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Stavanger, Norway

Things to do in Stavanger

Everything in the Atlas for Stavanger: places to see and things to do, in one list.

Preikestolen

A flat slab 604 metres above the Lysefjord with no railing, reached by an eight-kilometre path.

Mountain · 4–5 hours

Gamle Stavanger

173 white wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries, on cobbled lanes above the harbour.

Quarter · 45 minutes

Norwegian Petroleum Museum

The industry that paid for modern Norway, explained more frankly than a national museum usually manages.

Museum · 2 hours

Preikestolen, early

Eight kilometres round on rock and boardwalk. Start before seven; by eleven there is a queue for the photograph and no railing to queue behind.

Walk or hike · low

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