Posebyen

Coordinates: 58°08′55″N 7°59′56″E / 58.14861°N 7.99889°E / 58.14861; 7.99889

Rådhusgata with Kronprinsens gate in Posebyen

Posebyen is a neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Norway. Posebyen is located in the downtown borough Kvadraturen. It consist mostly of large white wooden houses, many of these left after the big city fire in 1892, forming the longest continuous collection of wooden houses in northern Europe.[1]

The high school Kvadraturen skolesenter and the elementary school Tordenskjoldsgate Schools are located in the neighbourhood.

The streets Tollbodgata, Rådhusgata, Gyldenløves gate, Skippergata, Henrik Wergelands gate, Kristian IVs gate and Tordenskjolds gate are the streets that cross Posebyen west and east, while the streets Festningsgata, Holbergs gate, Kronprinsens gate and Elvegata cross from north to south.

Posebyen is located north of Tangen, east of Gyldengården and northeast of Nybyen.[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 POSEBYEN - OLD TOWN IN KRISTIANSAND www.visitnorway.com (English) Retrieved 2016-05-19
  2. ↑ "Kristiansand kommune:Vitalisering av Posebyen (Selectable languages)". kristiansand.kommune.no. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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