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Cruise Port Close to that wind inland between towering mountains. The largest scree in Northern with boulders huge as houses. Heather-covered hills where the wind sings, grasses bending, the distinctive cry of the lapwing. Nothing is far away! | www.visitnorway.com | Page 22

City life Photo: Stavanger cruise Port Stavanger Cruise Port Photo: Anders Bang-Andersen Old Stavanger Photo: Terje Rakke, Nordic Life

stroll on the beach and take part in the work of Stavanger Fascinating museums preserving the dunes. The two flowers Rosa Built in the Anglo-Norman style in 1125 AD, when the The Norwegian Canning Museum and The Norwegian Rugosa and Lupinus are a great threat to the sand town only had 200 inhabitants, Museum are within easy walking distance dunes, and you will contribute to the preservation by is a scaled down replica of Cathedral in from the port. So is the Maritime Museum and MUST, removing them. England. It is one of the few churches in Scandinavia - the Museums’ Information Centre. that has kept its original design. Its patron saint is Old Stavanger St Svithun. The heart of the centre Old Stavanger is a cluster of 173 small, white, wooden This area consists mainly of shops in wooden houses houses built some 200 years ago. Some of them now Swords in Rock and narrow, cobbled streets. Shops and shopping house craft shops, galleries and museums. The area Standing 30 feet high on the edge of Bay, centres offer a wide variety of top quality products is a National Heritage Site. A visit to The Norwegian are three swords set into the mountain rock as a and famous brands. Canning Museum is a highlight not to be missed. memorial to King Harald I, , who founded in 872 AD and who became its The price level is the same as in Norway in general. first king. There is ample scope of Tax Free Shopping.

The Pulpit Rock Photo: Terje Rakke,Nordic Life, Region Stavanger Stavanger - The Shortcut to Port information Public telephones: Yes Tugboats: Yes Mailboxes: Yes Anchorage: Yes Distances Pontoons: Yes the Norwegian Fjords Airport: 14 km Crew facilities Other services: All relevant services City Centre: 100-400 m WiFi available by appointment So close to the European continent and Great Britain! Stavanger is very conveniently located in the south-western corner of Norway. Free computers a few hundred metres away General information Free city walks, by appointment Name & Contacts The Stavanger region is indeed the shortcut to the Norwegian fjords. Nothing is far away, and cruise ships dock in the very city centre, Tourist information: 300-500m Free access to all museums Port of Stavanger near “Old Stavanger”, - the oldest part of the town. Just a short walk away is the lovely market place and the charming city centre Bus: 300-500 m Visiting address: Nedre Strandgate 49/51 Taxi: 300 m Port Facilities Mailing address: Nedre Strandgate 49/51, with its cobbled pedestrian streets. The landscape varies between fjords and steep mountains, like the and the Pulpit Rock Rental cars: 800 m Open: 24/7 N-4005 Stavanger, Norway – just an hour’s boat trip away from the city centre. Public transportation: 500 m ISPS approved: Yes Phone: 51 50 12 01 Guide Service: 23 languages, 120 guides Designated quays for cruise ships: Yes Fax: 51 50 12 21 The Stavanger region has long claimed to be the cradle of the . Having been European Capital of Culture in 2008 Shopping: 100-500 m Pilot: Yes International Access code: +47 has added extra cultural dimensions to “The Petroleum Capital of Norway”. Emergency: 113 Tidal movement: +/- 0.5m Pilot: channel 13 Stavanger University Hospital Ship tenders allowed: Yes Emergency: channel 16 Police: 110 Are the port facilities according to Medical emergency: 113 Fire: 112 Cruise Norway’s quality guidelines: Charts: Norway 16 Tax refund: Yes, on board by appointment Relevantly E-mail: [email protected] Maximum number of ships per day in port: 4 Internet: www.stavanger-havn.no Attractions/excursions Passenger facilities in port area Maximum number of passengers Shuttle service: Not needed per day in port: 10000 Stavanger is one of the fastest growing ports world. We continue with a walk through the Visit a Norwegian home Parking place for buses and distance: Yes. 50-100 m of call for cruise ships in Europe, north of Gibraltar. charming streets of Stavanger and finish with a visit Duration: 2 hours Terminal building for passenger: No Port Services Docking in the heart of the city, even short visits to The Norwegian Petroleum Museum, where you See how live, and hear about how life Tourist/city maps: Yes Bunkers delivery: Yes give guests lots of impressions. will learn the history of the Norwegian oil adventure has changed from the past to the present day! Local currency: NOK Bunkers method: Trucks A wide variety of tailor made excursions is available. and how Stavanger became the petroleum capital of Learn about Norway and the Norwegians whilst Currency exchange: 100-400 m Supplies: Yes Very competent guides cover together over 20 Norway. savouring waffles served with either coffee or tea! ATM: Yes. 100-300 m Waste Handling: Yes languages. The standard of excursion buses and Internet access: Yes Waste water method: Trucks boats is excellent.The city centre is easy accessible Boat trip to the Lysefjord Utstein Monastery also for people with reduced mobilty. Duration: 3-3.5 hours Duration: 3 - 4 hours Experience the impressive Lysefjord and one of Bus trip through the to see the City sightseeing and the Iron Age Farm Norway’s spectacular wonders, the Pulpit Rock, beautiful green island of Mosterøy, home to Duration: 3 hours which rises 604 m (1968 ft) above level. Norway’s only preserved medieval monastery. Quay: Length: Draft: Airdraft: Beam: Height Quayside: See the villas of the old bourgeoisie and the Fetch drinking water from a waterfall at Utstein Monastery was a royal estate to many Concert House Quay 245m +/- 10m None 315 degrees 2.85m Byfjorden Swords in Rock monument on the way to a “Fantaholå”, and get to feed goats! Viking kings. Unique acoustics make it a favoured (2012) reconstructed Iron Age farmstead near the place both for concerts and recordings, as well as 1 250 m Strand Quay 315m +/- 8.2m None 340 degress 2.53m Concert Skansen Quay SCALE viewpoint at Ullandhaug Tower. After visiting the A slice of Scenic Norway for ghosts! Strand Quay 190m +/- 8.5m None 327 degrees 2.20m House Quay cathedral, - finally a stroll through Old Stavanger Duration: 5 hours Quay 300m apprx +/- 7.5m None 345 degrees 2.20m on the way back to the harbour. On this tour you will experience beautiful NEW from 2011; A tour with a purpose Skansen Quay 140m +/- 7.5m None 260 degrees 2.20m I Vågen Norwegian landscapes of valleys, rivers, Duration: 4 hours Strand Quay Petroleum Skagen Quay Museum City walk: From oil to oil, full circle mountains and beaches. A stop will be made at Join our guide on a tour to the open green Byrkjedalstunet, one of Norway’s biggest souvenir City Centre Duration: 3 hours landscape and beautiful beaches of Jæren. Old City Stavanger’s economy once depended on herring shops, where we will enjoy both good pastry and These beaches have been adjudged to be the finest and sardine fishing, and the canning industry. shopping. On our way back we stop at of Norway. Here at the information centre you will Gloppedalsura, the biggest boulder field in II The tour visits Old Stavanger and The Norwegian learn more about this landscape and how it is Northern-Europe before returning via the open S TA V ANG E R Cathedral Canning Museum - the only one of its kind in the protected. After a short coffee break we will go for a landscape and beautiful beaches of Jæren