Stavanger Hotels - Reviews and Rates

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 championship, founded by world-renown chef Paul Bocuse and regarded as the Formula 1 event for ...

24.- 28.08: weekend trip to the southwest coast of Norway to visit the Lysefjorden and Preikestolen

I did it...I finally went to the fish market to buy fresh fish! Kevin and I walked down to the harbour this morning and went to the fish market. We bought some salmon fillets. And, we were pleasantly surprised to find out that the prices were really reasonable. I'm not sure why it took us so long to actually go to the fish market, but I am sure ...

I should have taken a picture 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 crossing, we get off the bus and relax in the upper room of the ferry, playing cards, etc....

One of the most difficult things we have encountered is shopping for groceries. All of the packaged food information is in Norwegian, so it makes shopping a bit of a guessing game! Some things easily translate...baking powder = bak pulvert and some things don't...baking soda = natron! We have a grocery store that is about a three minute walk fro...

Well we had a pretty, albeit bouncy, ferry ride from Bergen to Stavanger. They use a fast cat passenger boat, no cars, that took about 4 hours to make the trip. Most of this was inside passages but about an hour or so was open to the North Sea and this tested our sea legs and stomachs. No incidents to report. Also, as this was Norway, lots of ra...

I have a confession to make: I have not travelled to Stavanger in Norway...I live here. But I hope that I can contribute with information that will help you if you come to visit. Stavanger is located in the area Rogaland in the south-west coast of Norway. The people that live here are still debating wether we belong to the south of the country o...