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Dining Along the Harbor with a View
(See “Stavanger” map, here .)
The harborside street of Skansegata is lined with lively restaurants and pubs,
and most serve food. Here are a couple options:
N. B. Sorensen's Dampskibsexpedition consists of a lively pub on the
first floor (245-365 kr for pasta, fish, meat, and vegetarian dishes; Mon-Sat
11:00-24:00, Sun 13:00-24:00) and a fine-dining restaurant on the second
floor, with tablecloths, view tables overlooking the harbor, and entrées from
300 kr (Mon-Sat 18:00-23:00, closed Sun, Skagenkaien 26, tel. [phone]).
The restaurant is named after an 1800s company that shipped from this build-
ing, among other things, Norwegians heading to the US. Passengers and cargo
waited on the first floor, and the manager's office was upstairs. The place is
filled with emigrant-era memorabilia.
Sjøhuset Skagen, with a woodsy interior, invites diners to its historic
building for lunch or dinner. The building, from the late 1700s, housed a trad-
ing company. Today, you can choose from local seafood specialties with an
ethnic flair, as well as plenty of meat options (160-180-kr lunches, 230-390-kr
dinners, Mon-Sat 11:30-23:00, Sun 13:00-21:30, Skagenkaien 16, tel. 51 89
51 80).
Bølgen og Moi, the restaurant at the Petroleum Museum, has fantastic
views over the harbor (lunch: 170-kr lunch special, 150-200-kr main dishes,
served daily 11:00-17:00; dinner: 250-kr main dishes, 500 kr three-course
meal, served Tue-Sat 18:00-24:00—reservations recommended; Kjeringhol-
men 748, tel. [phone]).
Stavanger Connections
From Stavanger by Train to: Kristiansand (4-7/day, 3.5 hours), Oslo (4/
day, 8-8.5 hours, overnight possible).
By Boat to Bergen: Flaggruten catamarans sail between Bergen and
Stavanger (1-2/day, 4.5 hours, 770 kr one-way, 990 kr round-trip; nearly half-
price for students and railpass-holders; tel. [phone], www.tide.no ) .