Sjosanden

Mandal, Southern Norway · 🇳🇴 Norway

Norway's favourite white-sand beach, where the mild southern sea actually invites a swim.

Sea temperature

~18°C in the warm season

Water

Clear and relatively mild Skagerrak water

Sand

Eight hundred metres of fine white sand, often called Norway's best beach

Swimming

Among Norway's most swimmable sea, calm and sheltered

Best time to visit

June to August

Setting

Pine-backed dunes on the edge of Mandal, one of Norway's southernmost towns

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Region

Europe

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