Kvadraturen (Kristiansand)

Coordinates: 58°8′48″N 7°59′47″E / 58.14667°N 7.99639°E / 58.14667; 7.99639

Kvadraturen
Kvadraturen, Kristiansand
Borough of Kristiansand
Descending, from top: Kvadraturen also known as downtown, bottom: Markens gate

Coat of arms

Location of Kvadraturen, shown in yellow, in Kristiansand
Country  Norway
County  Vest-Agder
City Kristiansand
Population (2015)
 • Total 6,750
ZIP Code prefix 460*, 461*
Website kvadraturen.no
kristiansand.kommune.no

Kvadraturen is the city center of Kristiansand, Norway. The borough is parted with "Eg" which lies north for Kvadraturen. In 2013 the borough had a population of 5,200. The main pedestrian street is Markens gate and the borough has three malls. Vest-Agder county house is located at Kvadraturen and has three high schools. The closest public junior high is "Grim Skole" and the closest elementary is Tordenskjoldsgate Skole and is the only remanding elementary in Kvadraturen.

Shopping

Markens gate is the main pedestrian street in Kristiansand. It is one of Norway's most walked street and is over 2 778 feet long (850 meters). The street has many different stores. The walking zone stretch over 7 blocks. On the 1600-1700th century the street was called Dronningens gate, today its also called Stripen (The Stripe).

The most central part of the city is lower Markens where it meets Tollbodgata. Some stores here are open 24/7 and it is here most crimes of downtown Kristiansand take place. Chains like 7-Eleven, McDonalds and Deli de Luca has settled there.

There are three malls at Kvadraturen, Sandens is the largest and newest one, Slottet Shopping is located at the top and start of Markens in the north. Lille Markens is the smallest mall.[1]

Transportation

Kristiansand Bus Terminal, Kristiansand Station and Kristiansand Harbor is all located at Vestre Strandgate next to each other.[2]

Local buses goes from Henrik Wergelandsgate and Tollbodgata.

Kristiansand S has daily trains to Oslo and Stavanger.[3]

Kristiansand Harbor has many daily ferry to Hirtshals, Denmark.

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the city center, and have routes to the biggest cities in Norway, with less frequent routes to other Northern European cities.

Education

There are two public and one private High Schools and one elementary school at Kvadraturen. The elementary school has over 27 different nationalities. The closest junior high is at Grim and Lund.[4]

List of schools in Kvadraturen
Name Location Type [5]
Kvadraturen skolesenter Tollbodgata High School
Noroff videregående skole Elvegata High School
Tangen High School Tangen High School
Tordenskjoldsgate skole Nybyen Elementary

Politic

The 10 largest politics parties in Kvadraturen (2015):

Kristiansand city council votes from Kvadraturen 2015[6]
Labour Party 28,3% (596 votes)
Conservative Party 25,3% (532 votes)
Christian Democratic Party 8,4% (177 votes)
Progress Party 7,4% (155 votes)
Green Party 6,6% (138 votes)
Liberal Party 5,9% (124 votes)
Socialist Left Party 4,5% (95 votes)
The Democrats 4% (84 votes)
Pensioners' Party 3,9%% (83 votes)
Red 3,7% (78 votes)
Centre 1,1% (23 votes)
Others 1,4% (29 votes)
Total 2124 votes

Toursim

Christiansholm Fortress was built in 1672.

Kilden Theatre, the largest culture and theatre in Southern Norway, is located at Odderøya. It was finished in 2012 and has a capacity of over 2,000.

Fiskebrygga (The Fish Wharf), a former fish landing in Kvadraturen with Odderøya, has been redeveloped as a restaurant, shopping, and tourism destination.[7]

Neighbourhoods

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References

  1. ↑ "Kvadraturen". kvadraturen.no. Retrieved 2015.
  2. ↑ "AKT". akt.no. Retrieved 2015.
  3. ↑ "NSB". nsb.no. Retrieved 2015.
  4. ↑ "VI Hjelper deg på Nett". minskole.no. Retrieved 2015.
  5. ↑ "MinSkole".
  6. ↑ "VG - Valgnatt" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "VistNorway". VisitNorway.com. Retrieved 2015.
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