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within Norway for its family-friendly zoo and amusement park is now making waves for a very different reason The city’s newest cultural landmark, Kunstsilo has transformed a historic grain silo into a striking contemporary art museum placing Kristiansand firmly on the map for art lovers across Europe A 17th-century log cabin by the top of the Silo Hall Spend just a few minutes wandering around the imposing space and you’ll hear a smattering of languages from across the continent and an unrivaled collection of Nordic modernism the equally striking Kilden concert hall—is redefining Kristiansand’s cultural identity Although it remains deeply rooted in Nordic identity Kristiansand is revealing itself to the world This regional art museum has been covered in the New York Times and was named by TIME Magazine last year as one of the world’s greatest places and why is it drawing such international attention The story of Kunstsilo began in 2015 when financier Nicolai Tangen donated 1,500 pieces of his extensive collection of Nordic modernist art to the city But as Kunstsilo commercial director Eldbjørg Dahl explains the building had been a landmark long before: “Norway had a need for grain silos in the 1930s to ensure its population had enough food the architects won an award for architectural excellence in the field of functionalism.” Even the stairs within Kunstsilo have been thoughtfully designed to reflect the building's original use That’s when Nicolai Tangen came up with the idea of transforming the grain silo into an art museum based on his donation the building needed to be reimagined for its new cultural purpose The transformation started with the removal of parts of the structure before reinforcing the remaining concrete with an entirely new concrete layer added to the exterior Engineers installed two-metre-long pre-stressed support beams to fortify the structure before removing 3,500 tonnes of reinforced concrete to carve out the striking Silo Hall two sleek new buildings were constructed on either side of the original silo housing the museum’s exhibition galleries and integrating contemporary functionality into the reborn landmark it has that ‘wow-factor’ whether you are interested in the art or the architecture,” says Dahl Bold geometric paintings contrast with organic ceramic forms creating a dynamic dialogue between art and design it is Tangen’s donation of Nordic modernist art that truly defines the museum’s identity currently CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management It has surpassed all expectations,” said Tangen at Kunstsilo’s opening in 2025 The collection immerses visitors in Nordic modernism from Reidar Aulie’s vibrant storytelling to Anna-Eva Bergman’s bold abstractions offering visitors a deep dive into the region’s artistic evolution marking British artist Edmund de Waal’s Norwegian debut de Waal presents his works alongside those of Danish ceramicist Axel Salto drawing from the Tangen collection and the Royal Copenhagen collection at CLAY to create an installation that reflects on Salto’s artistic legacy and timeless influence S-Lab is an immersive digital experience within Kunstsilo a digital experience based on Reidar Aulie’s 1935 painting Tivoli (Funfair) placed the visitor in the heart of the festivities an immersive exhibition exploring fragile and endangered ocean ecosystems where art and technology merge to let visitors interact with the artwork in real-time “Kunstsilo has only been open for a few months but we’ve already welcomed almost 200,000 visitors to the exhibition space We’ve been blown away by all the international attention,” says Dahl Kunstsilo has made a big impact on the local community too Children and young people are invited to take part in activities as part of the regular exhibitions and special events A scenic waterfront promenade connects the city’s cultural quarter to Fiskebrygga, Kristiansand’s lively harborside hub of dining and shopping. Once the heart of the city’s fishing industry, Fiskebrygga has transformed into a buzzing waterfront gathering place home to fresh seafood, waterfront bars, and live events during the summer months. “The silo becomes a sculpture that the museum is organized in and around.” Some views open to the sky with glass and concrete used to preserve the existing structure which is on track to achieve a major Norwegian sustainability certification by the end of the year comprise the world’s largest collection of Nordic Modernist art including Norwegian painters Johannes Rian and Reidar Aulie Kunstsilo also hosts family-oriented workshops and concerts as well as temporary exhibitions including a solo show this September spotlighting contemporary British artist Edmund de Waal—a first for Norway Buy your copy of the World's Greatest Places issue here More FromWorld’s Greatest Places 2024Maui Cultural LandsBy Michele Bigley Contact us at letters@time.com Service hubs with tailored expertise to help 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one of the areas where Tietoevry Tech Services stood out the solution is designed to use AI to assist users in their work and improve overall efficiency This streamlines the process and can quickly deliver savings from the start of a solution deployment," he says the cloud-based solution is an important part of the digitalization strategy - We use several specialized systems and applications that are integrated with the Unit4 cloud ERP solution and there is a great need to ensure smooth data flows through the entire application landscape.    Creating purposeful technology that reinvents the world for good David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia.Follow AuthorFeb 23 05:26am ESTShareSaveComment@font-face{font-family: "Schnyder"; src: url("https://i.forbesimg.com/assets/fonts/schnyders/schnyders-bold-webfont.woff2") format("woff2") #article-stream-0 .headline-embed .font-size{font-size: 54px;} #article-stream-0 .subhead-embed.color-accent #article-stream-0 .subhead3-embed .font-accent{font-family: Euclid,"Noto Sans","Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",Corbel,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;} #article-stream-0 .quote-embed.color-accent #article-stream-0 .quote-embed .font-size p{font-size: 36px;}'Kardemomme by' is a storybook town come to life at the Dyreparken zoo and amusement park in Kristiansand Kristiansand may be best known as a sun-soaked destination but its southern Norway location makes it an appealing winter getaway too and a surprising variety of indoor and outdoor activities Kristiansand proves that it’s more than just a summer hotspot Because of its ferry port with daily departures to Denmark Kristiansand makes an obvious choice for an overnight break as part of a longer Scandinavian road trip It’s also a good choice for a weekend getaway from Oslo thanks to frequent train and domestic flight connections While the summer buzz is replaced by a calmer winter visitors can still enjoy cultural attractions Dyreparken is Kristiansand’s zoo and amusement park Its southern location means it can open 365 days a year making it one of Norway’s top year-round attractions Wolves roam the Nordic Wilderness park at Kristiansand Zoo While the amusement rides are mostly closed in winter the zoo remains a fantastic place to visit with the inhabitants of its vast Nordic wilderness park and sturdy footwear is essential if snow or ice covers the ground including the tropical house and rainforest exhibit offer a welcome escape into warmer climates the colorful Cardamom Town (Kardemomme by) inspired by a beloved Norwegian children’s book bringing a touch of storybook magic to any visit this strikingly transformed landmark now stands as a beacon of contemporary creativity housing one of the world’s largest collections of Nordic modernist art The museum’s striking architecture and immersive digital experiences have garnered international attention and a positive response from the local community This former grain silo has been transformed into the 'Kunstsilo' art museum Kunstsilo’s striking silhouette stands beside Kilden Performing Arts Center another bold Kristiansand landmark with its dramatic oak-clad waterfront façade There’s plenty of events on the calendar throughout the winter although much of what’s on will be Norwegian-focused Fiskebrygga is not just a summer hotspot—its seafood restaurants remain open year-round serving up fresh fish and other traditional dishes While Kristiansand’s cultural and wildlife attractions are highlights there’s plenty more to explore during a winter visit is home to one of Northern Europe’s largest collections of wooden houses A stroll through these picturesque streets offers a glimpse into the city’s past The neo-Gothic Kristiansand Cathedral is particularly atmospheric in winter with its towering spires often dusted in snow Step inside to admire the stained glass windows and grand wooden interior the stunning coastline of Southern Norway invites exploration Odderøya is now a scenic recreational area offering picturesque walking trails and sweeping views over Kristiansand’s coastline Well-marked paths lead past old cannon positions making it a great spot for a peaceful winter walk the charming coastal towns Lillesand and Grimstad are a short drive or bus ride away while the landmark Lindesnes Lighthouse at mainland Norway’s southernmost point is just over one hour’s drive Kjevik Airport offers domestic flights from Oslo as well as international connections to Denmark and the Netherlands The Sørlandsbanen railway line links Kristiansand to Oslo in around four and a half hours the 200-mile drive can be completed in under four hours provide a convenient connection with the rest of Europe After a postponement of the activities and a pause in the project work on creating a deeper and better shipping channel at pier 36 in Kristiansand Harbor is now back in full swing The work in Kristiansand was first started in 2022 in close collaboration with a Norwegian contractor but was put on hold due to unforeseen challenges Høj Nordic Marine Contractor is now back on the project to complete development of the quay 36 Høj Nordic returned to the project to deliver couple of weeks of intensive work This included dredging the rock after extensive blasting of the seabed as well as dredging in front of the new quay extension The quay 36 in Kristiansand Harbor is being extended by about 80 meters to the east both dredging and blasting will be conducted this year in the shipping channel and in front of the new quay 36 Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox This work, U.S. Navy EOD Conducts Arctic Warfare Exercise ‘Arctic Specialist’ with NATO Allies in Norway, by LT Chelsea Cannaday, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Norway’s newest art museum: ‘A landmark building of the 20th century taking on new life to become one of the landmark buildings of the 21st’Housed in a former grain silo in Kristiansand Kunstsilo is home to the Tangen Collection — regarded by many as the world’s most important collection of Nordic modern art built as a grain silo in 1935 and reinvented by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes as an art museum The city of Kristiansand boasts the most popular visitor attraction in all of Norway: a zoo and amusement park called Dyreparken ‘The path getting here wasn’t simple,’ says Reidar Fuglestad ‘But we’re delighted to have now opened the doors to our awe-inspiring building.’ The vast majority of works in the collection were made between 1910 and 1990 — something Fuglestad describes as ‘fitting’ because ‘the story of Kunstsilo begins in the early part of that period’ Norway’s population grew steadily at the start of the 20th century Grain was being imported from countries such as the USA Argentina and Russia to feed it — much of it via Kristiansand a huge silo structure was built on the island of Odderøya It had the capacity to store 15,000 tons of grain This grain was dispatched to mills to be ground into flour Designed by two young Norwegian architects, Arne Korsmo and Sverre Aasland the building was a prime example of the then fashionable style of Functionalism The building still managed to possess a certain beauty not least because of its striking cylindrical towers (where the grain was stored) The silo ceased operation in the early 2000s remaining vacant for a number of years thereafter until the idea came to convert it into a museum — the museum that has just opened ‘Kunstsilo’ was chosen as its name because it suggested the building’s past and present simultaneously: its literal translation is ‘art silo’ ‘This is a special story,’ says Fuglestad ‘One of Kristiansand’s landmark buildings of the 20th century taking on new life to become one of its landmark buildings of the 21st.’ Marianne Heske’s Project Gjerdeløa was purchased for the Tangen Collection in 2019 and is now on permanent display in Kunstsilo A 350-year-old hay barn from north-western Norway stands in front of a resin cast — Gjerdeløa (Gjerdeløa Casting) Artwork: © Marianne Heske Prosjekt Gjerdeløa The aim is for Kunstsilo to receive 150,000 visitors per annum — a figure already surpassed in its opening year after just five months Fuglestad isn’t resting on any laurels He’s currently in talks with the ferry and cruise operators who use Kristiansand’s port with a view to bringing their passengers to the museum with a soundtrack accompanying their movements: a mix of fairground chatter Other pictures from the collection will receive the S-Lab treatment in the months and years ahead Artwork: © Synnøve Anker Aurdal The Tangen Collection owes its existence to Nicolai Tangen a Kristiansand-born investment banker who today serves as CEO of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (valued at $1.7 trillion) the latter helping stoke an interest in the visual arts Tangen’s collecting journey began in the 1990s at the same time as he was forging a successful financial career in London went on to become a ‘kind of obsession’ Installation view of Passions of the North at Kunstsilo Komposisjon i grått (Composition in Grey) Dekorativ komposition (Decorative Composition) His preference was for Nordic works, largely because that was the art he knew best. In 2003, he took a two-year sabbatical to study at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where he wrote his master’s thesis on the printmaker Rolf Nesch Nesch’s works duly occupy a significant place in both Passions of the North and the Tangen Collection as a whole Tangen donated the collection to his home town in 2015, with the idea of transforming Kristiansand’s vacant silo building to house it. The idea was well received by the city council, and after a competition involving 101 architectural firms, a practice called Mestres Wåge Arquitectes was chosen to take on the museum design (with assistance from two other firms chaired by Kristiansand’s mayor at the time this submission combined ‘architectural self-assurance with humble respect for the silo building and its newly assigned task’ The cylindrical towers remain a key feature of the structure visually Visitors enter via a vast ground-level atrium which is visible from a landing on each of the upper floors having previously held the same role at Dyreparken the reception has been positive,’ he says ‘The people of Kristiansand [Norway’s sixth-largest city] are seeing that Kunstsilo has international pull and bears comparison with the big museums in Oslo.’ Public approval wasn’t always so forthcoming it’s natural to encounter resistance,’ says Fuglestad ‘People saying the money should have been spent on other things — on schools Views on Kunstsilo were polarised in Kristiansand for many years.’ A 1936 photograph of the original silo designed by Arne Korsmo and Sverre Aasland The project cost 710 million Norwegian kroner (roughly $66 million) with funding coming from a range of sources Most telling in terms of public opinion was the fact that Tangen contributed 30 per cent of the cost while 50 per cent came from the public purse something widely cited as a reason for his failure to win re-election in 2019 The situation was complicated by the decision for Kunstsilo to house and administer not just the Tangen Collection but also the 1,700 works in the Sørlandets Kunstmuseum (SKMU) located at premises elsewhere in Kristiansand SKMU showed art and crafts made by figures from the city and the wider region of Agder with just 120,000 inhabitants,’ says Fuglestad ‘So there was never any peace from the noises against Kunstsilo people would confront me about it: in the street I like to think that the city is now reaping the rewards of that.’ With the museum successfully open, Fuglestad will stand down from his post in December. His successor has been announced as Maria Mediaas Jørstad, currently the director of the Nordic Culture Fund occupies a spot on the board of directors.) Odderøya is connected to the mainland by a series of bridges, and the northern section of the island in particular (where Kunstilo is found) is pretty much considered part of the city. Next door to the museum are the Kilden performing arts centre, which opened in 2012, and the Knuden arts hub for children It’s hoped that the area will grow into a cultural quarter Photo: © Danneivg Foto AS / Kunstsilo there promises to be flexibility in the programming but the broad plan is to put on eight temporary exhibitions or displays a year — all of them with some sort of link to the Tangen Collection (which includes 66 works by Salto) or the collection previously held at SKMU On the evidence of Passions of the North, Nordic artists of the 20th century typically retained the spirit and subject matter of their home region, while also being plugged into art trends from the wider world, such as Surrealism and Pop a weekly newsletter delivering our top stories and art market insights to your inbox Probably the most eye-catching work in the Tangen Collection is Marianne Heske’s conceptual piece, Gjerdeløa (1980) which is on permanent view on the fourth floor which the artist took from a mountainside in the Sunnmøre region of north-west Norway and transported by van to show at the 1980 Biennale de Paris at the Pompidou Centre before being returned to Norway by the same van ‘I believe the aim should be for Kunstsilo to take up a position as the leader in the field for Nordic modernism,’ Fuglestad says the principal venue for showing and discussing it This art has received relatively little attention over the years Visit kunstsilo.no for further information. Passions of the North continues, in modified form, until 20 April 2025. Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto runs until 2 March 2025 The European Handball Federation on Monday was informed by Vipers Kristiansand of the club's immediate bankruptcy coming into effect on the day of the information The information also included that the club would withdraw from the EHF Champions League Women The EHF acknowledges the club's withdrawal Competition-related and legal consequences resulting from Vipers' decision are now being dealt with and will be communicated in the next couple of days DRAW: Recent champions meet and potential first-time winners clash in hotly-anticipated semi-finals after TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 semi-final… DRAW: The four sides who made it through the qualification tournaments now know who they will face in Cologne QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: A 30:29 victory for Szeged was not enough to book their first ticket to Cologne a single goal separated the 2023 title winners and Veszprém QUARTER-FINAL REVIEW: 2018 finalists end Sporting CP’s 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with multiple partners which is 100% owned by Greenstat through Agder Hydrogen Hub La Française de l’Energie (FDE) became the new largest owner of Greenstat early in 2024 and the project thus secured access to the capital that enables the realization of the hydrogen facility A long-term lease agreement of 30 + 10 years was concluded with the project’s partner Elkem It covers the lease of the area for the hydrogen plant itself as well as the use of shared services and infrastructure which has already been established in the industrial area at Fiskå The project is also supported by NOK 148 million ($14.9 million) investment from Enova A contract with Repstad Anlegg has been entered into for foundation work and filling in at sea to prepare for a new quay front to the east Aragon is engaged as an engineering partner and will assist Greenstat’s internal project team with preparing the final design of the hydrogen plant and selecting suppliers of equipment and services it will be possible to offer green hydrogen as a carbon-free maritime fuel for traffic along the Norwegian coast and in the entire North Sea basin adding that the production will also be able to go to zero-emission vehicles and construction machinery in the region Work is also underway on phase 2 of the project To remind, Everfuel transferred its ownership in Agder to Greenstat at the beginning of 2024 it was also revealed that the final investment decision (FID) on the project had been reached The Pioneers of Offshore Engineering GustoMSC part of NOV’s Marine and Construction business is recognized for providing advanced design & engineering consultancy for mobile offshore units and reliable equipment and technical knowledge into realistic & innovative ideas The performance of new and existing jack-ups Lots of new museums have recently sprung up in Norway The Munch Museum relocated to a new building in 2021 and was joined a year later by the National Museum now the largest art museum in the Nordic countries the privately run Kistefos art museum opened in 2019 the focus shifted to southern Norway with the unveiling of Kunstsilo The museum sits on the waterfront in the city of Kristiansand and houses the world’s largest private collection of Nordic art The venue brings together the Southern Norway Art Museum works from Christianssands Picture Gallery and the Tangen Collection of Nordic art The Tangen Collection was created by investment manager Nicolai Tangen who was born in Kristiansand and donated the collection to the city which was created by Tangen in 2013 to improve education There are more than 5,500 works in the collection Kunstsilo is built around 30 grain silos which act as a central navigation point for visitors creating a vast entrance hall and natural light throughout a glass-covered bar and events spaces provide views of the surrounding area an interactive and immersive environment that showcases work from the collection An augmented reality tour aimed at family audiences was also developed for the inaugural exhibition Kunstsilo hosts a continuous programme of events and activities such as debates Passions of the North was drawn exclusively from the Tangen Collection and included more than 600 works made between 1910 and 1990 Kunstsilo’s next exhibition is Playing with Fire: Edmund de Waal and Axel Salto which is an international collaboration between the English artist de Waal and the Clay Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark (26 September 2024 to 2 March 2025) This will be followed by a solo exhibition of Norway’s leading photographic artist Mette Tronvoll The museum offers a kind of holistic experience the exhibitions and the art are at the centre of the museum but we also have a live programme every week We also have two restaurants and a bar on the top floor We want to open up the museum and be inclusive It is free to enter the ground floor of our building – we want to welcome people inside and then hopefully they will then pay for a ticket and go to see the exhibitions Having people see this as a safe and good place to be is central to our policy but we have made a special effort to attract young people because many children in Norway visit museums during school but don’t come in their free time we have invested a lot in developing that part of the audience offer And we are also doing something with the opening hours because everybody I know works between 11am and 5pm which are the opening hours for many museums Our exhibitions are open three evenings each week until 9pm and our bar will open to 2am three nights a week That will give us access to a whole new [sector of the] public and that is part of our strategy Kristiansand is a city with 130,000 inhabitants on the southern tip of Norway but there are lots of activities within easy reach in the region We have diverse businesses and we also have a university with around 15,000 students And the area is popular with Norwegian holidaymakers because it has the most sunny days in the country There are a few million visitors during the summer so there are lots of restaurants and other activities for the public That’s also very positive for the museum because the city has a lot to offer We also have a lot of cruise ships coming to Kristiansand The grain silo was built in 1935 and is iconic because it was constructed using concrete in a new way It was decided that the building should be preserved because of that historical significance there was an architectural competition and the architect Mestres Wage was the winner The difficult thing to do was to cut all the 30 silos to two metres above the ground and still keep them standing You have the exhibition areas around the silos and you can orientate yourself very easily Our goal is to have eight or nine exhibition openings every year but that includes small exhibitions as well as bigger ones We also want to invite the public to look at the collection and tell us what they want us to put on the walls Most Museums Journal 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vehicles and construction machinery in the region Work is also underway on a phase 2 for the project to expand capacity at the mill by an additional 40 MW as the market grows and power becomes available Phase 1 of the project is now being realized on the basis of good cooperation with many good partners hydrogen hub Agder has received invaluable support from Kristiansand Municipality GCE Node including the Hydrogen Network in Agder Glencore Nikkelverk plus many more who should also have been mentioned There has also been a good dialogue and information meetings with district committees well-being associations and neighbours .  