Kristiansand, Norway

This was yet another new port for us.

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Henk's horns...

The moose in the background is painted on a structure made from three shipping containers. It serves as a tourist information center.

Our ship was reflected in the glass walls of the Kilden Performing Arts Center.

The art on the other side of the tourist information center.

There was art everywhere here, even on this rock wall next to the road.

We still had not walked very far from the ship.

 
A bee hotel was next to a community garden with raised beds. Street art on the side of a barn seems to be a metaphor for modern technology vs. indigenous knowledge and traditions.

There was an old fort out on the point, Christiansholm Fortress, which was decommissioned in 1872 and is now an events venue.

Fancy elephant handles on the cannons seemed a bit over the top.

Even the public toilets have art on the side.

Pay with your credit card to use them.

This sculpture of a pioneer airman uses an aircraft wing as the pedestal.

 
There were a number of these iconic corner doorways.

These rods installed on the roofs keep snow and ice from sliding down in one big chunk.

We walked up the hill of Baneheia, a wild park with lakes and hiking trails, right next to the town.

Views of the town from the top of that hill in the park.

It was early spring here in northern Europe with the leaves just emerging from their winter dormancy.

 
The lakes were dammed and controlled waterfalls cascaded down toward the town.

A European Black Slug (Arion ater) is about four inches long.

We came out of the park for a while and found this unusual sculpture.

After a while longer roaming around the neighborhoods, we headed back up into the woods for lunch because we didn't see any benches in town.

We came back into town via a different route and found this climbing wall..

Cherry trees in full bloom decorated this street down to the water.

 
What a lovely art-filled town. By the end of the day for us, we had more than eight miles on the pedometer.

Our next port the next day was Haugesund, Norway.