With some awesome road trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore everything that Mandal, 19 miles away, has to offer. Mandal River, Atelier Svaland and Sava Brukskunst alone make the drive out here worthwhile. The locals are also likely to point you toward Grimstad, 25 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Homborsund via Vestlandske Hovedvei. (But we’re also big fans of Grimstad Maritime Museum and Kollen at Fjaereheia.)