Raet National Park

Raet National Park is a national park in Arendal, Tvedestrand and Grimstad in Aust-Agder, southeastern Norway. It is mostly a marine park, and includes some islands and coastal areas. Raet covers an area of 607 km2 , of which 599 km2 is sea and 8 km2 is land. The park was established on 16 December 2016.
Raet National Park is named for the long moraine formed by the retreat of a huge glacier about 12,000 years ago, which dumped an enormous quantity of boulders, pebbles, gravel, sand and clay that it had picked up over the centuries. This quaternary geological formation can be traced all over Scandinavia; in Raet National Park it is partly on land and partly under the sea. Pebble beaches are characteristic in areas where the material is graded by heavy seas, but in more protected areas, the moraine forms fine sandy beaches that are attractive to bathers, as occur at Hove on Tromøya and on the island of Merdø. Further inland there is farmland in many places, but these areas are outside the park's boundaries. The coastal towns of Grimstad, Arendal and Tvedestrand offer accommodation and facilities to visitors to the park.

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