Morning dawns over Stavanger (above), the last port of call on our 16-day cruise around the coast of Norway.
There are enough shops, pubs and restaurants in this tony, fjord town that I could (presumably) live here.
Well, on both days of summer, anyway.
Stavanger (hidden beneath those morning clouds) has a population of 150,000 and our tour guide this morning pointed out the most salient statistic about Stavanger’s place in culinary history:
This town has, according to our guide, the highest consumption of frozen pizza per capita of any other place in the world.
I can’t substantiate this, but there are an unusual number of pizza restaurants here, giving credibility to the possibility…
Herewith, some visual images of beautiful downtown Stavanger….
Even the graffiti has a sense of humor in Stavanger… maybe they should call the town Scavenger, because it looks like artists have been on a treasure hunt to apply fun names to stores. The public execution of graffiti is playful….
How’s this for a street sign….?
The waterfront of Stavanger…
What better way to end our time in Stavanger than to stumble upon some dog-loving locals at the coffee bar.….note the pattern on the Norwegian tops, which the young couple are wearing… they’re everywhere in Norway…
Tomorrow we are at sea all day, landing in Copenhagen Wednesday morning at 6 am. There may/may not be travel stories and pix from Copenhagen…. we’ll have to see….
But more if it happens…..
Jim
We have been on the Azamara cruise line... the ship is Journey.
Have only good things to say about the ship, the food, the accommodation, and ALL the service people on board -- exceptional!
Beautiful-what cruise line were you on? Frank and I are going on Oceania next month starting in Barcelona ending in Istanbul. Very excited.