Norway
Western Norway
Møre og Romsdal

Kristiansund

Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the mid-western coast of , in county. It has among the most special and interesting architecture of Norway, which originates from the aftermath of World War II, when nearly 80% of the city was demolished by bombs.
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  • Type: Town with 18,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  • Also known as: “Kristiansund Municipality” and “Kristiansund Nord”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kristiansund Stadion and Mellemværftet.

Stadium
Photo: Rafaele, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nordmøre stadion, until 2014 known as Gressbanen is a football stadium located at Karihola in the town of Kristiansund which is located in Kristiansund Municipality, county, , and is the home of both Norwegian Eliteserien club Kristiansund Ballklubb and 4. divisjon club Kristiansund Fotballklubb.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum.

Stadium
is a multi-use on the island of Gomalandet in Kristiansund Municipality, . It is currently used mostly for track-and-field competitions, and is the former home ground of Eliteserien team Kristiansund BK.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rensvik.

Village
Photo: Hoppedal, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in Kristiansund Municipality in county, . The village is located on the northern part of the island of , just west of the Omsund Bridge which connects to the island of to the north. is situated 4½ km east of Kristiansund.

Kristiansund

Latitude
63.1118° or 63° 6′ 43″ north
Longitude
7.7324° or 7° 43′ 57″ east
Population
18,300
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
KSU
United Nations Location Code
NO KSU
Open location code
9FM94P6J+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264101
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3149312
Wiki­data ID
Q109483
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Kristiansund” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kristiansund”
  • Arabic: “كريستيانسوند”
  • Armenian: “Քրիստիանսուն”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Kristiansund (Noruega)”
  • Asturian: “Kristiansund kommune”
  • Asturian: “Kristiansund”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kristiansunn”
  • Basque: “Kristiansund”
  • Belarusian: “Крысціянсун”
  • Bishnupriya: “ক্রিস্টিয়ানসুন্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Кристиансун”
  • Catalan: “Kristiansund”
  • Cebuano: “Kristiansund”
  • Chinese: “Kristiansund”
  • Chinese: “克里斯蒂安松”
  • Czech: “Kristiansund”
  • Danish: “Kristiansund Kommune”
  • Danish: “Kristiansund N”
  • Danish: “Kristiansund”
  • Dutch: “Kristiansund”
  • Esperanto: “Kristiansund”
  • Estonian: “Kristiansund”
  • Finnish: “Kristiansund”
  • French: “Kristiansund”
  • German: “Kristiansund”
  • Greek: “Κρίστιανσουντ”
  • Hebrew: “קריסטיאסונד”
  • Hungarian: “Kristiansund”
  • Icelandic: “Kristjánssund”
  • Irish: “Kristiansund”
  • Italian: “Kristiansund”
  • Japanese: “クリスチャンスン”
  • Javanese: “Kristiansund”
  • Kazakh: “Кристиансунн”
  • Korean: “크리스티안순”
  • Latin: “Estrecio Christiani”
  • Latin: “Kristiansund”
  • Latvian: “Kristiansunna”
  • Limburgan: “Kristiansund”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristiansiundas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Kristiansund”
  • Malay: “Kristiansund”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kristiansund”
  • Northern Sami: “Kristiansund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kristiansund kommune”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kristiansund N”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kristiansund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baillby’n”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baillbyen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baillsuinn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baillsund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballbyen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballsund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christianssund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christiansund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fosna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Kristiansund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansund kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansund N.”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansund på N.”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansund på Nordmøre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kristiansund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lille-Fosen”
  • Norwegian: “Kristiansund”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kristiansund”
  • Persian: “کریستین‌سون”
  • Polish: “Kristiansund”
  • Portuguese: “Kristiansund”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Kristiansund”
  • Romanian: “Kristiansund”
  • Russian: “Кристиансунд”
  • Russian: “Кристиансунн”
  • Serbian: “Kristiansund”
  • Serbian: “Kristijansund”
  • Serbian: “Кристијансунд”
  • Silesian: “Kristiansund”
  • Slovenian: “Kristiansund”
  • Spanish: “Kristiansund”
  • Swahili: “Kristiansund”
  • Swedish: “Kristiansund kommun”
  • Swedish: “Kristiansund”
  • Swedish: “Kristiansunds kommun”
  • Turkish: “Kristiansund”
  • Ukrainian: “Крістіансунн”
  • Vietnamese: “Kristiansund”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kristiansund”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Kristiansund”
  • Western Frisian: “Kristiansund”

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