NORWEGIAN CULTURE

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Byen Kristiansand ligger på sørspissen av Norge. bee-ehn krees-tee-ahn-sahnn leeg-gehr poh suhr-spees-sehn ahv nohr-geh The City of Kristiansand is located at the southern tip of Norway.
En viktig severdighet er Dyreparken, 12 kilometer øst for Kristiansand. ehn veek-tee seh-vaer-dee-heht aer dee-reh-pahr-kehn tohll kjee-loo- meh-tehr uhst fohr krees-tee-ahn-sahnn One important sight is the zoo and Safari Park, 8 miles east of Kristiansand.
Det er Norges største dyrepark. deh aer nohr-gehs stuhr-steh dee-reh-pahrk It is the largest zoo in Norway.
I “Nordisk Villmark” finner du blant annet: ee noor-deesk veell-marhrk feen-nehr doo blahnnt ahn-neht In (the) Nordic Wilderness (section) you find among others:

ulv

ewlv

wolf

gaupe

gow-peh

lynx

jerv

jaerv

wolverine

hjort

joort

deer

elg

ehlg

moose

oter

oo-tehr

otter

hubro

hew-brooh

horned owl

Den tropiske avdelingen har blant annet: dehnn troo-pees-keh ahv-deh-ling-ehn hahr blahnnt ahn-neht The tropic section has among others:

sjimpanser

sheem-pahn-sehr

chimpanzees

krokodiller

kroo-koo-deel-lehr

crocodiles

skilpadder

sheell-pahd-dehr

turtles

øgler

uhg-lehr

lizards

kvelerslanger

kveh-lehr-slahng-ehr

boa contrictors

edderkopper

eh-dehr-kohhp-pehr

spiders

og andre tropiske insekter

oh ahn-dreh troo-pees-keh

and other tropical insects

papegøyer

pah-peh-goy-ehr

parrots

flamingo

flah-meen-goo

flamingo

Barnas seter har tamme husdyr: bahr-nahs seh-tehr hahr tahm-meh hews-deer The children’s mountain farm has domesticated animals.

kalver

kahll-vehr

calves

geiter

jai-tehr

goats

griser

gree-sehr

pigs

høns

huhns

chickens

I avdelingen “Savanne” finner du: ee ahv-deh-leeng-ehn sah-vahn-neh feen-nehr doo In the Savanna section you find:

sjiraff

shee-rahff

giraffe

antiloper

ahn-tee-loo-pehr

antelopes

sebra

seh-brah

zebra

struts

strootts

ostrich

Her finnes også en flokk kameler. haer aer oh-soh ehn flohkk kah-mehl-ehr Here a flock of camels.
I 1967 ble 20 kameler ført fra Russland til Kristiansand. ee neet-tehn-sek-stee-shew bleh kjew-eh kah-meh-lehr fuhrt frah rewss-lahnn teell krees-tee-ahn-sahnn In 1967, 20 camels were brought from Russia to Kristiansand.
Kristiansand Dyrepark eksporterer nå kameler til USA, Canada, England, Sverige og Danmark. krees-tee-ahn-sahnn dee-reh-pahrk ehks-poor-teh-rehr noh kah-meh-lehr teell oo ehs ah cah-nah-dah eng-lahnn svaer-ee-eh oh dahnn-mahrk The Kristiansand Zoo and Safari Park now exports camels to the United States, Canada, England, Sweden and Denmark.
Flere steder i verden er Kristiansand bedre kjent som “Kamelbyen.” fleh-reh steh-dehr i vaer-dehn aer krees-tee-ahn-sahnn beh-dreh kjehnnt sohmm kah-mehl-bee-ehn Many places in the world, Kristiansand is better known as “The Town of Camels.”
Besøk Dyreparken om du kan! beh-suhk dee-reh-pahr-kehn ohmm doo kahnn Visit the zoo if you can!