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Delve into Brekkestø
The district Brekkestø of Mæbø in Lillesand (Aust-Agder) is a subburb in Norway about 146 mi south-west of Oslo, the country's capital town.
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While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Lillesand, Birkeland, Grimstad, Kristiansand and Vennesla. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 49 °F
Morning Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Night Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 26% |
Air Humidity | 89% |
Air Pressure | 991 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
5°C (41 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 28th of November 2024
4°C (39 °F)
1°C (33 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Høvåg Gjestehus
Videos from this area
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LAARHÖNE - Fredssang, feat. Tor Flaa @ Andre Etg - Lillesand
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Marna R1, Lillesand, Nøkkelhullet
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Lillesands Beste - Mat fra Sørlandet til Sørlandet!
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Brekkestø
Brekkestø is a small village on the southern coast of Norway. It is located on the island of Justøy within the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, in the region known as Sørlandet. The village is actually located on several rocky islands, and many of the homes built around its compact harbor are white wooden cottages with red tiled roofs, typical of the area.
Blindleia
Blindleia is an 20-kilometre long inland waterway in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It starts in the Gamle Hellesund or Ulvøysund areas in southern Høvåg in the southwest and it continues northeast past the city of Lillesand. It is a salt water fjord passage that is protected from the open sea by an elongated archipelago of skerries. There are several narrow gaps as part of the waterway, some of them only 10 metres wide.
Arne Arnardo
Arne Arnardo (12 October 1912 – 4 May 1995), born Arne Otto Lorang Andersen, was a Norwegian circus performer and -owner, generally referred to as the "circus king" of Norway. He escaped with the circus at an early age, took the stage name "Arnardo", and developed proficiency in several different acts. In 1949, he opened his own circus, under the name of Cirkus Arnardo.
Birkeland, Aust-Agder
Birkeland is the administrative centre of the municipality of Birkenes in Aust-Agder, Norway. Its population (2009) is 2,426, and the village area covers 2.18 square kilometres . The village is located on Norwegian national road 41, about 30 kilometres northeast of Kristiansand and 14 kilometres northwest of Lillesand. The river Tovdalselva flows through the village. The old Lillesand–Flaksvand Line was a railway line that passed through Birkeland.
Østre Grimevann
Østre Grimevann (or Grimevannet, austre) is a lake in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The lake is located north of the European route E18 highway about 3 kilometres from the city of Lillesand. It is the drinking water reservoir for the municipality of Lillesand.
Syndle
Syndle is a lake in the municipality of Grimstad in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It's located about 5 kilometres northwest of the city center of Grimstad, in the Landvik area. Syndle has an area of about 6 square kilometres and flows into a small river on the northeast part of the lake which connects it to the neighboring lake Rore which eventually flows into the Nidelva river.
Reddal
Reddal is a village in the municipality of Grimstad in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality in the Landvik area, about 10 kilometres west of the city center of Grimstad. The main industry in the village is agriculture, with the most important products being potatoes and corn. The Reddalsvannet, a fresh water lake, is located along the south side of the village area. It is also a protected nature reserve.
Nørholm
Nørholm, also called Nørholmen, is a manor house and agricultural property in Grimstad, in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The estate is most associated with its ownership by Nobel Prize winning author Knut Hamsun.
Flaksvatn
Flaksvatn, formerly Flaksvand, is a village in Birkenes, Norway. Located just north of Birkeland on the lake Flakksvann, the village was from 1896 to 1953 the terminus of the Lillesand–Flaksvand Line.
SS Laura (1908)
Laura was a 842 GRT coaster that was built in 1908 by Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft, Copenhagen, Denmark for Danish owners. She was captured in 1917 by UC-79 and passed to German owners as a prize of war. A sale in 1935 saw her renamed Sylt. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Continent. , then Master Nicholas following a sale in 1947. In 1952, she was sold to Greece and renamed Soussana II.
Jortveit
Jortveit is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Trøe
Trøe is a village in Aust-Agder, Norway.
Saltholmen Lighthouse
Saltholmen Lighthouse is a lighthouse that is on a small island off Lillesand in Aust-Agder County, Norway. Saltholmen (lit. "Salty Islet") is named after the salt extraction industry once there, established by Hans Nielsen Hauge. The lighthouse was commissioned in 1882. The lighthouse is in concrete, and has a polygonal beacon with a spire in a corner. The shape of the tower is rarely seen in Norway and the lighthouse is largely preserved as it was built.
Lillesand Town- and Maritime Museum
Lillesand Town- and Maritime Museum is a museum of cultural history of Lillesand in Aust-Agder County, Norway. The museum, established in 1970, was a time consolidated with AAKS, Aust-Agder historical center, but from 2012 back to the local government; Lillesand municipality. Anne Sophie Hoegh-Omdal has been employed as a museum director since 1 May 2010. The farm in the town is often called Carl Knudsen-gården (Carl Knudsen's house) after the last owner's father.
Justøy
Justøy is an island in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder County, Norway. The name comes from Old Norse Jóstr. Justøy has bridges and scattered settlements. On the island is the old outport Brekkestø, one of the remains from the time of sailing ships in the Skagerrak coast. Justøy is Aust-Agder's second largest island, 7.9 km ². The island is largely characterized by summer tourism.
Kvåsefjorden
Kvåsefjorden is an aprox. 8 kilometres long fjord which forms the outer county boundary between Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, Norway. It also forms part of the border between the municipalities of Lillesand and Kristiansand. Fjord inlet of the Skagerrak is at Meholmen near Ulvøysund, which is considered as the western starting point of Blindleia. Blindleia is the inner shipping route along the coast of Lillesand and runs mainly north and inland.