The town Kristiansund in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway, has 17,009 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
It is built on four islands, where Nordlandet, also called Marokko, is the largest and site of the local airport, Kvernberget. Gomalandet and Kirklandet is second and third in size, and are looked upon as separate islands even though they hang together. The smallest island is Innlandet (or Tahiti).
The road to Kristiansund from the mainland comes through the bridges and tunnel called Krifast, over its neighbour municipality Frei, and onto Nordlandet. A high bridge brings the road to Gomalandet and Kirklandet, where the town center is located. Another high bridge leads from Kirklandet to Innlandet. There is a ferry going from Innlandet to Averøy, another neighbouring municipality.
Kristiansund is one of the most densely populated cities of Norway, due to the relatively small size of the four islands on which it is built.
Kristiansund is located on the north west coast of Norway, and is known as the major bacalao city of Norway. Bacalao is made of salted, dried codfish. The openness and friendliness of the Kristiansund people is well known. This due to the long trading and fish export traditions.
Recent years Kristiansund has become the major oil and gas city at the northwest coast. Oil companies like Shell Oil, Statoil and Norsk Hydro have offices in Kristiansund from where they serve their offshore installations.
The local newspaper is named Tidens Krav.