Travel Information
In this page:
- Venue Location
- How to Get There
- The Energetic City
- Stavanger Capital of Culture 2008
- The Lyse fjord and the Pulpit Rock
 Venue Location
The University of Stavanger welcomes the ESREL 2007 to our campus located a 10
minutes drive outside the city centre in the direction of the airport, which
also is 10 minutes away.
Our modern facilities includes more than 200 lecture rooms, with room for 20 to
700 people, equipped with modern AV technology and comfortable seating.
Bus transportation will be arranged from
the hotels to the conference venue, every day during the conference.
How to Get There
You can reach Stavanger from
almost anywhere in the world by Scandinavian Airlines directly through
Copenhagen, KLM through Amsterdam or Lufthansa through Frankfurt. There are
also direct connections to Aberdeen (SAS), London Heathrow (SAS), Newcastle
(Wideroe), Alicante (Norwegian and Sterling), Malaga (Sterling), Billund
(Danish Air) and Esbjerg (Danish Air).
In addition we have between 15 and 25 daily connections between Oslo and
Stavanger (SAS and Norwegian).
Fjord line also operates a regular ferry service from Newcastle.
The Energetic City
 Stavanger was founded in 1124 A.D. The area
around Stavanger has been populated for over 10.000 years and is surrounded by
wide-open landscape on one side, on the other side narrow fjords and steep
mountains. The city has both small town charm and the facilities of a modern,
international city. Stavanger is located at the Southwestern coast of Norway
close by the sea and just as close to fjords, forests and mountains
The city became the headquarter of export business grace to the sardines
brisling industries around 1800. The Canning Museum is the only of its kind in
the world and testifies the importance for Stavanger as an industry town
together with the Petroleum Museum.
A lot of cultural events take place in Stavanger during the summer months.
Among those we have international music festivals, a humor festival and a food
festival. Stavanger also host the World Tour Beach Volleyball.
Stavanger Capital of Culture 2008
 The Council of the European Union
have decided that the Stavanger region, together with Liverpool, will be
European Capitals of Culture in 2008.
This is what the jury said about the bid: "The Panel were impressed with the
daring Programme that Stavanger was proposing, commenting that the artistic
quality was excellent, including a remarkable contemporary programme of
challenging nature.
The theme of 'Open Port', the "arts of hospitality" components, the strong
inclusion of the "ordinary people" and young citizens, the attempts to spread
the lasting effects over the preparatory period as well as over the years
after, and the proposals for artistic collaboration were appreciated. It was
noted that the stunning landscapes, the geographical location and other factors
would be strong pull-factors for artists and visitors alike, emphasising the
quality aspects being almost more important than aspects of quantity."
The Lyse fjord and the Pulpit Rock
 National Geographic Traveller recently ranked Norwegian fjords as the number one travelling destination in the world.
The Lyse fjord near Stavanger is one of the most spectacular fjords in Norway. All Norwegian fjords are different in character, but with the surrounding mountains plunging straight into the fjord, the Lysefjorden is a unique and breathtaking experience. Much of the 45 km long fjord passes between towering cliffs and mountains.
The most famous of these is the Pulpit Rock or Preikestolen in Norwegian. Pulpit Rock is one of the areas most visited tourist attractions. This natural rock formation with a 25 meter squared plateau stands 604 meters above the sea. Thousands of tourists visit the Rock every year. The trip takes about two hours by foot, but the rock formation can also be enjoyed from the fjord by boat.
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