KRISTIANSAND

Late afternoon we have arrived in the largest city in Southern Norway. We have leisurely walked through “Posebyen”, one of Northern Europe’s largest collections of charming, old, white wooden houses. Posebyen in Kristiansand is a few streets in the center and the only thing which was left after the big city fire in 1892. Nearby we found Kristiansand Cathedral – a late Gothic cathedral from 1884, consecrated in 1885. It is the third cathedral built in the town of Kristiansand and one of the largest cathedrals in Norway. The cathedral is in the same location as three previous buildings. The first, called Trinity Church, was built in 1645 and was a small wooden church.