Risør
Risør is a very well preserved coastal town between Kristiansand and Oslo, with an old history of sailing ships and lumber export in the golden days in the late 18 century. Nowadays known for art and handicraft.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of Norway with 6,810 residents
- Description: municipality in Agder, Norway
- Also known as: “4201”, “Risor”, and “Risør Municipality”
- Neighbors: Kragerø
Places of Interest
Highlights include Risør Church and Frydendal Church.
Risør Church
Church
Risør Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Risør Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is one of the two churches for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Frydendal Church
Church
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Frydendal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Risør Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is one of the two churches for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fie and Sivik.
Fie
Hamlet
Fie is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located near the Skaggerak coastline in southeastern Norway. The village sits just north of the coastal village of Krabbesund, about 3 kilometres east of the village of Sandnes, and about 3 kilometres south of the town of Risør, located across the nearby Sandnesfjorden.
Sivik
Hamlet
Sivik is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Søndeledfjorden, about 3 kilometres east of the village of Stamsø.
Krabbesund
Hamlet
Krabbesund is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located, along the Skaggerak coast, just south of the village of Fie.
Risør
- Location: Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Risør” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Risør”
- Arabic: “ريسور”
- Armenian: “Ռիսեր”
- Asturian: “conceyu de Risør (Noruega)”
- Asturian: “Risør kommune”
- Asturian: “Risør”
- Basque: “Risør”
- Bavarian: “Risør”
- Bishnupriya: “রিসার”
- Bulgarian: “Рисьор”
- Catalan: “Risør”
- Cebuano: “Risør”
- Chinese: “Risør”
- Chinese: “里瑟尔”
- Chinese: “里瑟爾”
- Croatian: “Risør”
- Danish: “Risør Kommune”
- Danish: “Risør”
- Dutch: “Risør”
- Esperanto: “Risør”
- Estonian: “Risøri vald”
- Finnish: “Risør”
- French: “Risør”
- German: “Risør”
- Hebrew: “ריסור”
- Hungarian: “Risør”
- Indonesian: “Risør”
- Irish: “Risør”
- Italian: “Risør”
- Japanese: “リーセル”
- Japanese: “リーソー”
- Javanese: “Risør”
- Korean: “Risør”
- Latin: “Risør”
- Limburgan: “Risør”
- Lithuanian: “Risioras”
- Low German: “Kommun Risør”
- Luxembourgish: “Risør”
- Malay: “Risør”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Risør”
- Northern Sami: “Risør”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risør kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risør”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Risør kommune”
- Norwegian: “Risør”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Risør”
- Persian: “ریسور”
- Polish: “Risør”
- Portuguese: “Risør”
- Romanian: “Comuna Risør”
- Romanian: “Risør”
- Russian: “Рисёр”
- Serbian: “Рисер”
- Slovenian: “Risør”
- Spanish: “Risør”
- Swahili: “Risør”
- Swedish: “Risør kommune”
- Swedish: “Risörs kommun”
- Swedish: “Risørs kommun”
- Turkish: “Risør”
- Ukrainian: “Рісер”
- Waray (Philippines): “Risør”
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