Vesterhus is a small settlement deep in the Kvåsefjorden in Lillesand, by county road 401. The place has around 30-50 permanent residents, and is named after a farm in Høvåg parish. Høvåg museum is located in Vesterhus, which was one of the largest hamlets in the former Høvåg municipality. The museum here shows a house from the 18th century as an illustration of the local coastal environment with a combination of fishing and small farming. Vesterhus is a suitable bathing spot.
The local historian Gjerulf Noddeland once wrote: "Vesterhus is an old farm and is situated on the west and south-west side of the Vesterhusfjord, which is a continuation of the Kvåsefjord through the narrow and shallow Kjinnesund. The Vesterhusfjord itself is a very spacious basin surrounded by higher and lower hills on all sides."

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My relatives for multiple generations rest here.
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1320, but the church was not new that year. The first church at Fjære was likely a wooden church with a stone altar. That church was taken down at some point an replaced with the present church, likely around the year 1150, but the old stone altar from the old church was left in place and a new stone church was constructed on the same site surrounding the existing altar. The new church had a 18-by-12-metre (59 ft × 39 ft) rectangular nave with an 8-by-10-metre (26 ft × 33 ft) rectangular choir on the east end. There was a semi-circular apse built on the eastern end of the choir as well. The church was constructed with a basement crypt underneath it. (The crypt contains 26 bodies, mainly important people from the community during the 17th century. The basement was formally closed to visitors in 1997 to give respect to the dead.)[
The church was essentially the same from the early 1300s until the 1600s when changes were undertaken. First, the roof structure was changed, and the church got a flat ceiling and a new attic floor. Since then, the number of seats has been increased by adding balcony seating areas. During the 18th century, the apse had settlement damage, and the roof there was torn down and the apse was rebuilt along with a wooden sacristy on the east side of it. Around 1745 the gallery along the north wall was extended to the choir. In 1827, a large wooden tower was built on the west end of the building. In 1898, the west gallery was expanded to accommodate the organ. In the 1930s, plans were made to renovate and restore the old church. These got interrupted by the German invasion of Norway and the ensuing period of war. The restoration was finished during the 1950s and 1960s. When it was all finished, they had removed the old sacristy in the east and a larger sacristy was built on the north side of the nave. The foundations were all fixed to correct the sagging and skewed walls within the building. Frescoes were uncovered on the walls at this time as well.
29th of October 2021, the church was broken into and vandalised. Amongst other things, the offenders had entered into the 17th century crypt and damaged various artifacts such as the 13th century baptismal font

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Arendal is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the notable villages in Arendal include Rykene, Eydehavn, Færvik, Strengereid, Kongshavn, Kilsund, Brattekleiv, Torsbudalen, Longum, Saltrød, Staubø, Vrengen, and Kolbjørnsvik. The offices of UNEP/GRID-Arendal are also located in the city of Arendal.
The 270-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Arendal is the 23rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 45,509. The municipality's population density is 178.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (462/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6.3% over the previous 10-year period.

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from Høvåg old cemetery, Lillesand, Norway.

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The entire route from Stavanger to Kristiansand is planned to be rebuilt into 4 lane motorway before 2030, in total 144 kilometres (89 mi) remaining (as of 2021) to be built.

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