Stavanger Museum

Musegata 16, Stavanger , Rogaland, Western Fjords, Norway - Phone: 47 51 84 27 00

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    Anything you want to know about sardines?

    ... . We were met by the owner of our B & B which was a relief at the end of the journey.  Stavanger is a harbour town on the west coast of Norway. It is the centre of the oil industry in the North Sea and also a big fishing industry which in times ...

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    Packing again

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    ... and fly to Oslo, then London.  Hoping the weather will be nice to me over there!  It has been a great stay in Norway - very peaceful.  I do miss the random chaos of some of the places I have been before here though.  One bus trip in ...

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    Stavanger (not at all like St. Helens!!)

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    ... area. However, I want to know what there is to see today not what there was to see 200 years ago!!! Stavanger is the 4th largest city in Norway. Now considering that Norway only has a population of 4 million and after Oslo, Bergen and…(I ...

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    Stavanger and Priekestolen

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    Stavanger, the 4th largest city in Norway, nominated the European city of culture for 2008 and is where the majority of Norway petroleum business (Statoil) is conducted. It is also home to the gorgeous Lysefjord, with its steeps ...

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    Stavanger surprise

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    ... silence, so we had the whole place to ourselves which was rather nice - a far cry from the chaotic kitchen in Bergen. Stavanger is Norway’s 4th largest city with a population of 120,000. Before oil was discovered in the North Sea, it was fishing ...

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    Unexpected meeting!

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    Who would have thought that I would get a weekend away with a good, long-time friend of mine in Stavanger, Norway!?!?  I know lots of you are wondering where that is... and why Myrna and I would be going there, of all places, so here's the story... ...

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    Day 3 - arrive in Stavanger

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    ... know how to handle a big ship. After another delivered to the room breakfast, we are lazy already, we decided to wander around Stavanger. Being a Sunday it was pretty much closed, quite a nice small town though.  We elected not to go to the petrol ...

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    Stavanger, European Capital of Culture

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    ... Harald Hårfagre (Harald Fairhair), is said to have defeated the last uprising of his enemies around 900 AD. Stavanger, Norway's 4th biggest town of about 120,000 residents, is surprisingly cosmopolitan for its size, being the home ...

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    Stavanger

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    Saturday brings us to Stavanger. Stavanger is the fourth largest city in Norway and primarily because of oil. When oil deposits were discovered off Norway's coast, the country decided to put its major export port here. So its no suprise that there is an ...

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    Rockin' times in Stavanger

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    ... Lenny) and catching up on each others’ news of the past few years. Our last two days in Norway were spent mooching around Stavanger, checking out its creative graffiti and sucking our teeth in horror at the price of everything, including the most ...