Norway's best culture cities

26 Norwegian cities ranked by cultural programme. Bergen is on top right now.

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Affekt

Rank	City	Index	Per day	Venues	Breadth	Per 10,000
1	Bergen	89.9	137	11	1.37	4.7
2	Oslo	89.6	117	20	1.39	1.6
3	Stavanger	73.2	46	6	1.50	3.2
4	Haugesund	69.7	30	5	1.51	7.9
5	Drammen	56.3	27	4	1.07	2.6
6	Tromsø	53.2	24	3	1.16	3.0
7	Trondheim	46.3	51	3	0.24	2.4
8	Lillehammer	42.2	26	4	0.06	9.0
9	Kristiansand	39.4	27	2	0.46	2.4
10	Hamar	38.0	21	3	0.07	6.3
11	Fredrikstad	36.6	27	3	0.05	3.2
12	Skien	34.3	20	3	0.05	3.5
13	Moss	33.1	19	3	0.05	3.7
14	Porsgrunn	29.0	18	2	0.02	4.8
15	Sandnes	28.4	13	2	0.55	1.5
16	Halden	27.8	12	3	0.06	3.8
17	Horten	27.1	13	2	0.03	4.6
18	Larvik	27.0	13	3	0.06	2.8
19	Stord	25.5	6	2	0.56	3.3
20	Bodø	25.4	11	3	0.08	2.0
21	Molde	24.0	10	3	0.05	3.0
22	Arendal	20.7	10	1	0.21	2.2
23	Tønsberg	18.2	7	2	0.34	1.3
24	Karmøy	11.8	5	1	0.43	1.1
25	Ålesund	8.3	5	2	0.10	0.7
26	Tysvær	5.3	4	1	0.29	–

The index weighs programme volume 40%, breadth 25%, active venues 25% and provision per resident 10%. It measures what is listed on Kulby, not quality.