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Canoeing and camping at Nelaug
Saagar Says: This is the put-in place at the station. You can paddle out north to a place with less disturbance from the railway and find a place to camp. Better bring a tent. Camping is free. Should be good fishing here, too. A local VT'er is Rusket. She in fact owns a railway station...
Canoeing instructions, Nelaug station.
Saagar Says: See other Nelaug tips.There is a map of the lake put up on a board down by the lake for canoers hiring at the station. Better bring your own map to sort out the hooks and crannies of this lake and the Nidelv river. Hard to see on this photo, but at least it give you a sense...
Rusket Says: Nelaug is a great place for canoeing, biking, hiking and more. You can rent a bike, bring it on the train and ride back down to Arendal on a marked trail. Or rent a canoe at Nelaug railway station. See my Nelaug page.The trip itself is worth going; enjoy the scenery and look...
Rusket Says: you can admire this model train inside the station building :-)
Saagar Says: Outside of Arendal on one of the islands is the little well-maintained ex-fishing community of Merdø. Nice walks among whitepainted quaint houses. Swim in the ocean. Easy access from Arendal harbour. Well worth a visit!
1 Review and 26 Opinions We spend a couple of very comfortable nights in June when it rained constantly! Staff were great -...
1 Review and 23 Opinions Do NOT book this or any other Thon Hotel online. Once you have paid, you're sold. You cannot make...
Brujas Says: I´ve eaten at this restaurant on a couple of occasions, with colleagues (it was them who picked the restaurant). Was very disappointed by the dish I ordered. It was Fettuccini Diana, a chicken pasta with a slightly spicy cream sauce. The fettuccini were split in two! It...
Rusket Says: It is lovely sitting at one of the outdoor cafés alongside the quay on a warm summer day enjoying a cold ... something. One of them has a really good smoothie of mixed berries :-)
Skipperkroa: Breakfast at the guest harbour
Rusket Says: Nice surroundings, situated at the quay in the guest harbour, but open for anyone. Large outdoor area. Just a few hundred meters from the guesthouse where we stayed it was perfect for a lazy breakfast.Opening hours: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm
Big Horn Steak House: American Steak House
Rusket Says: Big Hprn has several steak houses around Norway. I am not particularly fond of american food, but we wanted steak and it was close to where we stayed.The food was nothing special, the ambient OK and the service excellent: They were out of the dessert my son wanted; he got...
Outside and inside, at sea or on land: Continue people watching....
Saagar Says: Arendal in the summer is in party mood, and the lighjt summer nights extends evening activiteis into the wee morning hours. Hang out at pubs, bars, quayside.
Rusket Says: There is a very nice guest harbour centrally located in Arendal. Fees: NOK 200 / 250, penalty NOK 500.At the reception area there are showers and toilets, beach and a restaurant which once in a while arranges a dance.
From Oslo or Stavanger / Kristiansand
Rusket Says: You switch trains at Nelaug, the local train is waiting whenever you come. The local train used to traffic the line south of Stavanger, and before that the Oslo area. A bit nostalgic to meet it again :-) (Yes, there is only one.)
Rusket Says: This is the town square, with the subterranean parking house in the background. The big secret is that by entering the parking house you can walk or cycle through the mountain and right to the railway station :-) If you go by car, you have to drive around, as the road leads...
Rusket Says: You can get there by local train from Nelaug. When you get of the train, walk behind the station building, that is straight ahead, cross the parking lot, go up the small road and turn immediately right into the spooky looking tunnel, which will lead you past a subterranean...
Saagar Says: Out on Tyholmen out along Pollen's right side, there is the ferry quay for Tromøy. Tromøy is a suburban island but also big enough for a bunch of other interesting things tro see and do - mainly seaside wilderness.
Saagar Says: You can hire a boat as a taxi to take you where you want to go. Some bigger boats will also happily do sightsseing trips and fishing tours, picnics, group tours and what have you. Down in Pollen bay you find a couple fo boats/berths advertising for this service.
Rusket Says: At the town square there is a market with all the things usually found on markets. Mostly shops moving their things outdoor or travelling salesmen with cheap imported products. Nothing special, but nice to walk around. And who knows, you might make a bargain :-)
Extraordinary numbers of banks
Saagar Says: The street grid just near Pollen bay in the town centre holds an extraordinary number of banks for such a small town. If I did not know better I could have suspected this was some sort of Virgin Islands Tax Haven... It definitiely isn't... Just a weird collection of mostly...
Saagar Says: Arendal's town summer life extends to the sea. Indeed it is hard to say if sidewalk promenading or harbour cruising is the most popular way of seeing end being seen.Locals often use boats to go to town, and "park" along Pollen bay or other parts of the harbour. Not exactly...
Maggies Says: Watch the buoy when you take the boat somewhere or you might get stuck somewhere on the water. Then you just need two guys to get the rope out from the engine and to put the boat into run again.
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