Tare da kusan mazaunan 80, Kristiansand, garin gari na Gwanin-Agder, kudu na Norway, shine gari na shida mafi yawan jama'a a kasar.
An kafa shi ne a cikin 1641 ta Sarki Cristián IV tare da nufin kasancewa babban birni na kasuwa wanda aka keɓe don inganta ci gaban wannan yankin, na da mahimmancin godiya ga asalin wurin.
A halin yanzu garin yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin kasuwanci da sadarwa a kudancin Norway, tare da tattalin arziki bisa masana'antu da yawon shakatawa.
Kristiansand na ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da aka fi ziyarta, kuma a wani ɓangare na godiya ga gaskiyar cewa tana karɓar adadi mai yawa na rana a lokacin bazara, idan aka kwatanta da sauran wuraren Yaren mutanen Norway. Baƙi suna jin daɗi, alal misali, yawon shakatawa na tsakiyar gari da ake kira Kvadraturen saboda yanayin murabba'in square na tubalinsa a salon Renaissance.
Wharf na masunta da Gravanekanalen (Kogin Gravane) shima babban zaɓi ne, anan zaku sami kasuwar kifi tare da yanayi mai kyau, tare da gidajen cin abinci iri-iri, jiragen ruwa da jiragen ruwan yawon shakatawa.
Sauran wuraren da suka yi fice su ne gidan shakatawar Kristiansand da Amusement Park, kilomita 12 ne kawai daga gabas, wanda ke ba da nishaɗi ga ɗaukacin iyalin, yana ba da damar kallon tigers, birai da zakuna, ko kuma jin daɗin jan hankali, wasan kwaikwayo da ayyukan ruwa.
Gidan kayan gargajiya na Vest-Agder wani kyakkyawan jan hankali ne, gidan kayan gargajiya ne na gargajiya da kuma ƙaramin gari tare da gine-ginen Kristiansand.