Storied Stavanger: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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Itinerary

1. Starting outside Stavanger Tourist Information, you’ll walk through the winding streets of Gamle Stavanger’s (Old Stavanger).

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2. You'll hear about the city's role in the war as you pass Thore Horve Statue.

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3. You'll have a chance to take in the magnificent Stavanger Concert Hall before making your way further into the old town.

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4. On this self-guided tour, you’ll walk through the winding streets of Gamle Stavanger’s (Old Stavanger) and hear how wealthy Stavanger began as a small Viking settlement.

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5. On this walking tour through the historical centre of Norway’s fourth largest city, you’ll trace the city’s transformation from a medieval religious center to a canning industry powerhouse and, eventually, the wealthy ”Oil Capital of Norway” we see today.

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6. You see and learn how this coastal community at the edge of the North Sea has repeatedly reinvented itself.

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7. On this self-guided tour, you'll see the colorful Fargegaten (Color Street), where a hairdresser’s ambitious Miami Vice-inspired painting created one of the city’s most vibrant attractions.

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8. You’ll visit landmarks, some over 900 years old, including the magnificent Stavanger Cathedral, whose construction in 1125 marked the city’s official founding.

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9. You'll pass by the library and cultural centre, learning about them as you walk.

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10. On this self-guided tour, you'll discover the fascinating tale of Norway’s oil adventure at the waterfront, where the distinctive Norwegian Petroleum Museum stands.

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11. You'll have an opportunity to visit Valberget Utsiktspunkt Tower, a former watchmen’s residence that now offers panoramic views of the harbor.

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12. As you make your way to the Sjofartsmonumentet in Fisketorget Stavanger, the Fish Market where our tour ends, you’ll hear about some of the Michelin-starred restaurants that have earned the city recognition as a culinary hotspot.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Stavanger

• Its from-price is 91% below the median of the 92 experiences we list in Stavanger.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 45 of 92.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Stavanger

Stavanger is a harbour city in south-west Norway, with a wooden old town, a medieval cathedral, its oil history and the fjords of Rogaland beyond.

Stavanger stands on a peninsula in Rogaland, south-west Norway, with a harbour lined with warehouses, cafés and wooden buildings. Gamle Stavanger, the old town, has rows of white wooden houses on cobbled lanes, and the cathedral, begun in the 12th century, is among the oldest in Norway. Oil discoveries in the North Sea from the 1960s made Stavanger the country's oil capital, a story told in the Norwegian Petroleum Museum on the waterfront.

Top-ranked sights in Stavanger: Lysefjord.

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