🏛️Main Attractions
- ✓Preikestolen
- ✓Stavanger Cathedral
- ✓Old Town Gamle Stavanger
- ✓Norwegian Petroleum Museum
- ✓Lysefjord
Stavanger
Stavanger
A port city thriving due to the oil industry, and a base for the Preikstolen Cliffs
🌐Other Cities in Norway
🏨Recommended Hotels
- ★Radisson Blu Atlantic Hotel
- ★Clarion Hotel Stavanger
- ★Thon Hotel Maritim
- ★Scandic Stavanger City
🍜Restaurants & Food
•RE-NAA
¥¥¥¥Two-Michelin-star Nordic cuisine
•Fisketorget
¥¥Fresh seafood from local fish market
•Tango Bar & Kjøkken
¥¥¥Contemporary Norwegian tapas and local ingredients
•Egget Restaurant
¥¥Traditional Norwegian dishes in historic setting
🛍️ Shopping
- • Vågen harbor area shops
- • Kvadrat Shopping Centre
- • Old Town boutiques and galleries
- • Norwegian handicraft shops
- • Stavanger Torget market
💡 Travel Tips
- • Preikestolen hike requires 4-5 hours round trip - start early
- • Old Town (Gamle Stavanger) features white wooden houses - free to explore
- • Norwegian Petroleum Museum surprisingly interesting - good rainy day option
- • Book Lysefjord cruises in advance during summer peak season
- • City compact - many attractions within 15-minute walk
🔗 Related Information
📋Quick Info
📅Best Season
June - August (best for Preikestolen hiking)
💰Daily Budget
$100-200/day
👥Popular With
HikersNature loversFjord enthusiastsPhotography fans
🗓️Recommended Stay
2-3 days
🌐Timezone
UTC+1 (CET), UTC+2 (CEST in summer)
💬Local Language
Norwegian, English widely spoken
💱Currency
NOK (Norwegian Krone)