Greenstat looks forward to the continuation of the investment in hydrogen and new renewable industry in Agder in collaboration with many good forces and partners.  READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at Hydrogen Central Greenstat Starts The Construction Of A Hydrogen Plant In Kristiansand. source Hydrogen on show at the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of 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The Trump Administration Climate Plan: Red States Get Hydrogen a hydrogen hub in upheaval as natural gas producer pauses involvement while four others bail on the project South Australia closes Hydrogen Power SA office The state government of South Australia has rolled its Office of Hydrogen Power SA (OHPSA) into the Department of Energy and Mining (DEM) COPYRIGHT POLICY DISCLAIMER TERMS & CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY We love meeting interesting people and making new friends Sewickley seems improbable as the setting of an international investigation reporters from the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen (FVN) in Kristiansand Learn about the group of American investors from the suburbs of Pittsburgh who were acquiring the city’s professional soccer club When the Norwegian press touched down in Sewickley Roger Loughney was in a pleasant state of shock It seemed surreal to him that reporters from halfway across the globe had traveled to his backyard as a result of an acquisition he was spearheading along with friends and fellow investors David Grim and Jean Bley “I’m tripping,” he recalled telling an acquaintance at the time “I can’t believe reporters from Kristiansand are in Sewickley having foreign reporters comb through their lives was merely one of several interpersonal prerequisites necessary to assume majority ownership in Kristiansand’s cherished soccer club is self-employed and works in medical device sales while also keeping his ear to the ground for local investment opportunities works as a communications and public affairs professional with PPG while the 45-year-old Bley has enjoyed a career in banking and finance the three are the majority owners and managers within a group of investors who in June officially took over IK Start’s full managerial and operational duties Approximately $4 million was raised to purchase majority ownership of the club the country’s second tier of professional soccer below Eliteserien Grim and Bley formed IK Start USA LLC to serve as the majority shareholder of Stone By Stone 1905 Inc. their Norwegian holding firm that controls the rights to IK Start The “1905” pays tribute to the year IK (short for Idrettsklubben) Start Preceding the successful acquisition of IK Start was what Grim dubbed a “real political campaign” in order to get the city of Kristiansand on board “It was probably a seven- to eight-month process of courting the community,” Grim said “We needed to demonstrate to them that we were not just a bunch of swashbuckling We had to demonstrate that we cared about the community that we cared about the club and that we were worth entrusting the stewardship of the club to for the next however many years.” a 51% majority among the club’s dues-paying members was required to push things through IK Start has approximately 1,000 such members In a testament to their efforts to woo the community which continues to include long visits to Kristiansand Grim and Bley’s ownership proposal was received positively at the club’s annual members meeting with 81% of voting members (360) casting a ballot in favor in June “It gives us comfort knowing that we have alignment with the community,” Grim said “It’s more than just a stadium or a club or a sport — it’s really ingrained in the community Knowing that we have such strong support in this approach helps us to move forward and try to get the job done Eighty-plus percent on any issue gives you some strength to move forward Grim and Bley were making their pitch to acquire IK Start the reaction among community members in Kristiansand was predictable “The first question I hear from people here is ‘Why us why do you care about us?’” Bley told TribLive via video conference from Kristiansand with an urban population of around 125,000 The answer of how they honed in on IK Start can be traced back to a close family connection of Loughney’s whose multi-decade career in professional soccer includes stints as head scout of the Americas for Brentford of the English Premier League as well as coach of Manchester United’s U14 club Priest also served as assistant and later interim head coach for IK Start from 2017-19 he’s been tapped as IK Start’s sporting director It was through catching up with Priest that the opportunity with IK Start first appeared as a blip on Loughney’s radar remember that club in Norway I used to coach at I think they’re ready for new ownership and investors,’” Loughney said combined with the transparent approach to the acquisition undertaken by Loughney Grim and Bley helped satisfy the local chorus of “Why us?” inquiries “We didn’t create a group and then go searching around the world for a club,” Grim said “Roger’s relationship and history identified and brought us to Start So that was one of our messaging and communication to the community — we’re not just a bunch of Americans looking to buy a soccer team We are only evaluating Start as an opportunity for a partnership as we continued to explain and demonstrate that it was specifically the Start opportunity that engendered some trust to our group that it was them their community and club that we wanted to be involved in Roger’s history there is what sparked that.” Grim and Bley would all admit that their work is just beginning with regards to getting IK Start back to being successful on and off the pitch the club enters its fifth straight season playing in the First Division with promotion to the top Eliteserien last coming in 2019 Multiple areas in the soccer operations department require attention taking care of needs more in the support realm is also a priority “As far as where the resources need to be spent we need physical therapy and a strength and conditioning coach,” Loughney said “There (are) certainly places to spend the money and the danger or the temptation like what structurally does the club need to succeed Things you’re not necessarily going to see results from right away but you know that’s just going to burn through your resources if you go after it the wrong way.” Grim and Bley have a balancing act to pull off when it comes to allocation of funds are being pursued with the hope of filling up IK Start’s 14,563-capacity Sparebanken Sør Arena “The downstream impact of those decisions has to translate to results,” Bley said “The team has to win and everyone has to be excited so that people will come to the games.” the three owners believe they have a pair of major advantages working in their favor: Kristiansand itself and its sizeable population of soccer fans within who they’re hoping will respond positively to the revitalization efforts around IK Start Kristiansand sits on Norway’s southern coast southwest of the capital of Oslo and separated from Denmark by the Skagerrak straight A popular vacation destination for Norwegians and Europeans in general pine trees and pristine beaches tied in between.” Comprising Kristiansand is a citizenry that Loughney Grim and Bley have found to be enthusiastic about IK Start From local politicians to community leaders and potential investors IK Start’s new owners have found Kristiansand eager to fill their sails with wind “There is so much enthusiasm with the community here,” Bley said they look at us as injecting some fresh air The amount of people that are willing to meet with us — in the political world it might take six months to meet someone who’s never available ‘I want to have dinner with you guys tonight What can we do to help you?’ From a local perspective there is a lot of enthusiasm and this is the most difficult thing to crack.” who like Bley spoke to the Trib via video conference from Kristiansand was impressed with what he saw at an IK Start match a few weeks ago While attendance fell well short of a sellout Loughney took note of the fans that did show up and the atmosphere they created “One of the reasons why there’s such potential is it’s such a major part of the fabric of this town and it’s just gone awry over the last several years,” Loughney said “We don’t think it would take too much to get the stadium back going “We had it at half capacity three weeks ago and the place was rocking Everyone was talking about how magical the place was and now it hasn’t been like this in so long and that this is what it should be — that’s half capacity.” On the note of stadium and gameday atmosphere Loughney and his co-investors believe they can lean into their experiences as Pittsburgh sports fans to redefine what it’s like to attend an IK Start match The three have no qualms about admitting that they want to implement the best of what they’ve witnessed as Pittsburgh sports fans into IK Start’s gameday environment As far as IK Start’s appearance is concerned they walked right into a connection to Pittsburgh given the club sports black and yellow uniforms many little idiosyncratic and coincidental moments in this project,” Loughney said results are being seen from efforts to spice up IK Start’s stadium atmosphere a local butcher provided food for hundreds of fans in attendance something that was predictably well-received free giveaways to fans as well as in-game events such as staging brief youth soccer games at halftime are all ideas that Loughney and Co are hoping to implement with more regularity they want word to spread that IK Start matches are fun to attend Pittsburgh’s been up there at the top in terms of championships,” Grim said we live what a good sporting experience looks like So we feel like we have a unique opportunity to bring some of those sports entertainment ideas to the club but there’s a lot you can do to elevate the experience around the match Added Bley: “A football game is not only a game IK Start’s season is already in full swing and looking ahead The club sits in 13th place out of the 16-team First Division making relegation to the third-tier Second Division an unfortunate possibility by campaign’s end Grim and Bley understand that returning the club to its full potential on the pitch won’t be done overnight we have some decisions that need to be (made) and we have the resources to allocate toward the plan,” Bley said “We want to execute this plan in a very sustainable way.” tangible support from the community has made doing so all the more easier That’s what the first couple weeks and months have shown This is a positive step forward and we’re going to evaluate next steps and what we need to get done Bolstered by the euphoria surrounding their new endeavor it’s full steam ahead for IK Start’s new owners “The club just needed a kick in the (rear end) think a little bit differently,” Loughney said “but respect what needs to be respected and is willing to try things.” Justin Guerriero is a TribLive reporter