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Rore is a lake in the municipalities of Grimstad and Arendal in Agder county, Norway. This lake, which is used as a reservoir, lies mostly in Grimstad. There is a public beach area at the southern end of the lake, near the village of Roresand. The lake is located in the Landvik area, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the center of the town of Grimstad.The lake Syndle flows into Rore from the east and Rore is flows out into the river Nidelva at the northern end. The 7.76-square-kilometre (3.00 sq mi) lake has an elevation of 39 metres (128 ft) above sea level.

Syndle (historic: "Søndlevatn") is a lake in the municipality of Grimstad in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Landvik area, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the center of the town of Grimstad. The 6-square-kilometre (2.3 sq mi) lake Syndle flows into a small river on the northeast part of the lake which connects it to the neighboring lake Rore which eventually flows into the river Nidelva.

Roresand or Roresanden is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern end of the lake Rore along the Norwegian County Road 404. The village sits about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest of the town of Grimstad, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the village of Reddal, and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village of Skiftenes. The lake Syndle lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest and the lake Landvikvannet lies about the same distance to the south. Landvik Church sits about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the village. The cemetery for the church is located in Roresand, right next to the Landvik school. Historically, Roresand was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Landvik which existed until 1971.

Landvik Church (Norwegian: Landvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grimstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is just south of the village of Roresand in the Landvik area. It is the church for the Grimstad parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1824 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 400 people.

Landvik is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The 190.7-square-kilometre (73.6 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1971. The municipality's area is now located in the western and central part of the present-day municipality of Grimstad. The administrative centre was the village of Roresanden, just up the hill from the Landvik Church. Other villages in Landvik include Molland, Reddal, Skiftenes, Tjore, and Østerhus. Today, the name Landvik is still used to designate the westernmost part of the municipality of Grimstad, near the Prestegårdskogen housing development.

Prestegårdskogen (English: Woods on the Priest's farm) is a village area located in the municipality of Grimstad in Agder county, Norway. It sits about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the village of Roresand and about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the Landvik Church. The village is entirely made up of houses, with people working in the nearby town of Grimstad, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east.

Tjore is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the Landvikvannet lake, just north of the European route E18 highway. The village lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the village of Østerhus, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of the village of Roresand, and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the town of Grimstad.

The Dømmesmo Oak (in Norwegian: Dømmesmoeika) is a large oak tree that stands at Dømmesmoen park in Grimstad, Norway. A heavy snowfall in March 1985 broke several of the largest branches, and a New Year fireworks rocket ignited the tree around the year 2000. Nevertheless, the tree is still one of the most distinctive of old Norwegian trees. The oak is hollow, but the foliage is still lush and vigorous. Estimated age is about 500 years. The tree is 21 meters (69 ft) high and the perimeter is at 1.3 m (4.27 ft) above the ground 7.2 m (23.62 ft).The Dømmesmo Oak is probably a hybrid of the oak tree species Quercus robur and Quercus petraea.The cavity is formed by Laetiporus sulphureus.

Reddal is a village in the municipality of Grimstad in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality in the Landvik area, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the town of Grimstad and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the small village of Nygrenda. The main industry in the village is agriculture, with the most important products being potatoes, berries and grain. The large lake Syndle lies just north of the village. The freshwater Reddalsvannet lake is located along the south side of the village area. There is a protected nature reserve at the lake. In order to gain additional farmland in Reddal, a canal was built in 1877 to lower the lake's water level by 4 metres (13 ft). This lowered the water down to sea level. The Reddal Canal (Norwegian: Reddalskanalen) connects the Reddalsvannet lake and the nearby Landviksvannet lake to the sea. Today, the canal is popular with small boats.

Nævesdal is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located just west of the river Nidelva, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the village of Løddesøl.

Fjæreheia is a former quarry in Norway where a characteristic red granite was mined. Since 1993 Fjæreheia has been a theatre for both the plays of Ibsen and modern rock musicals. Agder Theatre bought the quarry in 1995, and in summer 1999 built a new amphitheatre with 1000 seats. The quarry is a unique outdoors arena with good acoustics, and lies around 2 kilometers from Fjære church. Since opening in 1999 there have been many different types of arrangement at Fjæreheia. Diverse productions have been staged, including musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, film presentations, readings of the poem "Terje Vigen" and rock concerts from acts such as A-ha, Vamp and Bjørn Eidsvåg.

Kroken is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located between the lake Rore and the river Nidelva, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the town of Grimstad and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the village of Rykene.