Getting Around Southern Norway: Visitors can travel by rail and bus throughout the region, but because scheduled services are relatively infrequent these are best for sightseeing only. Use of a rental car permits far greater flexibility and independence — especially for those wanting to stop and enjoy the scenery, and explore small, out-of-the-way places.
  

Norwegian Railways Intercity train
in Southern Norway. Such modern
comfortable trains connect oslo
with KRISTIANSAND (UNDER 5 HOURS)
and KRISTIANSAND with Stavanger
(about 3 HOURS) several times daily.
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Getting to/from the Southern Norway Region: HOME AT FIRST guests traveling throughout NORWAY have a choice of connecting to/from OSLO and STAVANGER by rental car, or by the Intercity trains of Norwegian Rail., Inter-Scandinavian Flights to/from Kristiansand Airport, International Ferry Services to/from Kristiansand. Guests coming from Sweden's WEST COAST can ferry across from Moss (south of Oslo) to Horten. Guests connecting from more distant points in Scandinavia may fly into Kristiansand Airport. Guests wishing to connect to/from far northern DENMARK can cross the straits between Kristiansand and Hirtshals on the northern tip of Denmark's JUTLAND peninsula by frequent ferry in 2Ό to 3Ό hours.

 
Kristiansand Cathedral, third LARGEST
church in Norway, is an IMPRESSIVE LATE-
Gothic church on the city's main square.
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Kristiansand ferry port is a walkable distance from many center city hotels. The statue is of Olav V, popular
King of Norway who lead his nation from Britain during the Nazi occupation of Norway in World War II.
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