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Beaches Attractions In Southern Norway

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Southern Norway is the geographical region along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. The region is an informal description since it does not have any governmental function. It roughly corresponds to the old petty kingdom of Agder as well as the two present-day counties of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. The total combined area of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties is 16,493 square kilometres . The name is relatively new, having first been used in Norway around 1900.The region includes coastal areas along the Skagerrak and extends inland to the Setesdalsheiene mountains. There are many large valleys running from the mountains to the south and east to the...
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Beaches Attractions In Southern Norway

  • 6. Sjosanden Mandal
    Sjøsanden is a beach in the town of Mandal in the municipality of Mandal in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The beach sits in the Furulunden nature park, along the Mannefjorden, just south of the mouth of the Mandalselva river. The 800-metre long beach has been voted several times as the best beach in Norway.
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  • 7. Molen Larvik
    Mølen in Brunlanes, Larvik is Norway's largest beach of rolling stones, and is a part of Vestfoldraet, the terrain left behind after the end of the most recent ice age around 10,000 years ago. Mølen is one of Larvik's most popular tourist attractions. It is home to over a hundred species of rock, including Norway's national stone, Larvikite, which is named from the area.The wind and sea have lashed the landscape of Mølen for thousands of years, and the place takes its name from the Old Norse word mol, meaning a stone mound or bank of stones. Mølen first received protected status in 1939 due to its ancient burial mounds. Mølen is home to over 230 cairns, some exceeding 35 metres in diameter. Excavations have dated the rock piles to about 250 A.D. It received a new protection status in ...
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  • 8. Baneheia Kristiansand
    The Baneheia murders was a notorious case of double rape-and murder that occurred in Norway on May 19, 2000. The victims were 10-year-old Lena Sløgedal Paulsen and 8-year-old Stine Sofie Sørstrønen who were found raped and killed at Baneheia in Kristiansand. Locals Viggo Kristiansen and Jan Helge Andersen were arrested and were convicted of the murders in 2002. The murders sent shock-waves through the Norwegian public who reacted with shock and disbelief. The case received massive media attention in Norway for several years in the early 2000s and beyond, as well as attracting attention abroad.Kristiansen was convicted of both murders and of raping both girls, and sentenced to 21 years of containment, equivalent to life sentence. Andersen was convicted of the murder of Sørstrønen, but ...
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