covering the Penguins, Pirates and college sports. A Pittsburgh native, he is a Central Catholic and University of Colorado graduate. He joined the Trib in 2022 after covering the Colorado Buffaloes for Rivals and freelancing for the Denver Post. He can be reached at jguerriero@triblive.com Norway’s charming city of Kristiansand has been in increasingly drawing visitors to its fast-growing cultural quarter, which now includes a harbor-front museum housing the world’s largest trove of contemporary Nordic art. Dubbed Kunstsilo, the new institution a merger of the Southern Norway Art Museum and the Tangen Collection occupies a converted 1930s Functionalist grain silo revamped by architecture firm Mestres Wåge Arquitectes in collaboration with BAX Studio and Mendoza Partida The massive building’s original concrete interiors were reconfigured to create a cathedral-esque main hall as well as 25 exhibition rooms currently displaying “Passions of the North,” the site’s inaugural show of more than 600 works amassed by financier and collector Nicolai Tangen a rippling glass crown lights up and provides a poetic beacon for the city A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2024 Fall Issue under the headline “Northern Light.” Subscribe to the magazine © 2023 Hudson One Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel Kristiansand Norwegian Petroleum Society again arranges the reputable «Kristiansandkonferansen» The conference started in 1983 and is Norway’s most important meeting arena for drilling and wells The purpose of the conference is to present operational and technical experiences solutions and improvements within all related areas Case Histories with learnings will be prioritized The conference is technically oriented towards the people planning making selections and executing the operations we will return to English as the Conference language The request is that all presentation material is in English and presented in English With the possibility of allowing presentations in Norwegian Drilling and maintaining wells are vital for Norway’s production To tackle future challenges with limited resources Our industry must improve drilling efficiency The cost spent on drilling and wells is a significant part of the total development cost making our 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including travel warnings serious illness or epidemics that makes it impossible to fulfill the obligations of conducting the conference entitle NPF to cancel the event without liability Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) is a member organization for people interested in Norwegian petroleum activities NPF is the industry’s most important meeting place for professional discussions and exchanges of new knowledge – regardless of economic and political interests This position is a result of our independence and our extensive industry network The Kunstsilo Art Gallery has opened in what was a grain silo raised in the 1930s The transformation of the huge agricultural facility built with reinforced concrete to harbor a collection of over 5,500 Nordic works of modern art was carried out by the Barcelona firms Mestres Wåge Some of the thirty cylindrical deposits of the old cereal storehouse were cut out carving a sculptural atrium 21 meters high most of them taking up two adjoining extensions one of which is a replica of an original volume reconstructed because it was so deteriorated The white exterior was restored and matched with the facades of the replaced volume The addition on the east side of the Kunstsilo is clad in aluminum with a corrugated finish The rooftop terraces are protected by glass cylinders aligned with the undulating exterior of the silos underneath Arquitectos ArchitectsMestres Wåge+Mendoza Partida+BAX studio / Maria Mestres Boris Bezan (autores designers); Erlend Aalmo Strønstad Consultores ConsultantsScenario (interiorismo interior design); Henning Larsen (paisajismo landscape); Degree of Freedom Other Structures (estructura structure); BJ miljø (instalaciones MEP services); Rambøll (electricidad electricity) Fotos PhotosPedro Pegenaute; Alan Williams there arent any match using your search terms Pittsburgh Union Progress Pittsburgh and Kristiansand seemingly share precious few attributes The southernmost city on Norway’s Skagerrak strait coast Kristiansand is a haven for beach-going tourists in the region and a busy port for cruise ships visiting the Nordic nation has mostly shed its industrial backbone of yesteryear in favor of its emergence as a bustling Appalachian tech hub and model for American Rust Belt cities on the upswing There is one major way the cities are linked and it is providing a perfect fit for Roger Loughney and David Grim Loughney and Grim are only too well acquainted with the region’s love affair with its black-and-gold-clad professional sports franchises the ownership group led by Loughney and Grim officially took control of Kristiansand’s professional soccer franchise Idrettsklubben Start — or IK Start — as it is known colloquially in its native country  “The club is black and yellow,” said Grim of the uniforms worn by IK Start since the franchise’s inception in 1905 IK Start currently competes in Norwegian football league system’s First Division which is below the country’s professional Elite Division It has only been over the past few months that IK Start’s new owners have learned just how attached Kristiansand’s local fans are to their hometown team 🟡⚫️ Æ la hjertet igjen på Londsia💛 pic.twitter.com/IQu8QKKUzK The new IK Start leadership team may have completed its purchase of the franchise for 40 million Norwegian Krone but Loughney and Grim have made several visits to Kristiansand over the past several months Loughney said he is impressed by the passion of IK Start’s fan base He added one of the conditions for becoming a part of his ownership group is to mirror that sort of love for the team and game “One of the stipulations in our operating agreement is that the investors have to be in a tight social network “You’re not just out pitching this project to whomever.” is a grandson of former Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph M A self-employed business owner in the medical devices field Loughney said he also has interests in several properties around businesses around the city A native of Boalsburg and graduate of State College High School and their children Millie (5) and Ainsley (2) Loughney said he owns a nearly 50% stake in IK Start while Grim and former Sewickley resident Jean Bley each own about 25% of the club He added the ownership group also includes six other investors currently but IK Start could eventually be operated by as many as 12 to 15 people “I hope to just have a really awesome adventure with my investors and our group who are on board for being part of something that’s pretty wild,” Loughney said there is a financial side of it that would be fantastic to come to some point in the future where this thing has a tremendous amount of value and we can realize that value it’s just an opportunity that it’s so unique ‘I wonder what this would be like,’” he added “It’s like a very expensive version of fantasy football.” Loughney said his ownership group initially announced its intentions to purchase IK Start at the club’s annual ownership meeting in Kristiansand in March “Dave and Jean are pure excitement all the way through,” Loughney said “I bounce very quickly back and forth between excitement and anxiety and sometimes simultaneously.” IK Start’s group of 950 dues-paying members then voted to approve the sale by a margin of 82% on June 18 “I think it’s hard to understand for people that don’t follow soccer in the U.S. It’s very integrated into the daily lives and the culture of the community.” Loughney said of the initial $4 million raised $600,000 is planned to go toward losses incurred by the club He added up to $2.5 million is set to be invested in the club to update its operations while the rest of the funds will go toward various capital projects “It’s an opportunity because it hasn’t been executed to the level it should,” Grim said “That’s why this is an opportunity for us to come in and help We received over 80% of the vote to enter into this agreement from the members of this club a resounding mandate that this was the direction that this community wanted to go We need to harness that passion to attain the objectives and the success that we think the club and the community deserves.” Loughney said as a fan of Pittsburgh’s professional sports teams he hasn’t had to look far for inspiration as to his plans for the future of IK Start why have they been failing?” Loughney said “It’s because they just concentrate on soccer product they’ve not had the long-term development strategy.” Loughney said he plans to implement pregame in-game and postgame entertainment and activities similar to ones employed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Penguins He said he also is looking to update IK Start’s fan engagement through social media and community activities similar to those utilized by Pittsburgh’s professional sports franchises Steelers games and Pirates games and Riverhounds games and I look to see what I as a consumer find exciting and interesting about their processes They can’t wait to have a hot dog cannon.” Gutta er tilbake på feltet⚽️ pic.twitter.com/WUUDamUvfo Loughney said IK Start players could soon be making visits to season-ticket holders’ homes, which is similar to the trips made across Western Pennsylvania by Penguins players. “I look at the Pirates and the Riverhounds and the Penguins specifically on the creative things they try to do to create that ownership, that fan ownership,” he said. “How do you feel about the club?” Loughney and Grim are also focused on bettering their franchise’s on-field product. IK Start currently sits in 14th place in the Norwegian First Division’s 16-team league. Grim said the team is focused on avoiding relegation to the second division, while also employing strategies to someday have IK Start promoted back to the Elite Division. “The short term is we need to ensure we have some of the proper staffing in place for the remainder of the season and moving forward,” Grim said. “Currently, it’s a rather short-staffed club.” On Saturday, IK Start named Mick Priest the club’s new sporting director, which is a position similar to a general manager in North American professional sports. Priest is a veteran coach and scout, who was formerly camp coach and head scout for the Americas with English Premier League franchise Brentford. He was also previously the head coach of Manchester United’s 14U team and was an assistant and interim head coach with IK Start. “We were fortunate to bring in someone with great experience, that can bring some of those best practices to a club like ours who needs to kind of step it up,” Grim said. The close connection between Priest and Loughney was important in his hiring. The Loughney family hosted Priest when he was a young coach with the Great Britain Buckeye Soccer Camp in the late 80s. Loughney said Priest initially brought the idea of becoming involved with owning IK Start to his attention. “This is incredible,” Loughney said. “I never thought about this.” What is certainly now on the minds of IK Start’s ownership group is the prospect of being part of a successful rebuild of its franchise. “What we’ve experienced every time we’ve been there is a community that is yearning for a club of the past that was a place that was a second home to take family to meet friends to have fun and that’s been a challenge lately,” Grim said. “They’ve been searching for how to get back to that time. “We understand the gravity of that responsibility in this partnership,” he added. “I think that’s also what makes it so exciting. We have the opportunity to awaken the sleeping giant that is this club.” John is a copy editor and page designer at the Post-Gazette, but he's currently on strike. Email him at jsanta@unionprogress.com. