavian languages, English widely spoken.

Most Norwegian households are connected to the internet in some way (often broadband), making Cybercafés hard to find outside major cities, due to a relatively small market. Most public libraries have free public access to the internet. WiFi is in many spots (not free).

Opening hours in Norway are better than they used to be, but many smaller stores still close early on Saturday (1 PM or 3 PM is typical) and nearly everything is closed on Sundays. You'll often see opening hours written as "9-21 (9-18)" on doors, meaning 9 AM to 9 PM weekdays, 9 AM to 6 PM Saturday.