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The Pulpit Rock. Photo: Terje Rakke, Nordic Life, Region Old Stavanger. Photo: Anders Bang-Andersen Facinating museums. Photo: Espen Grønli. Norsk Oljemuseum. RegionStavanger

Hike to Pulpit Rock walk: From oil to oil Visit a Norwegian home Duration: 8 hours Duration: 3 hours Duration: 2 hours Join a local guide on a hike to Pulpit Rock- the most Stavanger’s economy once depended on herring and See how live, and hear about how visited nature based attraction in . From the sardine fishing, and the canning industry. The tour life has changed from the past to the present day! plateau you can enjoy a spectacular view of . visits Old Stavanger and The Norwegian Canning Learn about Norway and the Norwegians whilst Weather may change rapidly in . Museum - the only one of its kind in the world. savouring waffles served with either coffee or tea! Appropriate sporty clothing and hiking We continue with a walk through the charming shoes are required for this excursion. No streets of Stavanger and finish with a visit to The Utstein Monastery umbrellas. Bring water, lunch and snacks. Norwegian Museum, where you will learn Duration: 3 hours the history of the Norwegian oil adventure and how Bus trip through the to see the Highlights of Stavanger Stavanger became the petroleum capital of Norway. beautiful green island of Mosterøy, home to Norway’s Duration: 3 hours only preserved medieval monastery. Utstein See the villas of the old bourgeoisie and the In the land of the trolls Monastery was a royal estate for many Viking kings. Swords in Rock monument on the way to a Duration: 4.5 hours Unique acoustics make it a favoured place both for reconstructed Iron Age farmstead near the On this tour you will experience beautiful Norwegian concerts and recordings, as well as for ghosts! viewpoint at Ullandhaug Tower. After visiting landscapes of valleys, rivers, mountains and beaches. the , - finally a stroll through Old A stop will be made at Byrkjedalstunet, one of Viking House – new 2019 Stavanger on the way back to the harbour. Norway’s biggest souvenir shops, where we will Viking House is a Virtual Reality-based world- enjoy both good pastry and shopping. On our way class attraction which tells the Viking history of back we stop at Gloppedalsura, the biggest boulder the Stavanger region. The attraction is located field in Northern- before returning via the in the city centre, and the experience takes open landscape and beautiful beaches of Jæren. 30 mins. Open all year from spring 2019.

