Kristiansand Cannon Museum

It was named after Major General Felix Vara, who was killed off Alderney in the English Channel on 3 November 1941.

Together with its sister battery at Hanstholm in Denmark, Møvik Fort was built to obstruct Allied naval forces by blocking the Skagerrak strait and the seaways to Eastern Norway, the Kattegatt Bay, the Baltic Sea and the Baltic region for the allied naval forces.

[2] Adolf Hitler worked personally for the barrier strategy and the decision about the fortress in Hanstholm was made in May 1940.

Efforts to restore the 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) narrow gauge funicular railway who once transported the heavy shells are well underway.

[7] The 38 cm calibre gun is one of the largest in the world; the barrel alone weighs 110 tons, measures almost 20 m in length and has a range of up to 55 km (34 miles).

The Cannon, a 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun . on Batterie Vara
Casemate on Batterie Vara. The largest cannon that was to be here, did not arrive as the cargo ship was sunk in the Kattegat in February 1945
Møvik Fort during the construction by Organization Todt in 1943
Restored wallpainting: "Fidelity is the sign of honor"
38 cm SK C/34 naval cannon