• Excellent fishing in the skerries: from the rocks along the coast or from a boat

• Very good fishing possibilities in the Mandal and Audna rivers
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• Furulunden, nature reserve with public footpaths

• The whole borough is well suited for walks and bicycle trips
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• Training-centre, squash, bowling, tennis-courts, swimming hall

• Restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, discos

• Wintersport-centre 90 km from Mandal

• Lindesnes lighthouse, the southernmost point on the mainland
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• Sørlandsparken, large amusement park/zoo 50 km east of Mandal