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world The man managing the nation’s $1.6 trillion inheritance is installing his more than 5,000-work collection of modern Nordic art in a converted grain silo in the southern city of his youth Photographer: Alan Williams/Kristiansand Kunstsilo is standing on a dock on the outskirts of his hometown of Kristiansand admiring the converted 1930s grain silo that now houses his $46 million collection of Nordic modernist art the Kristiansand Kunstsilo in Kristiansand is now home to a collection of 5,000 modernist artworks staff writer and editor for Bloomberg CityLab and your guide to the world of architecture and the people who build things This week curator Carlo Ratti announced the theme and title of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale: “Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective.” So get excited. And sign up to keep up: Subscribe to get this newsletter every Sunday Le Corbusier called grain silos ‘the magnificent first fruits of the new age’ But what can be done with these soaring industrial cathedrals when they’re redundant a gift from the trillion dollar manThis article is more than 11 months oldLe Corbusier called grain silos ‘the magnificent first fruits of the new age’ you can peer down a vertiginous concrete tube that plunges towards huddles of ant-like people below You can mimic the journey of a grain by climbing a spiral staircase inside one of the cylinders or test your nerves by walking on a glass-floored terrace suspended over another shaft It’s a dramatic spatial spectacle – and we haven’t even got to the art yet Once home to 15,000 tonnes of grain, this mighty concrete mountain is now a repository of the most important collection of Nordic modern art in the world It is a 5,500-strong haul spanning paintings sculpture and full-size architectural installations telling the story of the past century of abstraction surrealism and expressionism across Norway Finland and Denmark – inside one of the ultimate symbols of modernity itself silos were the perfect expression of form following function monuments of storage and symbols of global trade they were “almost as impressive in their monumental power as the buildings of ancient Egypt” standing as industrial cathedrals of pure geometric forms But what should be done with these redundant hulks now “It was a real headache,” says Mathias Bernander, mayor of Kristiansand, where the 40m tall cluster of silos had stood vacant since 2008, occupying a prime waterfront spot. “The building was protected, but useless.” Designed by one of Norway’s leading functionalist architects, Arne Korsmo the 30 concrete cylinders had been listed in 2010 but there was no idea what to do with them Plans to turn the building into a hotel had proved impossible because it was more of a problem than an asset.” a concert hall was built to one side of the silo in the form of an extravagantly undulating shed a development of expensive waterfront flats started to appear on the other side a stubborn relic blocking the waterfront regeneration along came one of the city’s former children who had since become one of the country’s wealthiest men And he was looking for an eye-catching place to house his sprawling collection of art the largest of its kind in the world – lending him the nickname Norway’s “trillion-dollar man” and became so enamoured he took a sabbatical to study for an MA at London’s Courtauld Institute in 2003 Amassing a museum-quality hoard of Nordic modern art became an obsession but realising his dream of a place to display it in his home town was no easy ride “It was all hunky dory and positive at first,” says Tangen. “And then, bang!” That was the sound of the citizens of Kristiansand learning that they were on the hook for co-funding the project The building wasn’t to be just a private museum but a joint home for the city’s existing art collection – a controversial deal that cost the then-mayor his job Tangen’s foundation has contributed about £15.5m (half of the total cost came from public sources the rest from private grants and a bank loan) The industrial cadaver is the star of the show … a vertiginous concrete tube Photograph: Tor Erik Schrøder/EPA“I could have paid for the whole museum,” Tangen says people need to participate in the initial investment you will look after it less than if you have to pay £10.” Judging by the crowds at the opening event most local residents seem thrilled with their new kitten People flooded into the ground floor atrium where the silos have been hollowed out to create a 21-metre high void and windows look down into the space from landings above its curved white steel balustrade bulging into the atrium while another hugs a curved semicircular sofa on each floor Evidence of the substantial surgical procedures has been left exposed with the silos’ concrete edges sawn and ground revealing chunky aggregate and rusted steel reinforcement bars Their first idea was to turn the silos themselves into labyrinthine exhibition spaces but they found it would have been almost impossible to display paintings “So we decided it was better to make the silo into a kind of sculpture at the centre opening it up into a basilica-like space.” A bit lifeless … the gallery spaces of Kunstsilo Photograph: Alan WilliamsThe galleries are arranged on either side of the momentous void 3,000 sq metres of conventional white cube space across three levels and a rebuilt former storehouse on the other and separated from the atrium by two sets of sliding glass doors for environmental reasons creating a monotonous sequence relieved only by returning back into the gaping atrium It is a similar experience to visiting Thomas Heatherwick’s Zeitz Mocaa museum in Cape Town where the fiendish acrobatic feat of carving an ovoid volume out of the concrete tubes clearly trumped creating the best possible spaces for the display of art the hollowed-out industrial cadaver is the real star of the show It turns out that ageing concrete silos are not actually capable of being sawn and sliced quite as much as architects might hope the Kristiansand structure had to have a 250mm-thick sleeve of concrete cast around the existing 150mm-thick cylinders as well as an additional lattice of concrete beams threaded through the tubes to stabilise the structure has secured a management deal for one of the platform supply vessels owned by Greek newcomer Capital Offshore The Evangelos Marinakis-backed outfit has placed its 2006-built PSV Ace Kristiansand under Aurora’s full management The Cyprus-flagged vessel has recently completed a term contract with Perenco and is currently working in the North Sea spot market “We very much look forward to further developing our relationship with Capital Offshore going forward,” the Kristiansand-based Aurora which 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UPDATED: A Norwegian man who was convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Baneheia in Kristiansand in 2000 was convicted again on Tuesday for the rape and murder of her 10-year-old companion at the same time meaning that the nightmare for the girls’ parents isn’t over yet The so-called “Baneheia Murders” stunned the nation 24 years ago and have been an ongoing nightmare for both girls’ families a court in Southern Rogaland claimed there is no doubt Jan Helge Andersen Andersen had admitted to the rape and murder of eight-year-old Stine Sofie Sørstrønen He has testified that the two then-young men had run into Sørstrønen and her friend Lena Sløgedal Paulsen after they’d been swimming in a lake at Baneheia a popular recreation area in the hills above Kristiansand Andersen spent 19 years in jail himself for the rape and murder of Sørstrønen in Kristiansand in 2000 He faced only two more years in prison after being convicted of also raping and murdering Paulsen because the maximum jail term at the time was only 21 years and Norway doesn’t recognize multiple counts his defense lawyer Svein Holden confirmed that Andersen had decided to appeal his latest conviction but the appeal means the case will drag on at least until the appeals court known as Lagmannsretten decides whether to take it up the court-appointed attorney representing the two girls’ parents noted that all convicts have the right to appeal Andersen claims the verdict in the case is wrong,” Beckstrøm told state broadcaster NRK on Friday “He keeps claiming that Viggo Kristiansen was with him all the way so this appeal isn’t so surprising.” that “this will mean even more strain for the parents,” and that he’d have another meeting with them to prepare them for what lies ahead now NRK had reported from the courtroom that Andersen sat calmly and looked directly at the judge when his new conviction was read aloud His defense lawyers said Andersen was “disappointed” by the court verdict and it was expected that he would consider an appeal NewsinEnglish.no/Nina Berglund If you like what we are doing, please consider a donation. 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Contact him via [email protected] Kristiansand is a thriving destination during the warmer seasons Both domestic and foreign visitors flock to the area to take in its stimulating cultural institutions unspoiled natural beauty and (relatively) warmer weather brightly painted houses and a lively fish market paint a portrait of conventional Scandinavian life but modern flair can be found at Sorlandssenteret Kristiansand even hosts a free concert each week throughout the summer With international access via air and cruise ships nearly 1 million tourists visit the city each year Kristiansand is especially fantastic for kids Here are six reasons why your client’s next family trip should be to this city in Norway Animals and Other FunThe Dyreparken Zoo (Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park) visitors will find a magnificent menagerie featuring 140 different animal species housed on 150 acres There are also numerous open habitats and a natural viewing experience giraffes and zebras roam an expansive Africa section and native species such as wolves and moose are also on display At nearby Kardemomme By (Cardamom Town) theme park families can explore and even stay overnight in a replica of a fairytale hamlet where live theatrical performances will awe the little ones Similar entertainment of the swashbuckling variety can be found at Abra Havn (Abra Port) Pirate Village a hotel that can be reached by walking or sailing with “Captain Sabeltann.” www.dyreparken.no Beaching It Norwegian-StyleWhen clients think of Norway Kristiansand’s Bystranda beach is teeming with bikini- and swimming trunk-clad swimmers taking advantage of hotter temperatures Between the potted palm trees and floating docks for visitors with internal thermostats not quite set to Nordic temperatures the adjacent Aquarama is an exciting freshwater alternative Several kid-friendly activities are available parents can indulge in eucalyptus baths and the steam room at the spa www.aquarama.no Museums GaloreOne of the more surprising aspects of Kristiansand is the abundance of thought-provoking museums Clients both young and old can enrich their stay by learning about the region’s culture and intriguing past Boredom is the last thing to worry about at the Odderoya Museumshavn (Museum Harbor): Families can borrow a rowboat learn to whittle their own model or even take knot-tying lessons all while exploring Kristiansand’s maritime history Kristiansand Cannon Museum features a World War II-era fortress and the second-largest land-based cannon in the world the last existing 380mm Krupp gun was built by the Germans during conflict but is now a peaceful spot to stroll and take in the surrounding vistas Kristiansand Museum is an open-air collection of old houses where Norwegian heritage comes to life Kids can feed horses and sheep in the courtyard or see what mysteries they can find on the nature trail www.vestagdermuseet.no Playing With PlutoFor families traveling with tiny tots the Planeten Pluto (Planet Pluto) playland is an ideal spot to spend the day trampolines and suspension bridges is every kid’s dream Climbing structures and a tricycle race track allow young visitors to test themselves in a safe environment and free Wi-Fi access is provided for watching parents guests can refuel with a smoothie or pizza at the on-site cafe www.planetenpluto.no clients can take a daytrip on a vintage piece of Norwegian history with the Setesdalsbanen railway line located only 13 miles from the city center Originally constructed in 1896 as a connection between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord to the north only the segment between Grovane and Royknes stations survives today narrow-gauge steam locomotives is as interesting as the scenery is stunning 100-year-old teak carriages and the smell of coal transport riders to a simpler time on this museum on rails The kids will surely be all aboard for this adventure www.setesdalsbanen.no Zipping Through the TreesHoyt & Lavt Kristiansand