Things To Do in Stavanger

1. Norsk Barnemuseum (Norwegian Children's Museum)

This is the greatest playpen in Norway for children ages 5 to 12. In fact, it is one of the best children's museums in all of Europe. Exhibits...

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2. Domkirke (Cathedral)

It's not up there in the celestial ranks with the cathedral of Trondheim, but this is the other great church still left from Norway in the Middle...

3. Stavanger Museum

This is a five-part museum that you can visit with just one ticket. If you want to see the entire museum, expect to spend the better part of a...

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• Museums

4. Helgi Joensen

Sculptural pewter -- modern decorative art -- reaches its peak in Stavanger at the working studio of this renowned artist who grew up on the coasts...

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• Shopping

5. Gamle Stavanger

This is northern Europe's largest and most impressive -- and best preserved -- settlement of old-fashioned wooden houses. In "Old Stavanger" (its...

6. Norsk Oljemuseum (Norwegian Petroleum Museum)

Opened in 1999, this is one of the most unusual museums in Scandinavia and already a much-photographed landmark in the port. This museum documents...

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• Museums

7. Rogaland Kunstmuseum

This is Stavanger's museum of fine arts, both showing temporary exhibitions as well as maintaining an impressive treasure trove of art. The collection...

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• Museums

8. Utstein Kloster

This is Norway's only preserved medieval abbey. In the 9th century, Utstein was one of the royal residences of Harald Hårfagre, the Fairhair, Norway's...

9. Gjestal Spinneri

Motorists and serious shoppers might want to check out this spinning mill, lying 30km (19 miles) southeast of Stavanger in the little village of...

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• Shopping

10. Arkeologisk Museum (Museum of Archaeology)

The Vikings will live on forever here, where 15,000 years of southwestern Norway's culture and natural history is on parade. Models of prehistoric...

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• Museums