Vesterhus

Vesterhus is a village in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of the Kvåsefjorden, about 4 kilometres southwest of the village of Høvåg and about 10 kilometres east of the city of Kristiansand.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park and Brattholmene.

Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park

Theme park

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The Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park is a zoological garden and amusement park situated in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Sørlandsparken area east of the city of Kristiansand. Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park is situated 4 km northwest of Vesterhus.

Brattholmene

Nature reserve

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Brattholmene is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km south of Vesterhus.

Høvåg Church

Church

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Høvåg Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Høvåg. It is the church for the Høvåg parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. Høvåg Church is situated 4 km east of Vesterhus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Høvåg and Cardamom Town.

Høvåg

Village

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Høvåg is a village in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 12 kilometres southwest of the town of Lillesand and about 15 kilometres northeast of the city of Kristiansand. Høvåg is situated 4 km northeast of Vesterhus.

Cardamom Town

Hamlet

Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cardamom Town is a theme park located within the Kristiansand Zoo in Kristiansand, Norway, based on the popular Norwegian children's book When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town by Norwegian children’s book author Thorbjørn Egner. Cardamom Town is situated 4 km northwest of Vesterhus.

Gamle Hellesund

Hamlet

Photo: Espen Franck-Nielsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gamle Hellesund is an outport in the Høvåg area of Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located on the island of Helløya in the coastal archipelago about halfway between the village of Ulvøysund to the southwest and Ågerøyhavn to the northeast. Gamle Hellesund is situated 4½ km east of Vesterhus.

Vesterhus

Type: Farm
Description: village in Southern Norway, Norway
Categories: human settlement, locality, and agriculture
Location: Lillesand, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

58.15813° or 58° 9′ 29″ north

Longitude

8.18482° or 8° 11′ 5″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

9FCC555M+6W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4263265144

OpenStreetMap feature

place=farm

GeoNames ID

9484362

Wikidata ID

Q12009463

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“Vesterhus” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Vesterhus”
Danish: “Vesterhus”
Dutch: “Vesterhus”
French: “Vesterhus”
Irish: “Vesterhus”
Javanese: “Vesterhus”
Malay: “Vesterhus”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Vesterhus”
Norwegian: “Vesterhus”

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