Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
FAST FACTS:
Stavanger
Banks
One of the most central banks for exchanging money is
SpareBank,
Domkirkeplassen (
&
51-67-67-00
). You can also exchange money, from
June to August, at the visitor information center (see above).
Car Repair
Call
&
51-53-88-88,
a 24-hour hot line.
Consulates
There is no U.S. representative. Brits can go to the
United
Kingdom Consulate
at Prinsens Gate 12 (
&
51-52-97-13
).
Dental Service
There is a dentist open every day to handle emergencies.
The name of the dentist is published in the Saturday newspapers. Other-
wise call for an appointment at the office of Egil Undem, Kannibakken 6
(
&
51-52-84-52
).
Doctor
In an emergency, call
&
51-51-02-02.
Otherwise, ask your hotel
staff to recommend one. All doctors speak English.
Emergencies
Call
&
110
for fire,
&
112
for the police, and
&
113
for an
ambulance.
Laundry
If your hotel doesn't have facilities, go to
Renseriet,
Kongsgate
40 (
&
51-89-56-53
).
Left Luggage
Go to
Byterminalen
(
&
81-50-01-82
), the city terminus,
Monday to Friday from 7am to 8pm, Saturday 8am to 10pm.
Pharmacy
Your best bet is
Løveapoteket,
Olav V's Gate 11 (
&
51-91-08-
81
), open daily from 9am to 11pm or 8pm on public holidays.
Post Office
The main post office is at Haakon VII's Gate 9, open Monday
to Wednesday and Friday 8am to 5pm, Thursday 8am to 6pm, and Satur-
day 9am to 1pm.
2 Where to Stay
Because Stavanger is an oil boomtown and full of businesspeople for most of the
year, you'll find expensive hotels and a dearth of good, moderately priced
choices. That's the bad news. The good news is that in the summer months and
on weekends, the first-class and better-rated hotels slash their prices, and nearly
all of them fall into the “moderate” category during peak tourism season.
EXPENSIVE
Clarion Hotel Stavanger
This is Stavanger's second-tallest building
and its second-newest hotel. It's a smoothly contemporary blockbuster that's on
every corporate list as a well-managed and cooperative hotel closely associated
with the city's corporate consciousness. (About 70% of its clients work in the oil
or oil services industries.) Set 2
1
⁄
2
blocks uphill from the harbor, it lies within a
7-minute walk to every attraction in the old town. It's a tall, elegant, contem-
porary hotel with 14 stories and a decor that's accented with lots of polished
stone, burnished copper, and Nordic birch. Ironically, it's positioned midway
between two of its most powerful competitors, the also-recommended Radisson
SAS Atlantic and the Radisson SAS Royal hotels. Pahr Iversen, a locally famous
artist, crafted the paintings in the lobby and the tile work in most of the bath-
rooms, each of which has a tub/shower combination. In 2002—in an off-
handed and not-terribly scientific contest sponsored by a local newspaper—the
