Train destinations from Arendal in 8h

Stavanger

Stavanger’s medieval cathedral and Oil Museum tell the story of an old harbour shaped by seafaring and industry.

Gothenburg

Wander among the ships at Maritiman, then browse the stalls at Feskekörka.

Fredrikstad

Walk Gamlebyen’s star-shaped ramparts and take in the 17th-century fort town beside the broad Glomma estuary.

Oslo

Walk up the sloping roof of the Oslo Opera House for a broad view across the fjord.

Skien

The Telemark Canal starts at the waterfront, while Venstøp preserves Henrik Ibsen’s childhood home.

Lillehammer

At Maihaugen, timber farmsteads, town houses and a stave church trace five centuries of Norwegian life.

Kristiansand

Posebyen’s cobbled lanes wind past white wooden houses in Kristiansand’s old quarter.

Vennesla