Christiansund

Christiansund ($63^\{\backslash circ\}\; 10\text{'}\; N.$ lat., $7^\{\backslash circ\}\; 50\text{'}\; E.$ long.), sometimes confounded with Christiansand though 350 miles farther north, is a Norwegian coast-town (pop. 10,381), built on three wooded islands, Kirkelandsö, Inlandsö, and Nordlandsö. The main thoroughfare being the sea-channels between these islands gives it a curiously picturesque character, which is heightened by the irregularity of ground on which the wooden houses are built, scarcely any two being on the same level. It has a considerable trade with Spain and Italy in salt-fish, and is a calling-place for the omnibus passenger steamers which now ply so numerously on the Norwegian coast. The chief public buildings are the grammar-school and custom-house.