climbing park reopens for the season on March 24 and visitors will once again soar through the forest canopy outside of the city there are multiple hiking trails and 23 ziplines — including the Fjellvaken zipline drops over 200 feet and reaches speeds of 50 mph adrenaline junkies can see all the way to the ocean but there are height requirements for many of the ropes courses — something to keep in mind with smaller children www.hoytlavt.no/kristiansand Copyright © 2025 Northstar Travel Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 301 Route 17 N, Suite 1150, Rutherford, NJ 07070 USA | Telephone: (201) 902-2000 Company expanding N01 campus in Kristiansand Bulk has broken ground on a new data center in Norway The company this week announced construction has commenced on a 42MW data center at the N01 Data Center Campus in Kristiansand The new building is scheduled for completion later this year The facility will offer 42MW of IT space and include both air cooling and direct liquid cooling capabilities of up to 100kW+ per rack “The rapid growth in occupancy at the N01 Data Center Campus underscores the undeniable demand for highly scalable “The success of our strategic approach is reflected in the trust from our owners and partners which will help us to build data centers of the future that meet the demands of our growing customer base.” Construction on N01 first began back in 2014 Bulk previously launched a 12MW data center facility at the N01 Data Center Campus last year; the company said that facility is now fully contracted Bulk said it will undertake the preparation of a further 300,000 sqm (3.23m sq ft) at the 300-hectare site to facilitate future expansion of the data center facilities – in addition to the 265,000 sqm (2.85m sq ft) of land currently leveled and construction-ready – to accommodate future demand Bulk is working jointly with regional and national grid companies to add 300MW of additional The N01 Data Center Campus reportedly has the potential to grow beyond 1000MW Bulk also operates the OS-IX facility in Oslo Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia it will be a varied and powerful choral experience We will use the grand acoustics and fill the church with sound,' says Kjetil Almenning cathedral cantor and conductor of Bergen Cathedral Choir he and his choir will be joined by their colleagues from the southern Norwegian city of Kristiansand and nearly 70 singers are set to perform works from the 1500s and 1600s by Gabrieli 'It has been 500 years since Palestrina was born and he has a special place in the hearts of most choir people His polyphonic compositions are mathematical and rule-bound in nature yet they feel both free and artistically complete,' says Almenning The centuries-old church music of the Renaissance stands side by side with a mass composed by a contemporary master His music is as timeless as the old masters and already feels like a canon of our time It has the ability to resonate with audiences on first listening while also becoming richer and more layered with each subsequent hearing,' says the conductor Bergen Cathedral Choir was established in 2009 and maintains a high level of activity with frequent concerts and annual tours. Kristiansand Cathedral Choir has a prominent position on the church music scene of its hometown Image: Bergen Cathedral Choir (photo: Tuva Åserud) Bergen Cathedral Domkirken is one of Bergen International Festival's permanent venues and is one of Bergen's oldest churches The church has long traditions as a venue for church music Norway's most celebrated soprano of all time was a soloist at the first Bergen International Festival in 1953 Fateful music theatre from one of our time's greatest artists I accept the terms and conditions Tel: +47 55 21 06 30info@fib.noOrganization number: 955 599 535 Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet – City of Bergen – Vestland County Council Kunstsilo’s crisp modern design by Mestres Wåge with Spanish firms Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio transforms a listed functionalist grain silo into a sleek art gallery The home of the new Kunstsilo, the 130,000-strong city of Kristiansand in southern Norway but it’s now home to a vast collection of Nordic art should find a home in a 1930s building – an old grain silo.  Kunstsilo is the result of an open international competition, won in 2016 by Barcelona- and Oslo-based Mestres Wåge working together with Spanish firms Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio The key part of the brief was to create a venue for the 5,500-strong private collection of Kristiansand native Nicolai Tangen a former hedge-fund manager who has bankrolled much of the museum’s £50m build.  The grain silo was already considered special locally It was designed by leading figures in Norway’s functionalist movement it stands on the waterfront on Odderøya an island where wild camping is encouraged Over the water is the dock where 150 cruise ships arrive each year and bang next door is the 2012 Kilden Performing Arts Centre by Finnish firm ALA.  41m-tall concrete cylinders into an art museum involved some drastic surgery the cylinders extended downwards to head height so that the grain could be collected at ground level most of the length of the central cylinders has been removed creating a wow-factor atrium at the top level Other cylinders around the edge have been sliced in half lengthwise who co-founded the Mestres Wåge in 2005 with Maria Mestres calls it ‘a 220sqm basilica space’ The three floors of exhibition space hug the exterior walls and are designed as plain Wåge describes these areas as 'more passive architecture where the art can stand out' Each floor has a landing with views of the atrium 'We were preoccupied with revealing the character of the existing building and the new additions are in contrast to that so it’s a sort of duet,' Wåge says escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox there are intentional narrow gaps between the panels of glazing surrounding the balcony so any wind coming off the North Sea strait of Skagerrak is part of the experience.  Visiting outside Krisitansand’s busy summer tourist season low traffic levels and countless views over water make it feel like a sleepy town then it will compete with or complement its existing delights: wide streets of centuries-old timber houses and a few residential buildings by German-born Bauhaus member Thilo Schoder.  Or maybe adaptive reuse just feels right these days though it isn’t always without its problems we don’t always know the technical condition kunstsilo.no Clare Dowdy is a London-based freelance design and architecture journalist who has written for titles including Wallpaper* She’s the author of ‘Made In London: From Workshops to Factories’ and co-author of ‘Made in Ibiza: A Journey into the Creative Heart of the White Island’ 22.10.2024 11:00:00 CEST | Kunstsilo (EN) | Pressemelding The Board of the Kunstsilo Foundation has appointed Maria Mediaas Jørstad (53) as the new Director of Kunstsilo in Kristiansand Mediaas Jørstad comes from her role as Director of the Nordic Culture Fund She will assume the position for a five-year term "I am very pleased to announce that Maria Mediaas Jørstad will lead Kunstsilo into its next With over 20 years of leadership experience in both public and private arts and cultural organizations she brings the drive and ambition that align perfectly with Kunstsilo’s goals," says Chairman of the Board together with the board and the board’s hiring committee has conducted a comprehensive and thorough recruitment process In collaboration with the recruitment firm Visindi a large number of national and international candidates were considered throughout the process which concluded with a unanimous recommendation and decision to appoint Mediaas Jørstad as the new Director of Kunstsilo Kunstsilo’s new Director has previously played a key role in establishing and leading Talent Norge and has extensive experience as a producer at the National Theatre in Norway She also spearheaded the successful production of MAMMA MIA! at Folketeatret which is part of the official Nordic cooperation and operates as an independent entity alongside the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council "I am incredibly excited to take on this important role alongside the talented team working in this remarkable building which houses a world-class collection," says incoming Director Maria Mediaas Jørstad "I have followed Kunstsilo’s vision from the very beginning and it has been amazing to see how it has evolved I feel fortunate to now have the opportunity to help shape its future." Registrer deg med din e-postadresse under for å få de nyeste sakene fra Kunstsilo (EN) på e-post fortløpende Kunstsilo will unveil a major exhibition featuring the celebrated Norwegian photographer Mette Tronvoll (f.1965) This marks Tronvoll's first museum exhibition in Norway in over a decade showcasing an entirely new body of work alongside a curated selection of her earlier pieces AKO Art Foundation has announced to acquire 333 works from The Canica Collection will now find a new home at Kunstsilo in Kristiansand as part of the Tangen Collection the world's largest collection of Nordic modernism Kunstsilo is set to make 2025 an extraordinary year with 14 exhibitions with a key focus on Nordic art From photography and immersive digital installations to modernist pioneers the program aims to captivate audiences far and wide New cultural centre opens to the public this Saturday 11 May 2024 Kunstsilo to house the world’s largest private collection of Nordic modern art the Tangen Collection Opening exhibition ‘Passions of the North’ runs until Autumn 2024 Kunstsilo will invite visitors to interact with art and experience Southern Norway’s most spectacular archipelago ShareSaveLifestyleTravel5 Free Things To Do In Kristiansand, NorwayByDavid Nikel David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia.Follow AuthorAug 01 10:05am EDTShareSaveThis article is more than 2 years old.Kristiansand's Fiskebrygga is a popular place to hang out in the summer on a boat or on a restaurant .. Norwegian families flock to the country’s southern coastline The family-friendly attractions of Kristiansand make the city a top choice for a summer vacation Many families that do visit Kristiansand head straight for Dyreparken a vast zoo and amusement park about seven miles east of the city While it’s rightly one of Norway’s most visited tourist attractions If you’re on a budget or are just passing through Kristiansand there are plenty of things to do that won't cost a thing Beaches are not as uncommon as you might think in Scandinavia but there’s very few city beaches as good as Bystranda Kristiansand has a blue flag beach at the heart of its city center Kristiansand’s blue flag city beach is just steps from the promenade fine sands and shallow water attract families in great numbers when the sun is shining beach-goers will find the Aquarama swimming center and Scandic Hotel Bystranda Stretching from the city beach to the entrance to Fiskebrygga and Odderøya island Kristiansand’s promenade is a series of mostly car-free paths through parks and harbors Originally built on a small island in 1672 to help defend the city Christiansholm fortress is today connected to the promenade It was only used once for defensive purposes The fountains along Kristiansand promenade are a popular picnic spot Today the municipality-owned site is used for cultural events while the grounds are park of the wider waterfront parklands the walls of the fortress are open and give a fantastic view of the city’s waterfront and out to sea three large water features provide a focal point for visitors stopping for lunch or simply taking a break The nearby ice-cream kiosk does a roaring trade when the sun shines At the southwestern end of the promenade lies a former fishing industry wharf now redeveloped as a public waterfront neighborhood with restaurants Choose to eat on one of the outdoor terraces enjoy fresh seafood from the indoor fish market or simply relax on the wooden piers There are plenty of places to sit and watch the boats go by at Kristiansand's Fiskebrygga wharf small pleasure craft come and go through Fiskebrygga’s canal that links the nearby harbours with the open ocean Fiskebrygga is also a great place to appreciate the modern architecture of the Kilden performing arts center Cross one of several bridges from central Kristiansand to reach Odderøya Formerly owned by the