Hove camping is located on Tromøya close to Arendal. Approximately 15 minutes driving from Arendal.

To get to Hove Camping from E-18, take the exit toward Arendal and follow the road signs toward Tromøy. You have to cross the Tromøy bridge. When you pass a petrol station you have approximately 3 kilometres to go to Hove Camping. Follow the road signs to Hove and Hoveodden. You can also take a bus to get to Hove (See time schedules: Arendal - Tromøy Øst) and a ferry during the summer. The ferry goes from Arendal to Hove and Merdø. Merdø-ferry M/F Merdø, Phone: (+47) 37 02 64 23 or (+47) 908 36 430. If you need a taxi you can call the Tromøy taxi. Phone: (+47) 918 78 884.Or Arendal Taxi. Phone: (+47) 37 00 47 00.

The boulder stones by the sea. Close to Hove Camping is Hove outdoor pursuits centre and Spornes. Hove outdoor pursuits centre is known to host different camps and activities. Spornes is another great place on Tromøya where you can find both boulderstone shores and sand beaches.

Old Viking area The Hove area is one of Norway's culture and nature treasures. The moraine-zone was created for more than 10 000 years ago. We can see what's left of the land ice here at Hove. At the inside we find a forest that moderate the high wind from the sea. One of our paths goes along with this forest. "Troll-path", as many people use to call it - you have the impression of Troll forest with the twisted pinewoods and the dark overhanging trees. People populated the area in the bronze age (about 4000 years ago), and the 97 registered barrows hidden in the forest is an evidence of just that..

The result of high wind. This is an old Viking area you are about to enter. Hove farm, the legend has it that it farm was owned by the viking Storvik - the farm was headquarters for a "godsitting" for about 1000 years ago. Arendal council bought the Hove area from the government in 1999 On one condition. It should be a free territory for all users, small and big, and people with a handicap of movement. Great paths through the Troll-forest. Everybody enjoy Hove. Thanks to good maintenance of the paths and roads, you can easily taka a trip with your baby buggy and the weak-sighted gets help from the help fences.