Oddernes

Oddernes Oddernes, Kristiansand
Borough of Kristiansand
Varoddbrua form Vige to Søm
Coat of arms
Location of Oddernes, shown in yellow, in Kristiansand Location of Oddernes, shown in yellow, in Kristiansand
Country	Norway
County	Vest-Agder
City	Kristiansand
Population (2015)
• Total	19,800
ZIP Code prefix	460*, 462*, 463*, 465*, 477*, 469*
Website	kristiansand.kommune.no

Oddernes is a borough in Kristiansand. The borough covers eastern Kristiansand on the east side of Varoddbrua. It is also a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. The former municipality of Oddernes encircled the city of Kristiansand, and it encompassed villages such as Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Lund, Strai, Mosby and Justvik.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Oddernæs farm (Old Norse: Otruness). The first part of the name comes from its location along the Otra river, and nes means peninsula, so the peninsula along the Otra river.

History

The parish of Oddernæs was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, the municipality had a population of 2,373. On 31 December 1893, the area of Randesund was separated from Oddernes to contstitute a municipality of its own. The split left Oddernes with 3,076 inhabitants.

On 1 July 1921, the area of Lund (population: 2,164) was moved from Oddernes to Kristiansand, constituting a new borough there. On 1 January 1965, the rest of Oddernes was incorporated into Kristiansand, along with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund and Tveit. Prior to the merger, Oddernes had a population of 18,668.

Population and demographic

List of districts in Oddernes

Nr	District	Population
1	Søm	10,950
2	Hånes	4,200
3	Randesund	2,900
4	Tveit	1,880

Neighborhoods in Oddernes:

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Education

List of schools in Oddernes

Name	Location	Type
Dvergsnes skole	Dvergsnes	Elementary school
Haumyrheia skole	Søm	Junior High
Heståsen skole	Hånes	Elementary
Holte skole	Tømmerstø	Elementary
Hånes skole	Hånes	Elementary
Kringsjå skole	Randesund	Elementary
Strømme skole	Strømme	Elementary
Sørlandet Maritime videregående	Tømmerstø	High School
Vardåsen skole	Søm	Elementary
Ve skole	Tveit	Elementary and Junior High
Vigvoll skole	Vigvoll	Junior High

Transportation

European route 18

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Kjevik Airport seen from Hamresanden

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Varodd Bridge

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is located at Tveit and is the main airport serving Kristiansand and Southern Norway. In 2014 there were around 1 million travelers. The airport is served with domestic routes to some of Norway's largest cities and international routes to European cities and some charter flights to southern Europe.

European route E18 is the main road and a highway, it goes through Oddernes from the neighbor municipality and county Lillesand, Aust-Agder. E18 goes past the zoo and Sørlandsparken, then between Hånes and Søm before exiting the borough on the bridge Varoddbrua to Lund. Norwegian National Road 41 comes from Birkenes municipality and enters Kristiansand north in Tveit. The road also connects to the airport and ends with E18 at Timenes. County road 401 goes from E18 at Rona and through Søm and Randesund before exiting Kristiansand to Høvåg in Lillesand. In Lillesand County road 401 meets the County road 420 witch stars with Sørlandsparken in Kristiansand and ends in Arendal, Aust-Agder. County road 420 used to be the old E18 before the new one opened in 2009.

List of notable roads in Oddernes

Route	Destination
E18	Oslo - Sørlandsparken - Haumyrheia - Downtown
Rv41	Birkeland - Timenes
Rv451	Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik - Kjevik
Fv3	Søm - Frikstad - Drangestrand
Fv4	Tømmerstø - Kongshaven
Fv10	Strømme - Korsvik
Fv11	Holte - Frikstad
Fv401	Rona - Randesund
Fv420	Arendal - Lillesand - Sørlandsparken
Fv453	Ålefjær - Ryen

Buses in Oddernes is mostly served by routes 01, M1, M2, M3, 17, 18, 35, 36, 37, 100 and 139. These routes goes all day and extra in the rush hours, while the others goes only to certain times. Regional buses to Oslo stops at one stop in Oddernes, Håneskrysset, before continuing.

