--- description: Find out why Kunstsilo is on TIME’s list of the World’s Greatest Places 2024. title: Kunstsilo: World's Greatest Places 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fc6aa326b07b4f/698a5920b21a9c0d7e50a409/worlds-greatest-places-kunstsilo-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 25, 2024 # Kunstsilo ## Video: The World's Greatest Places of 2024 [Watch (HLS stream): The World's Greatest Places of 2024](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HlwBiNPC.m3u8) (3:29)  _Published 2024-07-25_ Kristiansand, Norway by [Terry Ward](/author/terry-ward/) ## Terry Ward Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Kunstsilo KunstsiloAlan Williams When it opened in May in the small coastal city of Kristiansand, [Kunstsilo](https://www.kunstsilo.no/en "undefined") breathed new life into a deteriorating 1935 grain silo, and the Scandinavian art scene. Visitors enter into the [awe-inspiring](https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/southern-norway/kristiansand/listings-kristiansand/kunstsilo-nordic-art-museum-in-kristiansand/222785/ "undefined") museum and cultural center through an open room where sections of the original silo cylinders have been cut away, unveiling a basilica-like central space. “This radical intervention reveals the expressive power of the original building,” says lead architect Magnus Wåge of [Mestres Wåge Arquitectes](https://mestreswage.com/ "undefined"). “The silo becomes a sculpture that the museum is organized in and around.” Some views open to the sky, with glass and concrete used to preserve the existing structure. The works housed within the building, which is on track to achieve a major Norwegian sustainability certification by the end of the year, comprise the world’s largest collection of Nordic Modernist art, including Norwegian painters Johannes Rian and Reidar Aulie. Kunstsilo also hosts family-oriented workshops and concerts as well as temporary exhibitions, including a solo show this September spotlighting contemporary British artist Edmund de Waal—a first for Norway. _Buy your copy of the World's Greatest Places issue_ [_here_](https://magazineshop.us/TIMEWGP24 "undefined") Kunstsilo: World’s Greatest Places 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/"},"headline":"Kunstsilo","datePublished":"2024-07-25T10:54:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:33:03.674Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fc6aa326b07b4f/698a5920b21a9c0d7e50a409/worlds-greatest-places-kunstsilo-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Terry Ward","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/terry-ward/"}],"creator":"Terry Ward","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fc6aa326b07b4f/698a5920b21a9c0d7e50a409/worlds-greatest-places-kunstsilo-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/worlds-greatest-places/","name":"World's Greatest Places"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/","name":"Kunstsilo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The World's Greatest Places of 2024","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HlwBiNPC/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-07-25T10:50:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HlwBiNPC.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/","duration":"PT3M29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992397/kunstsilo/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```