Stavanger City Tour: Explore with Hop-On Hop-Off Bus

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Explore Stavanger at your own pace with a 1-day hop-on hop-off bus tour. Visit top attractions like Stavanger Cathedral and Petroleum Museum.

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Highlights

Stavanger, known for its beautiful landscape boasting many fjords and mountains, is a wonderful city to explore. It’s also jam-packed with museums, which you will have wonderful access to along the bus route, where you will be able hop-off and discover the history and cultural heritage of Stavanger.

The tour begins at the Strandkaien Cruise Terminal, perfect for those who are arriving in Stavanger via cruise ship. Passengers can hop-on here to start the tour from the beginning, or may join at any of the other allocated tour stops. One of the first notable sights to admire along the route is the beautiful Stavanger Cathedral; a popular landmark in the city for its striking architecture and elegantly decorated interior. Another of Stavangers most attractive sights along the route is the iconic Ledaal Royal Residence. Famous for being the official residence to the King of Norway, you can hop-off the bus tour to enjoy close-up views of this wonderful attraction!

Along this tour, there’s many museums for passengers to hop-off and explore. One of the most memorable along the route is the Petroleum Museum, an interesting attraction that includes many exhibitions, which explores why Stavanger is considered Europe’s oil capital. This attraction is also one of the cities best-known for its unique architecture, which has even been critically acclaimed for its striking design. Another unique museum along the route is the Stavanger Art Museum. This lakeside attraction has an interesting igloo-shaped exterior and is home to an impressive selection of contemporary, colourful artwork.

If you’d like to learn more about the history of Stavanger, than hop-off at the Stavanger Museum. This is one of the cities oldest museums, built in 1893, and offers many exhibits focusing on Stavangers history and cultural heritage.

As you travel, you can learn all about these landmarks and attractions from the multilingual commentary onboard, accessible in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Norwegian.

Tour Stops:

1 Strandkaien Cruise Terminal

2 Tourist Information & Stavanger Cathedral

3 Petroleum Museum

4 Victoria Hotel, Skansekaien

5 Petroleum Museum

6 Tourist Information & Stavanger Cathedral

7 Stavanger Museum

8 Museum of Archaeology

9 Stavanger Art Museum

10 Ledaal Royal Residence

11 Strandkaien Cruise Terminal

Passengers can hop-on and hop-off at any of the tour stops mentioned above.

Points of Interest

Norwegian Petroleum Museum
CitySightseeing Stavanger
Stavanger Cathedral
Stavanger Tourist Information Office
Stavanger Museum of Fine Arts
Stavanger Maritime Museum
Gamle Stavanger
Mathallen Stavanger
Stavanger Concert Hall
Rush Trampolinepark Stavanger

What's Included

Discount booklet with offers on local eateries, attractions, and shopping
On-board audio commentary in multiple languages with free headphones
Unlimited hop-on hop-off for 1 day

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop off
Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified

Additional Information

With a 1-day City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus ticket, you can explore the stunning city of Stavanger at your own leisure! Passengers can hop-on and hop-off at any of the 11 tour stops along the route or stay on the bus for the full loop which takes 50 minutes. Enjoy access to Stavangers biggest sights with our conveniently located tour stops, including Stavanger Cathedral, Petroleum Museum, Ledaal Royal Residence and many others! As you travel through the city, passengers will enjoy 360-degree views from our double-decker open-top buses, plus access to a fantastic, multilingual commentary.

Please be aware that this tour only operates when there is a cruise ship in port (June - September). Refer to the calendar to check availability.
Duration: 50 Minutes
Departure Frequency: 30 Minutes
First Tour: 10AM (from Stop 1)
Last Tour: 4PM (from Stop 1)
Mobile and paper vouchers are accepted for this tour.
Mobile vouchers must be redeemed at Bus Stop 1 (Strandkaien Cruise Terminal & Old Stavanger). Paper vouchers can be redeemed at any of the stops along the route.
With your voucher, enjoy flexible access for up to 12 months from the travel date you select at check-out.
Please note that due to road constructions, Stop 7 St. Petri Church is closed until September. The closest stop is Stop 3 Stavanger Cathedral.