Norwegian government and used as a naval base and training ground Odderøya’s naval facilities are now home to artists But the island is best known as a recreational area Hikers are rewarded with wartime historical sites Odderøya island in Kristiansand is a popular hiking location the island is hilly and so even short hikes are rewarded with elevated views back to the mainland While the bears that once inhabited Odderøya are long gone there is still wildlife to spot including a population of roe deer the island plays hosts to concerts and music festivals featuring major international artists If you are arriving by train or you are staying on the northern side of the city center you could also consider Baneheia for hiking The hilly recreational area is packed with forest trails popular with joggers and diverse birdlife A short walk northeast of the downtown area Posebyen is a charming residential area of large Historic wooden buildings line the streets in Kristiansand's Posebyen district This part of Kristiansand escaped the devastating city fire in 1892 and so the streets give an impression of what used to be Many homeowners are fiercely proud of their buildings and the upkeep on most of them is impressive Notable buildings include the former post office building on Kronprinsensgate that dates back to 1695 and an elegant former nursing home on Elvegata Posebyen is popular with cyclists and a busy cycle route runs through the district along Rådhusgata to the main city square and the neo-gothic Kristiansand Cathedral The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden The coastal city, Norway’s fifth-largest overall, landed itself on the New York Times’s list of the best travel destinations for 2025 Kristiansand has long been a favourite for day trips and long weekends due to its historic charm and picturesque whitewashed houses A more recent addition to the city’s appeal has been the opening of the Kunstsilo museum which was built into an old grain silo and contains one of the world’s largest collections of Nordic modernism The New York Times recommended visitors check out Odderøya an island and former naval base that is now a vibrant arts quarter Visitors were also encouraged to give the coastal hiking trails a go attractions not mentioned by the New York Times are the Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park and its famous city beach Norway’s largest county was perhaps an unusual choice from Forbes. However it was picked for a list of the most bucket list-worthy hiking trips for 2025 Forbes wrote that its photogenic mountain lakes and 13,000 named peaks should mean anyone who visits the region should have plenty to sink their teeth into The county is also home to a section of the St which is comprised of nine paths that stretch for more than 1,800 miles given that the full trail takes at least 32 days it's probably best to hike a section rather than the full thing The publication recommended the Hiking the Heart of Norway adventure and make your way through national parks and canoe on mountain lakes The BBC named Oslo as one of the best travel destinations for 2025 Travellers who are particularly interested in ensuring that their trip is sustainable and environmentally conscious are encouraged to check out Oslo in 2025. The BBC pointed to the Visit Oslo Responsibly guidelines and the Green Oslo Guide as places were visitors could learn more it made mention of firms like the Norwegian Adventure Company that offer “life-changing and sustainable experiences” Oslo’s array of farm-to-table restaurants also received plenty of praise the suggestion of dining at three-Michelin star Maaemo is probably out of the financial reach of most visitors Travel publication Lonely Planet said that Tromsø would be one of the best places in the world to try and see the Northern Lights 2025 is expected to be a good year for Northern Lights activity and several airlines have opened up routes connecting the city above the Arctic Circle to more and more European travel hubs The optimal time to see the Northern Lights is between October and March Lonely Planet recommended guided tours or a Viking Cruise Tromsø picked up the “Paris of the North” moniker in the 19th century because it was far more developed than visitors expected visitors can expect plenty of great bars and restaurants to enjoy as well as a number of museums and a generally laid-back vibe The Local has put together its own list of the best places to visit in Norway in 2025 The list includes everything from the perfect spot for a ‘coolcation’ to alternatives to the over-crowded Lofoten region However, the pick of the bunch may be Stavanger. 2025 is a hugely important year for the city as it will celebrate its 900th anniversary. This means there are a number of special events planned throughout the year in Stavanger that you could time your trip around charming city that’s perfect for visitors who like to get their steps in There are plenty of cosy cafes and cool bars and the city can also serve as a base for longer trips to some of Norway’s most famous hikes Please log in here to leave a comment Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot Christian House selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter Nicolai Tangen knows all about silo busting The former hedge fund manager runs the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund the largest of its kind in the world (Tangen is often referred to as “Norway’s trillion-dollar man”) and is well versed in breaking down barriers in organisations But as my boat draws up to the dock in his hometown of Kristiansand Tangen is nurturing the joys of preservation eight-year project that has combined public and private funds On arrival by boat in the milky northern light Kunstsilo appears through the late-spring snowfall like a colossal piece of Lego the structure once held some 15,000 tonnes of grain having served the local mills for three quarters of a century it lay abandoned following its closure in 2008 “It was just a derelict problem,” says Tangen as he shows me around the site poise and confidence of a man accustomed to navigating the upper echelons of power In normal life he might be dealing with the ministry of finance one day and skiing in the mountains the next His easy smile and weekend attire (today a rather Jermyn Street blend of loafers black jeans and checked blazer) belies a steeliness beside the Kilden performing arts centre © Sigrid BjorbekkmoTangen grew up in Kristiansand in the 1970s just as Norway’s oil boom along the coast at Stavanger changed the nation’s fortunes His father was a successful local businessman But it was his art historian mother who stoked his interest in the visual arts as his career in finance took off in London — he founded AKO Capital (the initials are those of his grown-up children) managing a fund now worth $23.1bn — a flirtation with collecting became “some kind of obsession” he took a two-year sabbatical to study for a MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art He first immersed himself in the art of Norway before widening his focus to the output of the other Nordic countries Looking up at the former wheat silos in the Silo Hall © Sigrid BjorbekkmoTangen in Kunstsilo © Sigrid BjorbekkmoKunstsilo has been transformed by the Spanish-Norwegian practice Mestres Wåge Arquitectes Its Norwegian-functionalist façade has been softened with cream shades leaving a dramatic central void that can be used for light and sound installations and concerts Twenty-five galleries spread over three floors hold some 3,300 sq m of exhibition space 360-degree views are captured through prisms of glass the boardwalk will become another space for performances – and swimming – when the city changes pace in summer Staircases leading up through the Silo Hall © Sigrid BjorbekkmoTangen’s philanthropic organisation AKO Foundation contributed £15.5mn to the renovation and he gave his personal collection of some 5,500 works — valued at around £40mn — to join the city’s cache of regional pieces and the foundation is lending it to Kristiansand for eternity,” Tangen clarifies I learnt from my mother that you should give away the dearest thing you have holidays are spent at his summerhouse in Norway’s south as an investor and as an art collector,” he says of the current trend for major private donors to hook up with public institutions people argued Kunstsilo was a poor use of public funds “So it’s either Kunstsilo or elderly peoples’ homes That’s how they portrayed it,” says Tangen a lot of people in Kristiansand who “sacrificed a lot” to support the endeavour “The mayor had to step down because the whole political situation changed.” glazed organic forms made by mid-century Danish potter Axel Salto are paired with pieces by contemporary British ceramicist Edmund de Waal Tangen believes visitors will be “surprised by the richness of this “You can tell from Nicolai’s collection that he is a scholar.” Tangen explains that his approach to collecting was strategic from the start “It’s not a collection made by some dude with random ideas It’s a scientific collection.” The academic approach informed by specialists from each of the Nordic countries was akin to doing due diligence in business “It’s like reading up on a new company.” His intention was to form “a personal take on Nordic modernism And nobody has really collected and put together the art from the whole Nordic region in one place.” Tangen walks in the Passions of the North exhibition © Sigrid BjorbekkmoHis taste leans towards colour and abstraction As a result “some of the so-called specialists or professors would say that the postwar figurative language and art is under-represented” is “generally sad … poor factory shipyards So I think it’s such a liberating hole to have in the collection.” curated by art historian Åsmund Thorkildsen and titled Passions of the North — presented through themes such as home faces and masks — ends with a hint of Nordic noir “The very last room will tell English people what this Nordic experience is really about,” says Thorkildsen it’s so dark it’s almost black in the forest Kristiansand’s old town © Sigrid BjorbekkmoThe country’s southern coastline while temperatures peak around 21 degrees in July visitor numbers to Kristiansand during high season can be in the millions Families converge on the city’s zoo and amusement park themed around the pirate Captain Sabertooth a phenomenally popular Nordic Jack Sparrow “We are the number one holiday destination for domestic tourism during summer,” Kristiansand’s mayor The opening of Kunstsilo is part of a cultural transformation a reboot that kicked up a notch in 2012 with the building of the Kilden concert hall next to Kunstsilo its vast wooden façade reminiscent of a ship’s hull cutting through water Bernander hopes Kunstsilo will help to attract visitors — both domestic and international — outside the summer season Boen Gård guesthouse beside the Tovdalselva river © Sigrid BjorbekkmoIt’s a sentiment Tangen shares He says that giving his collection to Kristiansand has allowed him to give something back to the region and compares the project to “David against Goliath”: the regional versus the capital “I think there is enough stuff in Oslo,” he says “I’m a great believer in revenge of the nerd “I learnt from my mother that you should give away the dearest thing you have promises to be “the kind of thing that I wish had existed when I was young kunstsilo.no starts work on 10MW expansion in Kristiansand with another 40MW facility planned Nordic data center operator Bulk is expanding both of its Norwegian sites Bulk announced this week that it has completed the installation of an on-site substation at its NO1 campus in Kristiansand providing immediate access to 100MW of power and providing opportunities for future scale The company said the power upgrade is the first part of a wider scheme that will eventually see the N01 campus connect to 1GW of power for data center customers Construction has also commenced on Bulk’s second data center at the NO1 campus offering an additional 10MW of IT capacity this Autumn a further 160,000 meters of leveled land will be complete at the site in readiness for a 40MW data center planned for construction next year Bulk Data Centers has completed construction of a further 1.5MW of whitespace at its OS-IX facility Construction on N01 first began back in 2014 but Bulk only recently established any operational data centers there The 300-hectare campus currently offers 1,400 sqm (15,000 sq ft) of technical space arranged in two 700 sq m (7,500 sq ft) data halls The company’s Norwegian facilities are powered via hydroelectric-generated energy and both connect to local heat-reuse projects said: “We are experiencing rapidly increasing demand for our data center capacity in the Nordics and our ongoing expansion will provide customers with sustainable reliable and highly connected facilities.” “While our data centers are powered by renewable energy we still have a responsibility to ensure that energy is utilized as efficiently as possible including solutions for re-use of heat from the cooling systems At N01 we have established a circular economy campus where the heat will be re-used to heat green houses for vegetables and plants as well as for drying fire wood and appreciate that Bulk is ahead in the field of sustainable data center operations.” Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia The information on this page is intended for journalists If you click NO you will come back to Mynewsdesk.com Kunstsilo will invite visitors to interact with art and experience Southern Norway’s most spectacular archipelago Located in Kristiansand in South of Norway Kunstsilo seamlessly integrates the Southern Norway Art Museum and the prestigious Tangen Collection of Nordic art Housed within a meticulously restored grain silo Kunstsilo stands as a testament to human ingenuity and creativity Covering three floors and boasting an expansive 3,300 square meters of exhibition space this heritage preservation project undertaken by Mestres Wåge Arquitectes and MX_SI Architectural Studio transforms a functionalist architectural gem designed by the esteemed architects Arne Korsmo and Sverre Aasland in 1935 into a world-class cultural venue Kunstsilo will be more than an art museum; this innovative cultural centre will be a place to interact with digital art explore new ideas and experience a range of international touring exhibitions Offering panoramic views of the region's spectacular coastline the space will also act as a venue for lectures At the heart of Kunstsilo lies the Tangen Collection the world's largest private collection of Nordic art Founded by Kristiansand native and devoted art patron Nicolai Tangen the collection encompasses over 5,500 works by more than 300 artists from Denmark As art collector and patron Nicolai Tangen established the AKO Foundation and has championed art from the region by both renowned and overlooked artists the collection will leave an enduring mark on the global art landscape through its ongoing presentation and preservation at Kunstsilo ‘Passions of the North’ (11 May 2024 – autumn 2024) promises an immersive journey into Nordic art Inspired by conceptual themes drawn from literary giants like Thomas Hardy and Virginia Woolf the exhibition explores the dynamics between society and the contrast between rural and urban life each adorned with distinctive moods and pastel colours the exhibition showcases over 700 works from the Tangen Collection made between 1910 - 1990 emphasising a multifaceted perspective on Modern art and its reflection of life in the rapidly changing 20th century 'After six years of planning we are delighted to today announce the opening of Kunstsilo This new museum will offer visitors to Kristiansand an awe-inspiring venue that puts them at once close to art and the city's natural beauty We are proud to be working closely with the Tangen Collection as custodians of one of the world's greatest Nordic art collections and putting it on view in one building for the first time.' Reidar Fuglestad 'Showing the Tangen Collection in Kristiansand has long been a dream of mine and the Kunstsilo is a venue like no other views of the ocean and a vision to transform the appreciation of Nordic modern art The museum looks forward to welcoming visitors from May.' Nicolai Tangen Board Member of Kunstsilo and Founder of the Tangen Collection An opening weekend of events and activities will invite families, visitors, and locals alike to join in the celebratory moment for Kunstsilo’s inauguration. More details of the forthcoming programme will be announced in early 2024. For further information on Kunstsilo please visit https://www.kunstsilo.no/no For more information or images please contact:Lisa Thiel at Sutton lisa@suttoncomms.com | +44(0)7706334279 With its iconic architecture placed on the picturesque peninsula of Odderøya in Kristiansand Kunstsilo administers three permanent collections The Tangen Collection is the world’s largest collection of Nordic modernist art containing over 5,500 artworks Kunstsilo is going to be a buzz with different artistic experiences and shall also be an arena for innovative digital art interaction the silo will host a continuous programme of events and activities such as debates www.kunstsilo.no Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kunstsilo Instagram: @kunstsilo Visit Norway is Norway's official tourism board Norway is the place to experience the magical northern lights and the midnight sun above the Arctic Circle or world-famous fjords surrounded by spectacular mountains and glaciers travellers can enjoy local food and culture in vibrant cities like Oslo For best advice on Norway, click on www.visitnorway.com Preliminary enquiries about professional assistance can be sent by filling out our media form on https://business.visitnorway.c... All PR annd press activities and enquiries are handled by our main office in Oslo Norway’s new National Museum in Oslo will be the largest art museum in the Nordic region When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account 2018   |   Kristiansand Mayor of Kristiansand Harald Furre (centre) shows King Harald V around the areas affected by the major floods that hit the municipality in October 2017 The Norwegian city of Kristiansand suffered from devastating flooding in autumn 2017 Lessons from the floods and participating in the European project Smart Mature Resilience (SMR) are putting the municipality of Kristiansand on the right track towards increased resilience to disasters and crises “What does the word ‘resilient’ actually mean?” The Mayor of Kristiansand Municipality Harald Furre and the municipality’s Emergency Response Manager Sigurd Paulsen have been working closely on the SMR project and on the concept of resilience which is a new concept in the Norwegian language durable or resistant are probably the best synonyms for ‘resilient’ we know that these words do not cover the definition of ‘resilient’ as applicable to the Smart Mature Resilience project,” explains the Mayor who believes that beyond traditional civil protection real resilience means getting better at protecting lives and infrastructure having collaborated on the SMR project with European cities both large and small for a few years now we believe that the word ‘resilient’ is not as fitting and all-embracing as ‘durable’ the measures that a city takes with regard to preventive work and to be able to handle undesired incidents and the way it both learns from challenges and shares experiences with other cities facing the same challenges Many homes and outbuildings were destroyed by flood water when the River Tovdalselva burst its banks in what were termed “once-in-500-year” floods in October last year The “once-in-500-year” floods that hit southern Norway in October 2017 were caused by two fronts of torrential rain in three days Mayor Furre explains that most of the municipality’s rivers and streams burst their banks flow through the municipality of Kristiansand The River Tovdalselva is an unregulated watercourse and rose more quickly than the Otra In a matter of hours several residents had to evacuate themselves and their animals as water breached homes and outbuildings in the middle of the night the Mayor visited the affected area with the King of Norway Sigurd Paulsen is Kristiansand Municipality’s Emergency Response and Civil Protection Manager Here we see him visiting one of the landslides caused by the extreme weather in October last year “Norway’s royal family are extremely caring people with a great commitment to the community When the King saw pictures of the floods in the media he quickly decided to visit the affected area to talk with the residents We were met by caring and compassionate fellow human beings who had looked after each other and were in good spirits despite having lost house and home when the river burst its banks The King stated he was particularly pleased that no lives were lost in the floods “Norway’s Minister of Local Government Jan Tore Sanner and Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes visited the flooded areas and those affected immediately after the floods and witnessed the major material damage first-hand A total of 186 claims were registered with insurance companies in the municipality of Kristiansand alone The River Otra is well regulated and Agder Energi’s emergency response team were able to slow the water flow by as much as 30–40 per cent the damage would have been much greater,” explains Mayor Furre who points out some of the challenges that the municipality is more aware of following the floods road networks and electricity and fibre cables are in areas already at risk of landslides or flooding While we can use the Norwegian Planning and Building Act to protect new areas or areas that are changed as a result of rebuilding or new regulations it’s more difficult to change things in already vulnerable areas People don’t generally plan for once-in-500-year floods,” explains the Mayor and emphasises that Kristiansand has a good emergency response team and is adept at handling undesired incidents before adding that Kristiansand is currently collaborating on the SMR project as well as with other authorities and organisations active within the community Norwegian Minister of Local Government Jan Tore Sanner and Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes visited the flooded areas and those affected immediately after the floods Here we see them standing on the bridge over the River Tovdalselva The Ministers are centre-left in the picture “We’ve enjoyed excellent help from the University of Agder on the project and its Centre for Integrated Emergency Management (CIEM) and dedicated laboratory The University has helped us to improve the way we communicate with both partner agencies and the general public We have also had the pleasure of working closely with Vejle Municipality in Denmark which prepared a forward-looking resilience strategy in 2016 We have studied this and incorporated some of the design into our Municipal Master Plan for the period 2017–2030.” The SMR project started in 2015 and is due to be completed in June this year Mayor Furre welcomed delegates to the second Regional Workshop of the Smart Mature Resilience project in Kristiansand where the city presented its progress on the SMR project tools and highlighted how Kristiansand has benefited from the project The workshop gathered 24 participants not only from the city of Kristiansand but also from the Norwegian municipalities of Sandnes advisors from Agder Energy and the County Governor's office and the Norwegian Red Cross joined the workshop provided feedback on the European Resilience Management Guideline and tested three out of the five tools of the SMR Resilience Toolbox (Resilience Maturity Model Risk Systemicity Questionnaire and Resilience Building Policies Tool) The workshop focussed on the uptake of the SMR Resilience Toolbox for tackling relevant hazards for Scandinavia and Northern Europe like extreme flooding events and their cascading effects and failure of critical infrastructure Overlooking Kristiansand and the River Otra as it flows southwards into the Skagerrak European cities invited to join Kristiansand in building resilience The SMR project will share its tools and guidelines with cities in public events between now and summer 2018 European cities are invited to Brussels for a Stakeholder Workshop as part of ICLEI Europe’s Breakfast at Sustainability’s series a showcase at the Open European Day at Bonn Resilient Cities on 25th April and a series of regional clustering workshops in Spring 2018 in Kristiansand (Norway) Global cities also received training on the SMR tools at the UN World Urban Forum on 9th February in Kuala Lumpur More information and registration for the events are available at www.smr-project.eu SUSTAINABILITY TRAVEL FDI ENERGY BUSINESS © Sustain Europe 2025. 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