Culture
In the town centre is a large and beautiful church, Trinity Church (Arendal).
The city of Arendal has grown from a traditional sleepy summer-town (with culture activities just in the summer)to a more "all year" city. The building of the new library and the combined city hall/concert house has greatly improved culture life.
Music festivals
- Canal Street is Arendals yearly jazz and bluesfestival during the summer. It has been arranged since 1996, at that time by the name of Arendal Jazz and Blues Festival. The popularity of the arrangement has been steadily increasing.
- New in 2007 was Hove Festival located on the Island Tromøy just outside Arendal town. It was the largest festival scene in Norway the debut year, and it has an audience capacity of up to 25,000.
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