Stavanger, Norway’s fourth-largest city, is one of those rare destinations that feels like a warm embrace the moment you ...

Thanks to the immense depth of Stavanger’s harbour, the city can cope with the largest cruise liners in the world, and even if their magnitude appears to dwarf the town itself, Stavanger is only too ...

It’s Norway’s oil and gas hub, but there’s far more to this coastal city than drill rigs and heliports. In 872, Norway was united as one kingdom after the battle of Hafsfjord, which happened right at ...

Dipping its toes in the North Sea and peering into fjords, this Norwegian city is but a short hop away from the wilderness. Stavanger has everything from towering Norwegian fjords to cultural museums.

Gamle Stavanger is the oldest part of this maritime city, and something of a living museum – all white clapboard cottages, picket fences, gas lamps and cobblestoned streets. To fans of Scandi noir, ...

No city in Norway is a travel bargain, but there are free and cheap things to do in them all. That’s certainly true in Stavanger, especially if you bring your walking shoes. Norway’s oil and energy ...

Midsummer is when Norway's oil capital is at its brightest. Near-continuous daylight illuminates this fascinating harbour city, with its mix of pretty wooden structures draped over the hills and along ...