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Stavanger Slideshow
Stavanger
Travel Blogs from Stavanger, Norway
Norway 1
Stavanger is a beautiful city, but very expensive. Approx 10 NOK to £1. Stavanger has windy cobbled streets with many small boutiques surrounding a small town centre ...
A never ending sunset
We were already sailing along the coast for quite some time, when we saw it: Stavanger. It was laying beautifully in front of the mountains... I think something went wrong in the preparation of our holiday: we wanted to start along the coast, because this ...
Much To Tell
Well where to begin, we had a wonderful time visiting the relations in Sweden, we traveled on the train, three changes, but managed well. Ove was waiting for us in Goteborg, he speaks English, but infrequently, so a challenge ,but we managed,an hour ...
How could I forget a wonderful family day trip!
I can`t believe I forgot this..... James is a friend of Bruce`s who is from New Brunswick but has lived in and around Stavanger for 20 odd years. He took us out of Stavanger to see some local sights. I joined James in his vehicle and Bruce and the kids ...
WOD tour to Norway
So we played three concerts for the 4th of July. One for a small military compound and two in a city park in Stravanger. We got to go on a fjord tour. Beautiful!!! We also got to go hiking and watch a world beach volleyball championship ...
Stavanger, European Capital of Culture
... , 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 ...
Scariest day of our lives!
... again, he also thought a bridge was the most awesome thing he’d seen on the trip so far. The reason we came to Stavanger was to climb on the rock at Kjerg national park. because we didnt research where it was exactly, we wernt expecting to drive ...
gumbo on pulpit rock
So today I did the "easy" hike up pulpit rock. This just killed me. The hike is half hike, half bouldering. But the view from the top is breathtaking, so it was worth it. Spent the night couchsurfing, very cool host who tought me alot about creole ...
Vuelo a Noruega y visita al Preikestolen!
... pueden comprar comida y bebidas, aunque a precio de turista... Excursiones Si se quiere completar la estancia en la zona de Stavanger hay dos excursiones por excelencia: - El crucero en barco por el Lysefjord - La subida a Kjerag, la roca gigante ...
Trip to Preikestolen
24.- 28.08: weekend trip to the southwest coast of Norway to visit the Lysefjorden and ...
A nasty end, and home sweet home
... I had just about enough money left for this trip (having intended to get the bus). The tiny airport for the cheap flights to Norway was packed and badly organized. However, we made it, and even got to take Paul Eric's little souvenir knife which they had ...
We arrive in Stavanger to meet Emily.
Well, Nita and I are wondering if we have the right type of clothes. We understand that it will be cold in Norway, we just don 't know how cold. I hope I don't have to buy warm clothes over ...
Overnight Train...
... just remember not drinking too much so I would have to use the bathroom. " When we got into Stavanger, we also took a short ferry to a city called Tau. The ferry ride was pleasant....several ...
Starvanger
Arrived in the port of Stavanger around 9am. There was a food festival going on around the docks. To my surprise another celebrity had arrived in town – Gordon Ramsay! (See picture) He was doing a book signing and cooking demonstration. Looked ...
Missing the bus
... of the kebab I tried to eat before leaving Bergen. J.H.C. that thing was a monster! OK, moving along... The journey to Stavanger from Bergen requires time over water, no matter what. We choose to take a bus. On the first fjord ...
Birthday adventure - chillin (really) in Norway
... 's 'Another Place' installation. Although I'm not convinced it's still there, so a more research is necessary. Stay in Stavanger over night before catching a catamaran to Bergen. Maybe stay overnight in Bergen before getting on one of the Hurtigruten ...
Norway and Denmark
This was a ways back but I'll fill in the info later...I have it documented in my ...
Snart Reise
Hei ja. Då er det 19 dager til avreise. Det er jammen meg ikkje lenge til, men det føles allikevell lenge til. Noen småting må fortsatt fikses, men det meste av forberedelsene er allerede unnagjort. Innspurten før reisen vil bestå mest i å glede ...
Oct 22, 2010
Waiting to go
Germany beat Argentina 4:2 and waiting for Tom to arrive by train from Wurzburg so we can relax before our ...
Day 4~ Aalborg ~ Stavanger
... where we board our ship to cross the Skagerrak to the port of Kristiansand in Norway. After disembarkation we rejoin the coach and drive via Mandal and Flekkefjord to Stavanger....one of Norways oldest towns. We have dinner at the Comfort Hotel ...
Pulpit Rock
... In the peak summer you can take the ferry from Stavanger to Tau and then bus to the car park - travel details from Stavanger here - we think the bus service should run longer. Although around 100,000 people will walk to Pulpit Rock this year, ...
Stavanger
My first foreign trip as Sunday Mail journo was to the picturesque shipping town of Stavanger. The town's football team, Viking, were lucky enough to land the plum draw of European giants Kilmarnock in the UEFA Cup, a fixture that will be talked about ...
Antes muerta que sencilla
... intensos. Os cuento: AYER: quise pasarme el día descansando y de relax, dando vueltas por la ciudad. El pueblecito pesquero de Stavanger se estaba quedando solo y desconsolado hasta que en los años 60 alguien descubrió mogollón de petróleo en el mar ...
Weekend trip to Norway
Well it sure was a lot of travel just for an afternoon of hiking, but it sure was worth it. We left on friday night after another good friday bar and bused for a few hours to the ferry port. I managed to get one of the elusive 'sleepettes' and caught ...
Stavanger - a culinary stage
The stage for the inaugural Bocuse d'Or Europe culinary championship - Stavanger in Norway - this year's cultural capital of Europe, is perhaps better known as the oil capital of the North Sea than for its culinary arts. Never before has a Bocuse d'Or ...
Nature at its best
Summer vacation 2011 spent with Ralph & Nico. Arrived at Stavanger after 4 days stay at Kristiansand where we experienced a lot about the animal zoo and the wholesome facilities of badetlandet. Having been to Preikestolen is one of my most memorable ...