Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museum Stavanger (M.U.S.T.)
—This “museum” is actually 10 different
museums scattered aroundtown.Thevariousbranches include the
Stavanger
Museum,
featuring the history of the city and a zoological exhibit (Muségate
16); the
Maritime Museum
(Sjøfartsmuseum), right next to the cruise dock
on Strandkaien (Nedre Strandgate 17-19); the
Norwegian Canning Museum
(Norsk Hermetikkmuseum; the
brisling
—herring—is smoked mid-June-mid-
Aug Tue and Thu, Øvre Strandgate 88A); the
Printing Museum
(24 Sand-
vigå);
Ledaal,
a royal residence and manor house (Eiganesveien 45); and
Breidablikk,
a wooden villa from the late 1800s (Eiganesveien 40A).
Cost:
You can buy one 100-kr ticket to cover all of them, or you can pay
60 kr for any individual museum (if doing at least two, the combo-ticket is ob-
viouslythebetter value).Notethatasingle60-krticket getsyouintotheMari-
time Museum, Canning Museum, and Printing Museum, which are a three-
for-one sight. You can get details and buy tickets at any of the museums; han-
diest is the Maritime Museum right along the harbor.
Hours:
Museum hours vary but generally open mid-June-mid-Aug daily
10:00 or 11:00-16:00; off-season Tue-Sun 11:00-16:00, closed Mon, except
Ledaal, Breidablikk, and Printing Museum—these are open Sun only in
winter;
www.museumstavanger.no
.
Day Trips to Lysefjord and Pulpit Rock
The nearby Lysefjord is an easy day trip. Those with more time (and strong
legs) can hike to the top of the 1,800-foot-high Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen).
The dramatic 270-square-foot plateau atop the rock gives you a fantastic view
of the fjord and surrounding mountains. The TI has brochures for several boat
tour companies and sells tickets.
Boat Tour of Lysefjord
—
Rødne Clipper Fjord Sightseeing
offers three-
hour round-trip excursions from Stavanger to Lysefjord (including a view
of Pulpit Rock—but no stops). Conveniently, their boats depart from the
main Vågen harbor in the heart of town (east side of the harbor, in front of
Skansegata, along Skagenkaien; 400 kr; July-Aug daily at 10:00 and 14:00,
Thu-Sat also at 12:00; June daily at 10:00 and 14:00; May and Sept daily at
12:00; Oct-April Wed-Sun only at 12:00; tel. 51 89 52 70,
www.rodne.no
). A
