Norway > Rogaland > Stavanger
Stavanger
N 58°58.196', E 5°43.892'
2016-08-25
http://www.regionstavanger.com/en/
Our rating: 7.20
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Stavanger is a large city in Norway. City is rich, since 1969, when oil is found in the North Sea, it is the oil capital of the country. There is even a museum of the oil industry in Stavanger.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
In summer Stavanger is full of tourists. Every day in the port stops at least one large cruise ship and thousands of people visit the city-center (area above the lake) and a small old town (red area on the map).
Map of Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger maps in PDF can be downloaded here .
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
The center is small, it's easy to get around in 2 hours. In the old town there are few traditional Norwegian streets.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
And a lot of flowers.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Breivatnet lake.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Beautiful houses around the harbor.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
In residential districts many Norwegians also live in wooden houses.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
After strolling in the center, we went to see the other parts of Stavanger, where tourists do not go. For example, the city has a lot of graffiti and murals. With the annual festival images are constantly being added. Here is a map of 2015 which we used.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
The biggest concentration of graffiti is in a creative quarter Tou Scene.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
The most interesting "exhibit" here is a huge deer.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Nearby is a new residential area of the city, you can see how modern Norwegians live.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Sport grounds are everywhere in the city.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Slide that leads into the water, where the temperature does not rise above 17 degrees in the summer months.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
Even office buildings have small sport grounds.
Stavanger ©Yuriy Buriak
We stayed at Comfort Hotel Stavanger (booking.com ). Stavanger is usually used to visit places of interest nearby:Pulpit rock Lysefjord Monafossen waterfall Kjerag - not visited by us yet Getting there: From the airport to the city runs express bus (~$14.5). To save money take bus 42 (direction Sandnes) to Forus øst stop and transfer at the same bus stop to bus 3, to the center of Stavanger (with the same ticket). This trip will cost ~$6.5. Find here schedule.
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 7.20
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help