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Almuñecar, Spain.
During the years I wintered in Almuñecar, I became friends with several of society's outcasts. They got a Euro for beer when I met them, in return I was allowed to photograph them. Here one of my photo objects in 2006/07.
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嵐山本線 あらしやまほんせん Arashiyama honsen 是自日本京都府京都市下京區的四條大宮車站至右京區的嵐山車站的京福電氣鐵道的軌道路線。和北野線並稱嵐山線，或簡稱為嵐電。
嵐山本線是前往嵐山等洛西地區觀光地的行樂路線，也是前往繁華街四條通重要的交通方式。
Kristiansand Cathedral (Norwegian: Kristiansand domkirke) is a cathedral of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Kvadraturen area in the central part of the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Kristiansand domkirken parish which is the seat of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The cathedral is also the seat of the Bishop of Agder and Telemark. The gray, brick church was built in a Neo-Gothic cruciform design in 1885 using plans drawn up by the architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer. The church seats about 1,000 people, making it one of the largest cathedrals in Norway.
This cathedral is the fourth church and third cathedral to be located on this site over the centuries.
Odderøya Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located on the southwestern coast of the island of Odderøya in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The lighthouse was first built in 1832. The lighouse was replaced in 1874. That second lighthouse was deactivated in 1984 and a new, automated lighthouse was built adjacent to the historic one, which is still standing.
The second Odderøya Lighthouse is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.
The 8.7-metre (29 ft) tall light tower was built in 1984 to replace the previous lighthouse which is still standing just a short distance to the east. The concrete, cylindrical tower is white with a red stripe around it and a red roof. The tower emits a white, red, or green light (depending on direction) at an elevation of 12.5 metres (41 ft) above sea level. The occulting light occurs twice every eight seconds. The light can be seen for up to 6.1 nmi (11.3 km; 7.0 mi) wikipedia
I remember once in the fifties I passed by here. The Norwegian Crown Prince Olav walked across the street in full general uniform. A big moment in a little boy's life.
Markens gate (English name: Markens street) is the main pedestrian street in Kristiansand, Norway. It is located in the west of the borough Kvadraturen and the length of the entire street is 1 kilometer, while the pedestrian part is 550 meters and another 160 meters with Otterdalsparken. The streets goes from Slottet Mall in the north and is a pedestrian street all the way down to Dronningens gate (Dronningens street), it's only crossed by traffic from Tordenskjolds gate, Kristian IVs gate and Henrik Wergelands gate before Dronningens gate. The pedestrian parts stretches over 7 quarters. Compared to other Norwegian cities, Markens street is one of the most walked streets in the country.
Bronseplassen is a reconstructed farm from the Bronze Age which is located along county road 401 in Høvåg in Lillesand municipality in Agder. The farm shows how our ancestors lived about 3,500 years ago. The 25 meter long and 8 meter wide longhouse is decorated as people lived at this time, with space for cooking, storage of food, sleeping places and rooms for the pets. The longhouse's building materials are cow dung, clay, twigs and peat. In addition to the longhouse, there are bark boats, maze, sacrificial site and burial ground on site. archery and archery are also demonstrated, as well as a separate fertility labyrinth. Bronseplassen has an herb garden with plants that have been used for food and medicine since the Bronze Age and up to our time.
The place has its own department from the Viking Age (700 - 1000s AD) with reconstructions from the Oseberg find. Here, a large Viking tent, dragon bed, utensils from the Viking Age and Grindehus smithy have been set up. Bronseplassen is open during the summer months of july kl. 12 to 15.
The Varodd Bridges are two parallel cantilever bridges in Kristiansand municipality, in Agder county, Norway, and they cross the Topdalsfjorden. They are named after the peninsula on the western shore. It goes from Vige and ends in Søm in Kristiansand. The bridges carry the European route E18 highway over the fjord.
The New Varodd Bridge is parallel to the older bridge, and was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$13 million.
It is a cantilever bridge with four spans. The main span is 260 metres (850 ft) and a total length of 663 metres (2,175 ft).
The bridge has a 32-metre (105 ft) clearance below it. The bridge was built solely to relieve the traffic on the older bridge, and the two lanes only handled westbound traffic.
