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Neighborhood in Stavanger, Norway

Tjensvoll

Tjensvoll is a neighborhood (delområde) in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway.

Tjensvoll
Tjensvoll · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Tjensvoll is a neighborhood (delområde) in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hillevåg, southwest of the lake Mosvatnet. Until 1987, it was a borough of its own. The neighborhood has a population of 5,756 which is distributed over an area of 2.68 square kilometres. Tjensvoll Church is located in this neighborhood.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tjensvoll

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
    University of Stavanger

    The University of Stavanger is a public research university located in Stavanger, Norway. It was established in 2005 when the Stavanger University College received university status.

    1.4 km · university in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Sverd i fjell

    Sverd i fjell is a commemorative monument located in the Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

    1.9 km · commemorative monument of the unification of the Norwegian Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.9 km · church in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Norwegian Petroleum Museum

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

    3.3 km · museum in Stavanger · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    2.6 km · theatre building in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    600 m · arena in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    3.9 km · bridge in Stavanger, Norway · 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.

    400 m · indoor arena in Stavanger, Norway · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    1.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Hinna Church

    Hinna Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hinna in the southern part of the city of Stavanger.

    3.4 km · church building in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tjensvoll

Airports
Stavanger, Sola (SVG), 9 km · Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 152 km · Kristiansand (KRS), 161 km
Stations
Stavanger station, 2.6 km · Mariero station, 3.6 km · Paradis railway halt, 2.5 km
  • Bergen → Tjensvoll
    162 km · quickest by ferry, 8h 28m · kr385–1,335
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Tjensvoll
    161 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · kr285–380
  • Sandefjord(Torp) → Tjensvoll
    262 km · quickest by air, 3h 29m · kr1,070–1,660
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tjensvoll

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 Tjensvoll. 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
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    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    422 km
  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    496 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    528 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    633 km
  5. 05
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

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