Stavanger
Travel Blogs from Stavanger, Norway
Last Port in NORWAY!
... ship. Next to the ship was a charming collection of houses and a church, part of the original settlement of Stavanger. Beautiful white houses, colorful gardens and flower pots abloom in bright colors, it was stunning. We wandered around ...
Stavanger - city of oil
Stavager is a city in Norway, during the 70's the people of Norway hit the jackpot and found the black gold OIL, by doing so the relieved themsleves of working for the rest of thier life and now everybody else is working for them (including English, ...
Jan 08, 2010
Stavanger surprise
... 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 ...
Gamle Stavanger
... repor as energias. Com o céu azul e sol brilhando, às 11 horas saímos passear pela pequena e aprazível Stavanger. Primeiro, fomos a Breiavatnet: uma bela praça com lago e chafariz no centro muito parecida com a de Bergen. Contornamos o lago ...
We've rocked the Pulpit Rock!!!
... : + caminhada (descer é mais fácil porém mais perigoso), ônibus, ferry e às 20:00 estávamos de volta a Stavanger. E, de volta a realidade, tudo parecia comum! Quando você tem a oportunidade de ver, sentir, encarar uma paisagem tão exuberante, ...
Pickled Herring for Breakfast anyone?
... can go on and on. It is such a comfort to have your own things around you. Tomorrow Grace and I are going to downtown Stavanger to take in a festival of food and crafts. Sandy has begged off...no worries....he has been very good but shopping is not his ...
Den čtvrtý - Preikestolen
9:30 - Vstáváme, prší. Stan necháváme v kempu s tím, že ho večer zpacifikujeme a budeme už spát jinde (na druhé straně jezera u kempu, kde už je to zadarmo). Míříme do infocentra zeptat se na cestu na ...
A rainy yucky gloomy and "unfortunate" day.....!!!
... duties~!!!!!!!!! Wow~!!!) and we walked off the ship around 10. I got a Belgian waffle at a 7-11 - - !!! First destination was the Stavanger Cathedral as it is nearly 900 years old. It wasn’t opened just yet so we just killed time. Naturally, I ...
Stavanger
This was the last cruise stop in Norway. Stavanger is a large city with many commercial interests, one of the prime being the petroleum ...
Unexpected meeting!
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... ...
Innspurten før startsskuddet..
... blitt til fysiske objekter. Det er ikke lengre bare planlegging: jeg skal flytte, vi skal reise og verden vil aldri bli den samme ( kanskje ). 17 dager igjen til avreise, 10 dager igjen i stavanger, 3 dager igjen på jobb, 0 dager igjen som ...
Aventuras escandinavas
... ".... pero un Volvo C30 no es lo que me imaginaba... qué gozada!!! Es chulísimo, y he conducido de Kristiansand a Stavanger.... 250 kms y cuatro horas. Las carreteras de Noruega, aunque están bien asfaltadas y eso, ...
Day 3 - arrive in Stavanger
... 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 ...
Intense planning..
Its now tuesday and we are soon to leave this wretched country of boredom and greyness! Well ok this is maybe just a test to see if i can do this bloggy thingy. The last month has been quite stressy, our trip of awesomeness was on the edge of cancel due ...
boats in the mist
Did the boat from Stavanger to Bergen today. Did not see much, very heavy fog. boat smelled of hot dogs for some ...
Day train from Oslo to Stavanger
... the first one. These always seem to disappear right in front of you as their colour fades behind misty air. When we arrived in Stavanger we helped a Germen couple find their way to an area they could tent in and they offered us a place to stay when we ...
BASE jumping course
Spent a couple of weeks BASE jumping the Kjerag and Smellvegan exit points near Lysebotn, Norway. There's nothing quiet like it... :-) ...
Over a barrel
... and caraway seeds, consumed by Norwegians in copious amounts for almost 500 years. I was in the small city of Stavanger in Norway for a three-day culinary summit organised as part of the city's year-long program of events as the Cultural Capital of ...
Flying to Norway- Business Class!
Flying Business Class The title of this entry is dedicated to the best experience I have EVER had on a plane... business class aka heaven. I have to take you through different categories because there is just so much to tell you about- Drinks: ...