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A bus downtown on its way to Søm

Local bus transportation from/through Oddernes

Line	Destination
01	Sørlandsparken - Kvadraturen
M1	Sørlandsparken-Dyreparken IKEA - Flekkerøy
A1	Sørlandsparken - Kvadraturen
M2	Hånes - Voiebyen
M2	Hånes - Kvadraturen
M2	Sørlandssenteret - Lauvåsen - Hånes - Voiebyen
M2	Hånes / Kjevik-Tveit - Voiebyen
A2	Hånes - Kvadraturen
N2	Hånes - Kvadraturen
M3	Søm - Slettheia
A3	Søm - Kvadraturen
N3	Søm - Slettheia
08	Rona - Randesund
17	Tømmerstø - Hellemyr
17	Tømmerstø-Frikstad - Hellemyr
N17	Tømmerstø - Kvadraturen
18	Tømmerstø Odderhei-Holte - Hellemyr
18	Dvergsnes - Hellemyr
A18	Tømmerstø Odderhei-Holte - Eg-Sykehuset
N17	Tømmerstø - Kvadraturen
35	Kristiansand - Kjevik-Brattvollshei
35	Kristiansand - Kjevik-Brattvollshei / Grødum
35	Rona - Kjevik-Tveit
36	Kristiansand - Tveit-Grødum
36	Ve - Tveit-Grødum
37	Kristiansand - Birkeland
37	Kristiansand - Birkeland o/Dønnestad
100	Kristiansand - Lillesand - Grimstad - Arendal
139	Høvåg-Lillesand - Kristiansand
220	Ve - Solsletta/Grødum/Dønnestad
266	Søm - Kristiansand Cathedral School
900	Farsund-Mandal - Kristiansand - Kjevik

Tourism

Kardemommeby in Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park

Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park is the largest zoo in Norway and the second most visited tourist attraction in Norway after Holmenkollen, Oslo. The park also includes a tivoli and a waterpark. There are some hotels located in the area for visitors. Abrahavn is a resort in the zoo.

Randesund is a popular vacation area with a lot of cabins for rent at small islands or on the mainland.

Hamresanden camping is a popular camping place with the beach. There is also a bible camp there.

Kristiansand Travpark is a racetrack located between the zoo and Sørlandsparken.

Shopping

Sørlandssenteret

Sørlandsparken is located in Oddernes. The industrial shopping park includes Norway's largest mall Sørlandssenteret with over 195 stores. Other large brands like IKEA, Burger King, Toys R Us and car dealerships is located around the mall.

Religion

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Randesund church

Oddernes Church is from the 11th century and located at Lund

There are 4 churches in Oddernes.

In Randesund, Randesund Church was buildit in 1864, it has a capacity of 450 people and is located at Frikstad. The church is built out of tree and there is a graveyard with the church.

Søm Church was built in 2004. The windows was designed by Kjell Nupen and has a capacity of 400 people. The church was Kristiansand's "Thousand years building" since the construction started in the new millennium (Year 2000).

Hånes Church was built in 1986, it has the capacity of 300 people and built by bricks, there is no graveyard with Hånes church.

Tveit Church is the oldest church in Oddernes, it was built in 1100 by stone. In 1831, a tower was built on the top of the church and in 1867 a restaurant was built in the church. Tveit church has a capacity of 450 people, there is a graveyard with the church and it is a nave church. The church is located with Ryen of Norwegian National Road 41.

Oddernes Church itself is not located in the Oddernes but in the Lund borough with the University. The reason is that Lund was a part of the Oddernes municipality before it became a part of Kristiansand.

See also

• Oddernes Church
• Oddernes stone
• List of former municipalities of Norway

External links

• Kristiansand travel guide from Wikivoyage