Stavanger Cruise Port. Photo: Odd Bjørn Bekkeheien

PORT OF STAVANGER Parking place for buses Yes Maximum beam Not relevant Visiting address Strandkaien 46 Public transportation Yes. 300 m Maximum air draft Not relevant Mailing address Strandkaien 46, NO-4005 Stavanger Norway Shopping 50-500 m Bollard strength (certification) 50/100/200 STAVANGER Phone +47 51 50 12 00 Currency exchange Yes. 300 m – please see sketch details of harbour E-mail [email protected] Internet access in pier area Partial Crew facilities Free entrance to museums. Internett www.stavanger.havn.no Distance to airport 15 km. Stavanger Airport WiFi in parts of port area. Free crew walks by appointment Shortcut to the Norwegian Maritime contact person Trond Andersen, Maritime Manager Distance to city centre 50-500 m E- mail contact person [email protected] Distance nearest hospital 3 km, ANCHORAGE/TENDER Phone contact person +47 932 23 123 Stavanger University Hospital /+47 51 51 80 52 Max size No limit So close to the European continent and Great Britain! Distance from pilot station Ship tenders allowed Yes South 17 nm PORT SERVICE/FACILITIES & INFORMATION Type of bottom Rock and . Stavanger is very conveniently located in the south-western corner of Norway. The Stavanger region is indeed the North 13 nm Bunkers delivery /method Ship Depth 90 m Pilot channel 13 LNG Ongoing process to be able to deliver from 2020 Distance from anchorage to Tender Pier shortcut to the Norwegian fjords. Nothing is far away, and cruise ships dock in the very city centre, near the oldest part of EPI Yes Two positions: 1 – 1.5 nm the town. Just a short walk away is the lovely cathedral, and the charming city centre with its cobbled pedestrian streets. TOURIST INFORMATION ESI Yes Tender Pier capacity Two tender boats each place at same time Visiting address Strandkaien 61. (In port area) Supplies available Yes The landscape in the region varies between fjords and steep mountains. The Lysefjord and the Pulpit Rock – just Mailing address Region Stavanger, Vågsgt. 22, Waste Yes NO-4306 Norway Grey water Yes an hour’s boat trip away from the city. The Stavanger region claims to be the cradle of the . Having been Phone 0047 51859200 Tugboats Yes, upon request in advance European Capital of Culture in 2008 has added extra cultural dimensions to “The Petroleum Capital of Norway”. E-mail [email protected] Anchorage Yes Internett www.regionstavanger.com Ship tender facilities Yes Distance from port In port: 0-850 m Tidal movement 0.5 m Gangway available (8 /10 /12 m) 7/8/10/12/14 GENERAL INFORMATION Seawalk No ATTRACTIONS/EXCURSIONS Old Stavanger Fascinating museums Guide Service Excellent authorized local guides, ISPS approved Yes Old Stavanger is a cluster of 173 small, white, The Norwegian Canning Museum and The 23 languages Restrictions in harbour Noise restrictions in port Turnaround facilities Yes (e.g. speakers, maintenance) “Out oars for Stavanger! Forward all for wooden houses built some 200 years ago. Some of Norwegian Petroleum Museum are within easy Terminal/Restrooms in pier area No Maximum ship length No limit Stavanger!” the British poet Rudyard Kipling (“If”) them now house craft shops, galleries and museums. walking distance from the port. The Maritime Shuttle bus Not needed Maximum ship draft Depending on berth. See table. wrote in 1906 in the poem “Thorkild’s Song”. The area is a National Heritage Site, and is also Museum and the Museums’ Information Centre Stavanger is among the fastest growing cruise where The Norwegian Canning Museum is located. are right in port, near the Fish Market. ports in Europe, north of Gibraltar. Now being the 2nd biggest cruise city in Norway, Stavanger The heart of the city centre and its surrounding region has become a popular Built in the Anglo-Norman style in 1125 AD, The charming city centre consists mainly of shops Byfjorden and attractive stop on cruises to Norway. when the town only had 200 inhabitants, in wooden houses and narrow, cobbled streets. 1 250 m Locally trained and authorized official Stavanger Cathedral is a scaled down replica of Shops and shopping centres offer a wide variety CONCERT SKANSEN QUAY SCALE guides handle 23 different languages. Cathedral in England. It is one of the of top quality products and famous brands. HOUSE QUAY Cruise guests rate a day in this area on their few churches in Scandinavia that has kept its The price level is the same as in Norway in general. cruise very high. Stavanger is proud to have guest original design. Its patron saint is St Svithun. There is ample scope for Tax Free Shopping. Vågen Quay Length Airdraft Beam Hight Draft Max size STRAND QUAY Petroleum satisfaction proven both by statements and surveys. QUAY Museum Swords in Rock Boat trip to the Lysefjord Alongside Fender Pontoon In 2010, “Seatrade Insider” rated Stavanger City Centre the 2nd best cruise destination worldwide. Standing 30 feet high on the edge of Duration: 3-3.5 hours Konserthuskaien 232 N/A 315° 3.20 m 15.0 m N/A N/A 272 m Old City Bay, are three swords set into the Experience the impressive Lysefjord and one Strandkaien 309 N/A 340° 2.46 m 8.5 m 9.60 m 11.0 m N/A mountain rock as a memorial to King Harald of Norway’s spectacular wonders, the Pulpit Skagenkaien 149 N/A 345° 1.77 m 7.40 m 7.90 m 8.60 m 300 m Skansekaien 135 N/A 260° 2.02 m 6.40 m 8.20 m N/A 228 m I, “”, who founded Norway in Rock, which rises 604 m (1968 ft) above S TA V ANG E R Cathedral 872 AD and who became its first king. level. Fetch drinking water from a waterfall at “Fantahola”, and get to feed goats!

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