Street in Stavanger
Stavanger’s Gamle Stavanger (Old Town) is the best-preserved wooden house district in Northern Europe, 173 white wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries along narrow cobblestone lanes. Free to walk. The houses are still inhabited and many have flower gardens visible over low fences. Budget travelers walk through the old town and see a neighborhood that looks like a film set but is a living community.
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A neighbourhood of 173 white wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th centuries, one of the best-preserved wooden house settlements in Europe. Completely free to walk through with cobblestone lanes, flowers, and a genuinely lived-in atmosphere.
Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) is a flat cliff platform 604 meters above the Lysefjord, one of the most famous viewpoints in Norway. Free to hike.
Norway's oldest cathedral, founded around 1125, with a striking mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Free entry makes it one of the best value cultural stops in an expensive city.
Stavanger hosts the annual Nuart street art festival, and the city is covered in large-scale murals by international artists. Free to see.
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