Location

Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Kjeringholmen 1A,

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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David_h

Jun 21, 2024

Great Way to See the City ! - The Hop on, Hop off buss is a very efficient and very affordable way to see the highlights of the city. The service is friendly and well managed.

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Shropshire1234

Oct 13, 2023

Brilliant way for an introduction to Stavanger - A brilliant way to see Stavanger and to decide where you want to get off and explore. You get a 24 hour ticket which is good for the bus and a boat trip. There are 12 stops and free onboard WiFi. I like the fact that you can download a QR to find out the nearest stops and when the bus is due. Our stops were, Old Stavanger, Cathedral, Cathedral, Petro Museum, Skansekaien, Ovre Holmegata, Petri Church, Archaeology Museum, Stavanger Museum, Mosvatnet Park, Art Museum, Royal Residence.

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Petermack2011

May 7, 2024

Hop on, ripped off (on a Sunday) - Maybe because it was a Sunday and everything is closed, but it felt a waste of money. All of the places of interest such as museums etc were closed. Basically, nobody hopped on or off. There's no point. Just take a walk around the old town and don't waste your money. It could be a better bet on a week day, so check this out first.

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Trish1967

Apr 15, 2024

Save your money, just walk. - The bus route around the city was I feel way over priced for what you get. One of the drop off points, the architecture museum was closed, as was the Stavanger Museum. Taking into account that these were 2 of the drop off points, where many passengers got off, the tour operators should have informed passengers of that. A waste of money unless you are not able bodied, better off walking, which is what we actually did after finding that the museums were closed. Disappointing waste of money, taking advantage of a captive audience so to speak. Would not recommend.

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Ladylonglegs33

Jul 21, 2024

Would not recommend! - Honestly could not recommend. The first bus we got on broke down after only a short period of time. These things happen of course so we weren’t bothered, we just got off and walked to the next stop. All was fine until we got off at the Swords in the Rock, the furthest point of the circuit. We ended up having to wait well over an hour for a bus from here. Meanwhile an extremely large queue of people had started to gather. When a bus arrived it was a terrible free for all. People pushing to get on before letting people off, people with prams being pushed past. The driver was powerless to control what was happening at all. The bus was packed full of people which was a very unsafe situation. We ended up getting off as soon as we reached a point where we could walk back into the town centre and did not get on another bus. A complete waste of money. Most points of interest are within walking distance so we needn’t have bothered.

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Lisa_t

Jun 24, 2024

Don’t bother - If I only read the reviews before I wasted good money on this so called tour. RIP off - no signage. No wifi. No announcements only ear bits that don’t work. Some out of order on d bus. Disappointing to say the least

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Tallyho888

Jun 7, 2024

The tour that never happened - The tour was cancelled due to a bike race in town and we were given no notice. Then it was too late for us to book another excursion. A day wasted.

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Karenp109

May 9, 2024

Don’t waste your money! - Total waste of money! Leaflet and sales staff say busses every 30 minutes. This is not true! When we complained about the wait we were told they’d try and get another bus to come along soon. When it did we sat on it for 45 minutes. The route lacked commentary on the tour, long gaps with no explanation of where we were! Very expensive for an uninteresting tour. Your best bet is to walk around the old town and enjoy that.

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Tina

May 4, 2024

Missed out on a vital part of our trip .we may never get this back again . - Did not even get tickets .Will request a full refund .Very vague in when they are open .Missed a major part of our trip . Also lost out on vacation money .

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K7274emstevej

May 2, 2024

Don't waste your money!! - Really poor value for money. Seem to have to wait at least an hour for a bus if you decide to get off. The app to track buses only shows one bus but they claim there are three. The viking farm was closed, and the rest of the stops are not worth seeing. Total waste of money.

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