Arendal

Arendal is the biggest city in Aust-Agder, , with a population of 40,000. It is a pleasant tourist destination, where its main attractions are its picturesque old town, and, in the summer months, its popular harbourside restaurants, bars and music festivals.
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  • Type: City with 45,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in Agder, Norway
  • Also known as: Arendal kommune

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kuben and Kløcker’s House - Arendal Museum.

Museum
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Public building
Kløcker's House - Arendal Museum is a museum located centrally at Arendal in , . It is dedicated to the culture and history of Arendal with a special focus on the Kløcker family.

Shopping center
Photo: KEN, CC BY 3.0.
is a shopping center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Færvik and Brattekleiv.

Suburb
Photo: Krg, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in Arendal municipality in county, . The village is located on the southwestern part of the island of Tromøy. It sits east of and and north of . is located just southwest of the village.

Suburb
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Arendal municipality in county, . The village is located along the Galtesundet strait on the southwestern shore of the island of Tromøy.

Suburb
is a village in Arendal municipality in county, . The village is located between the Norwegian County Road 407 and the European route E18 highway.

Arendal

Latitude
58.46° or 58° 27′ 36″ north
Longitude
8.7653° or 8° 45′ 55″ east
Population
45,300
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
IATA airport code
XGD
United Nations Location Code
NO ARE
Open location code
9FCCFQ68+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264073
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3162955
Wiki­data ID
Q57919
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Arendal” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Arendal
  • Arabic: آرندال
  • Arabic: أرندال
  • Armenian: Արդենալ
  • Armenian: Արենդալ
  • Asturian: Arendal kommune
  • Asturian: Arendal
  • Asturian: conceyu d’Arendal (Noruega)
  • Azerbaijani: Arendal
  • Banjar: Arendal
  • Basque: Arendal
  • Bavarian: Arendal
  • Belarusian: Арэндал
  • Belarusian: Арэндаль
  • Bishnupriya: আরেনডাল
  • Bulgarian: Арендал
  • Catalan: Arendal
  • Cebuano: Arendal
  • Chinese: Arendal
  • Chinese: 阿伦达尔
  • Croatian: Arendal
  • Czech: Arendal
  • Danish: Arendal
  • Dutch: Arendal
  • Egyptian Arabic: آريندال
  • Egyptian Arabic: اريندال
  • Esperanto: Arendal
  • Estonian: Arendali vald
  • Faroese: Arendals kommuna
  • Finnish: Arendal
  • French: Arendal
  • Galician: Arendal
  • German: Arendal
  • Hebrew: ארנדל
  • Hebrew: מחוז ארנדל
  • Hebrew: עיריית ארנדל
  • Hungarian: Arendal
  • Indonesian: Arendal
  • Irish: Arendal
  • Italian: Arendal
  • Japanese: アーレンダール
  • Javanese: Arendal
  • Korean: 아렌달
  • Latin: Arendal
  • Latvian: Arendal kommune
  • Latvian: Ārendāle
  • Latvian: Ārendāles komūna
  • Latvian: Ārendāles pašvaldība
  • Limburgan: Arendal
  • Lithuanian: Arendalis
  • Lombard: Arendal
  • Low German: Kommun Arendal
  • Luxembourgish: Arendal
  • Malay: Arendal
  • Min Nan Chinese: Arendal
  • Moksha: Арэндал
  • Northern Frisian: Arendal
  • Northern Sami: Arendal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arendal kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Arendal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Arendal kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Arendal
  • Norwegian: Arendal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Arendal
  • Ossetian: Арендал
  • Persian: آرندال
  • Polish: Arendal
  • Portuguese: Arendal
  • Pushto: اريندال
  • Romanian: Arendal
  • Russian: Арендал
  • Samogitian: Arendalės
  • Scots: Arendal
  • Serbian: Арендал
  • Silesian: Arendal
  • Slovak: Arendal
  • Slovenian: Arendal
  • Spanish: Arendal
  • Swahili: Arendal
  • Swedish: Arendal kommun
  • Swedish: Arendal
  • Swedish: Arendals kommun
  • Tumbuka: Arendal
  • Turkish: Arendal
  • Ukrainian: Арендал
  • Ukrainian: Арендаль
  • Urdu: آریندال
  • Vietnamese: Arendal
  • Waray (Philippines): Arendal
  • Welsh: Arendal
  • Western Panjabi: ارنڈل
  • Wu Chinese: 阿伦达尔
  • Arendal
  • Arendalis

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