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Agder Theater
One of the more unusual cultural experiences in Grimstad is run by Kristiansand-based Agder Theater, who perform in an old quarry up to six days a week in summer. The tourist office has a programme of upcoming performances. The quarry, 4km north of town, became infamous during WWII when red granite blocks for Hitler's 'Victory Monument' were taken from here; the monument was, of course, never built.
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Grimstad Maritime Museum
This important museum in the office of the 1842 Hasseldalen shipyard, provides a glimpse into Grimstad's history during 'the days of the white sails'. While you're there it's worth climbing the short track from the end of Batteriveien up the Binabben hill for a view over Grimstad. Make sure you visit the Ibsenhuset Museum first or the combined ticket won't work.
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Ibsenhuset Museum
Norway's favourite playwright Henrik Ibsen arrived here in January 1844. The house where he worked as a pharmacist's apprentice, and where he lived and first cultivated his interest in writing, has been converted into the Ibsenhuset Museum. It contains a re-created pharmacy and many of the writer's belongings and is one of southern Norway's more interesting museums, with everything you needed to know from Ibsen's life and work.
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