Stavanger (Norway)

Stavanger (Norwegian pronunciation: [stɑˈʋɑŋər] ) is a urban core as well as municipality inward the county of Rogaland, Norway.

Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living inward the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the 4th largest city, but the tertiary largest urban area, inward Norway. Stavanger is the centre of the Stavanger metropolitan area, which has a population of 297,569, as well as the administrative centre of Rogaland county. The urban core is usually referred to every bit the Petroleum Capital of Norway.

Domkirke of Stavanger, the oldest cathedral inward Norway

Despite its age, dating dorsum at to the lowest degree to the Viking Age, Stavanger solely grew to its pose amidst the most of import Norwegian cities inward the mo one-half of the 20th century, afterward stone oil was discovered inward the North Sea. Today, the urban core is marked past times noticeable unusual influences every bit a effect of the presence of several major international stone oil companies. Stavanger also houses the NATO Joint Warfare Center.

Norway's oldest cathedral, Stavanger domkirke, is situated inward the urban core centre, correct side past times side to Breiavatnet lake. The 2 most pop recreational areas are situated about lakes, namely Mosvatnet as well as Stokkavatnet.

Stavanger past times nighttime - ferry going betwixt Tau as well as Stavanger.

Transport

Access to Stavanger is provided through the Sørlandsbanen railway, as well as the route E39 from Kristiansand as well as E39 N on the W coast. Stavanger Airport, Sola has connections to domestic as well as European destinations, including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Aberdeen, Manchester as well as Copenhagen. Also, located exterior Stavanger, at that topographic point is a port serving ferries to Hirtshals, Denmark. There convey been advocates for the Smyril Line ferry betwixt the Faroe Islands as well as Kingdom of Denmark to construct a terminate inward Stavanger every bit the novel port inward Risavika allows this to hold upward done piece solely adding i hr to the full sailing time. Local ferries become to Tau as well as Kvitsøy, piece fast rider boats become to many villages as well as islands betwixt the principal routes from Stavanger to Haugesund as well as Sauda. Flaggruten operates catamaran rider services to Bergen amongst multiple stops along the way, amidst others Haugesund. Express double-decker services are operated past times NOR-WAY Bussekspress from Stavanger City Terminal to Kristiansand, Bergen as well as Haugesund, as well as past times Lavprisekspressen to Oslo via Kristiansand.

View over Breiavatnet towards the inner harbour Vågen inward Stavanger.

Public transport

The local double-decker service inward Stavanger is administered past times Rogaland Kollektivtrafikk (RKT) nether the construct lift "Kolumbus". The buses are operated past times Boreal Transport. RKT administers all double-decker routes inward Rogaland County.

On 12 Jan 2009, Kolumbus initiated an limited double-decker service to the large commercial district Forus located due south of the city. This service consists of 7 guide limited routes that run mornings as well as afternoons. The limited buses run from unlike neighbourhoods inward Stavanger straight to Forus, without passing through the urban core centre, similar all other regular routes.

The late upgraded Jærbanen betwixt Stavanger as well as Sandnes volition hold upward serviced past times trains running at a frequency of 4 departures per hr from the 13th of December.

The urban core has a let out of double-decker services as well as taxis. There are 2 tunnel projects planned: Ryfast as well as Rogfast.

Gamle Stavanger

Tourism

Outdoor activities

Lysefjorden is pop for hiking. Tourists typically see places similar Prekestolen (aka the Pulpit Rock), as well as Kjeragbolten. Prekestolen is a massive stone overhanging the fjord (604 meters above). Kjeragbolten is a stone wedged inward the cliff approx. yard meters inward a higher house the fjord. The straight autumn yard meters downward to the fjord makes Kjerag a real pop location for BASE jumping.

Not besides far from Stavanger, alpine centers are cook for skiers as well as snowboarders throughout the wintertime season.

Along the coast due south of Stavanger at that topographic point are a let out of large, sandy beaches, including at Sola is inside closest attain from the city.

City centre

Gamle StavangerOld Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger) is located correct side past times side to the urban core centre as well as has a collection of eighteenth as well as 19th century wooden structures.

Stavanger domkirke (St. Svithun's cathedral) was built betwixt 1100 as well as 1150 past times the English linguistic communication bishop Reinald inward Anglo-Norman style, as well as inward the slow 13th century a novel choir was added inward Gothic style, amongst a vaulted roof. The cathedral is the solely Norwegian cathedral that is about unchanged since the 14th century.

The urban core centre itself is small-scale as well as intimate, amongst narrow streets as well as opened upward spaces protected from car traffic. The open-air vegetable marketplace is i of the real few inward Kingdom of Norway where yous tin sack purchase gain straight from local farmers every working twenty-four hours through the year. Unfortunately the Market has been inward refuse of recent years, it is straight off filled amongst real few stall holders.

Museums

The Stavanger Museum is also located inward Old Stavanger, commemorating the city's past times glory every bit the herring upper-case alphabetic quality of Norway.

The museum of Archaeology is i of 5 archaeological museums inward Norway. According to the Museum itself it, follows a profile of environmental archeology as well as interdisciplinary study, amongst a scientific staff that includes representatives from archaeology, the natural sciences as well as modern cultural history.

The Norwegian Petroleum Museum is located at the harbour. The museum reflects the fact that Stavanger has been Norway's stone oil upper-case alphabetic quality since stone oil drilling activities started inward the North Sea inward 1966.