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Borough in Stavanger, Norway

Storhaug

Storhaug is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

Storhaug
Storhaug · U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl
The place

Storhaug is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. This borough includes the traditional city centre and main harbor along the Byfjorden. It is located east of Eiganes og Våland borough and south of the island borough of Hundvåg. The 6.43-square-kilometre (1,590-acre) borough has a population (2024) of 18,547. This gives the borough a population density of 2,573 inhabitants per square kilometre (6,660/sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Storhaug

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Stavanger Cathedral

    Stavanger Cathedral is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway. It is located in the centre of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in central Rogaland county, Norway.

    900 m · church in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Norwegian Petroleum Museum

    The Norwegian Petroleum Museum is a museum documenting Norwegian oil and gas activities, located in Stavanger, Norway.

    1 km · museum in Stavanger · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Rogaland Teater

    Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway. The building was constructed in 1883, designed by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and it originally seated close to 500 people.

    1 km · theatre building in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    DNB Arena

    DNB Arena is an indoor ice hockey rink in Stavanger, Norway, and home to the EHL team, the Stavanger Oilers. Opened ahead of the 2012–13 season, the arena has a capacity for 4,500 spectators during ice hockey matches and 6,000 during concerts, including 36 executive boxes.

    3.8 km · arena in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Stavanger City Bridge

    Stavanger City Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in the city of Stavanger which is in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The bridge has one tower and it was one of the first larger cable-stayed bridges in Norway when it opened on 31 January 1978.

    600 m · bridge in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kampen Church

    Kampen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Kampen in the borough of Eiganes og Våland in the city of Stavanger.

    2.1 km · church building in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Stavanger Stadion

    Stavanger Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Stavanger, Norway. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Viking FK. The stadium opened on 13 August 1917, and was able to hold 17,555 people at the end of its life as Viking's home ground in 2004.

    2.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Stavanger Idrettshall

    Stavanger Idrettshall is an indoor arena in Stavanger, Norway. It hosts the home games of the Stavanger handball team, and then has a capacity 4,100 people.

    3.2 km · indoor arena in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Petri Church

    St. Petri Church (Norwegian: St.

    700 m · church building in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Frue Church

    Frue Church or Hetland Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug in the centre of the city of Stavanger.

    500 m · church building in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Storhaug

Airports
Stavanger, Sola (SVG), 12 km · Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 150 km · Kristiansand (KRS), 160 km
Stations
Stavanger station, 1 km · Paradis railway halt, 1.5 km · Mariero station, 3.8 km
  • Bergen → Storhaug
    161 km · quickest by ferry, 8h 38m · kr425–1,395
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Storhaug
    159 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · kr285–380
  • Sandefjord(Torp) → Storhaug
    258 km · quickest by air, 3h 27m · kr1,110–1,720
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Storhaug

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Storhaug. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in[https://flyhau.no/en/ Haugesund Airport, Karmøy () (occasionally referred to as Helganes by Haugesund locals) is served by some charter flights and seasonal Norwegian flights from a couple of international destinations, as well as domestic flights from Oslo and Bergen.
  • Get inThere is a ferry crossing on the way, charging 172 kr if you bring a private vehicle up to 6 m.
  • Get inFerries on the route are included in the bus ticket where applicable.
  • Get inPassengers will sit on the bus for boarding and deboarding, but are usually required to leave the bus and stay on passenger decks during ferry crossings.
  • Get inFjord Line operates a daily overnight cruise ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark to Stavanger, and onwards to Bergen.

From Wikivoyage: Stavanger, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    424 km
  2. 02
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    499 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    527 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    635 km
  5. 05
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    727 km

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Around it

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