Another new cantilever bridge for eastbound traffic is under construction between the old and new Varodd Bridge. It was completed in 2020
Arendal is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the notable villages in Arendal include Rykene, Eydehavn, Færvik, Strengereid, Kongshavn, Kilsund, Brattekleiv, Torsbudalen, Longum, Saltrød, Staubø, Vrengen, and Kolbjørnsvik. The offices of UNEP/GRID-Arendal are also located in the city of Arendal.
The 270-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Arendal is the 22nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 44,999. The municipality's population density is 176.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (457/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8% over the previous 10-year period.
The village of Lillesand grew up significantly during the 17th century around its natural harbour. In 1821, the village area was granted the status as a ladested (a sea port with special trading rights). In 1838, the new formannskapsdistrikt law established each parish in Norway as a self-governing local municipality and each ladested was separate from its surrounding parish. This meant that Lillesand became self-governing like the new civil municipalities. Later, in 1952, the town became classified as a bykommune (town-municipality).
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the town of Lillesand (population: 1,041) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Høvåg (population: 1,330) and Vestre Moland (population: 2,454) and the Gitmark farm area (population: 22) in the neighboring municipality of Eide. Together, this new municipality was called Lillesand, but it lost is status as a bykommune (town) because of this merger. In 1996, the law changed and this enabled the municipal council of Lillesand to declare town status for Lillesand once again.
A new building to house the National Museum was constructed on Vestbanen in Oslo, and opened in June 2022.
The National Gallery was closed temporarily from 13 January 2019 until the new National Museum opened. The gallery served as storage for the collections until its move to the new National Museum.
The Museum for Contemporary Art was last open on 3 September 2017. A large portion of the collection will be shown at the new National Museum. The contemporary art will for the first time ever be presented in a collection in partnership with design, crafts, and older art. This will be the biggest and most important exhibited collection in Norway.
Exhibits will be evaluated, photographed, and conserved before they are packed away and relocated to storage, and eventually to the new museum. This is extensive work and a large part of the preparations for the new National Museum
The serious Hotel Caledonien fire took place at the 12-story Hotel Caledonien in Kristiansand, Norway, on September 5, 1986. The fire alarm was received at 04:40 in the morning. There were 14 fatalities, and more than 100 people were rescued.
Rescue operations included a helicopter lifting persons off the roof and off upper story windows stories.
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 county. The river then flows south through Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Evje og Hornnes, Iveland, Vennesla, and Kristiansand municipalities. The river empties into the Skagerrak in the center of the city of Kristiansand on the southern coast of Norway.
The Otra is 245 kilometres (152 mi) long, making it Norway's eighth-longest river. There are many large lakes along the river including: Åraksfjorden, Byglandsfjorden, Hartevatnet, and Kilefjorden. There are 12 hydroelectric power plants built along the river, which produce much of the electricity for the southern part of Norway.[1]
The salmon do well in the Otra river because the water is not too acidic. The calcareous rocks in the catchment area at the northern end of the Setesdal valley give the water a certain buffer capacity against acidification.
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東寺是一位於京都市南區九條町的寺院。又名教王護國寺。為東寺真言宗的總本山。山號八幡山、本尊藥師如來。以「古都京都的文化財」的一部份而列入世界遺產名單之中。而境內的五重塔為日本最高的五重塔。
Abra Havn is a pirate-style hotel by Kristiansand Dyrepark. The hotel opened in 2012. It is built as a village with 171 units (apartments) with a total of 750 beds. The apartments have names such as Captain Sabeltann's suite, Langemann's house, Skalken's rottsmug and also quite ordinary pirate houses. The apartments are designed for self-catering with a fridge, hob and microwave. The hotel is open from March to October.
In a rating from TripAdvisor for 2016, the hotel was ranked 12th among Norwegian hotels.
The Phoenicians first established a colony in Almuñécar in about 800 BC and this developed for six hundred years into an important port and town with the name of Ex or Sexi and with a large fish salting and curing industry that was a major supplier of Greece and Rome. They also supplied a prized fish paste called garum made from the intestines of small fishes by a process of fermentation.
Archaeological evidence comes chiefly from Phoenician cemeteries, the earlier Laurita necropolis on the hillside at Cerro San Cristobal and the later necropolis at Punte de Noy. An extensive collection of Phoenician grave goods and other artifacts is on display in the town museum located at the Castle of San Miguel and in the 'Cueva de Siete Palacios'.