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Stavanger travel guide

Boomtown Stavanger is one of Norway’s most diverting cities, its cobweb of narrow streets rolling over a series of rocky promontories. Stavanger is also a short boat ride from some of the country’s most dramatic mountain scenery, where craggy peaks lour over deep, black-blue fjords.

First and foremost, Stavanger is an oil town; its offshore oilfields have attracted workers from every corner of the globe, resulting in an international city. This fuels a vibrant restaurant and bar scene and on long, summer days, Stavanager’s quays throng with revellers.

No visit to Stavanger is complete without a visit to the remarkable Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), a rearing hunk of rock whose massive table-shaped top offers superlative views over Lysefjord, 600m (1,968ft) below.

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