ØLBERG harbour.

Ølberg harbour.
Peaceful and tranquil.

Out on the road again....

Looked old ( the jeep I mean )
Happy driver in his old army jeep.
Not a common thing to see here.

Flowers in Sandnes.

I just have to show you this....

Sandnes is good at beautiful details here and there.

Thank You Nespresso!

We were suddenly invited for breakfast in town, - one morning during the food festival.
THANK YOU NESPRESSO!
It was delicious !

DAPHNE from the Cologne area in Germany.

Yesterday on my way for a walk on the beach I met a woman, who had been on holiday with her family for 2-3 weeks. She has this beautiful name Daphne. ( I had to read up on Greek mythology when I came home.)
Today it is pouring down with rain, so it is good that you have a solid holiday home / caravan. Have a safe journey on the sometimes narrow roads we have here in Norway, and safe journey back to the Cologne area where you live in Germany.

New art in town.

We have got a new decorated wall in town.
SKUR 6, near the harbour.
It was made by the artist and freelance illustrator Anette Moi, and done for the food festival.

Do you like it?

Jackie in old Stavanger.

This is Jackie from London.
She works for a German bank in the city, the financial district of London.
It was her first time in Stavanger (and Norway.)
I asked her how she could describe our city, and she said she found it a slower pace and more relaxed.
Hope you have had a good holiday and take good memories back home with you.

The food festival finished last night.

The food festival (GLADMAT) is over for this year.
It has been a popular festival for lots of people.
Here you can see just a bit of the constant flow of people walking along the harbour area during the festival. It was difficult to find a table yesterday, but we managed at the end, and also had a few drinks at different places. 

GLADMAT in Fargegaten.

This year the food festival "GLADMAT" extended to different places around in town.
The colourful street "FARGEGATEN" had lots of places for food and drinks.

Festival visitors.

More visitors at the food festival.
They had found a nice place on the side of the harbour, not far away from the concert house, and were enjoying the food, drinks, and happy atmosphere.

The food festival are reckoning that there will be around 250.000 visitors.
Perhaps even more now, since the weather is so good:)

GLADMAT / FOOD FESTIVAL 2016

The annual food festival (GLADMAT) is on now, and so far, has had sunshine and really nice summer temperatures.
Walking around looking for something to put out here. I guess what I thought most represented the festival, was not so much the few new things, but mainly all of the happy people who enjoyed the event with friends or family. For some it is a tradition to meet up, have something nice to eat and drink, and just relax in town.

These four Ladies where just doing that!
Having a good time!
"You know, we are all 85 years old" one of them told me.
GREAT LADIES
Happy summer to all of you!!!!

On the blog (www.stavangerdailyphoto.com) you can find more images from the event the last 7-8 years.

LYSEBOTN

LYSEBOTN is a village in Forsand municipality in our county, Rogaland.
It is located at the eastern end of LYSEFJORDEN, in a very isolated valley that you can only accessible by one road or by boat.

As you can see it was foggy and rain yesterday.

POKÉMON

Last Saturday Pokémon GO was launched in Norway.
The game is obviously keeping people busy.
They can be seen wondering all over the city these days.

The Three Swords.

This monument (Swords in Rock) was unveiled by king Olav back in 1983.
The swords were a gift from a local bank, and made out of stone by sculptor Fritz Røed.
They are 10 metres tall.

In the year 872 several kings were fighting here at Hafrsfjord, the battle was to unite all small kingdoms into one,
.
King Harald Fairhair won and became the king.

This is Vilma and Vanessa from Lima (Peru)
Vanessa is living in Norway, with husband and child.
Thanks for being my models V&V.

Simple joy.

A little treat at Utstein Kloster (An old Monastry north of town) were they have a nice market this weekend.
Simple joy, coffee & cupcake.

Religion in Russian contemporary art, seen at Hå.

A new exhibition at the old Vicarage, Hå Gamle Prestegård.
This time it is "Religion in Russian Contemporary Art"
I liked this " The key to Paradise" by Andrei Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov.
It is 250 x 500 cm, so it is huge.
And it was made in 2014.

Eiganes

This house has become a "landmark" at Eiganes ...

INSIDE - OUT

Peonies from our garden.

Old Stavanger.

Old Stavanger is close to the harbour, and has some picturesque small white old wooden houses.
Here is a big cruise ship arriving.

Remember to smell the roses...

Remember to smell the roses...

Some bright colours on a rainy day.

It is nice to see some happy and bright colours on a grey rainy day.
This is what I call a typical allotment cottage here in Stavanger.

ATLANTICA, from Gøteborg.

ATLANTICA (from Gøteborg, Sweden)
Also seen in yesterdays posting.

A Swedish Beauty.

A Swedish Beauty at the harbour.

STABBUR.

A small stabbur seen in an allotment garden.
It is quite unusual to see one in a city, so this is one to remember.
Out in the countryside some farms have had these for decades, and in the old days they were used to store food, meat as well as fruit and vegetables. Most did not have windows, and they were built on stilts, so that the floor was raised well above the ground, to prevent pests coming in.
Today many of them have been upgraded and turned in to guest quarters for visitors and tourists.

"One" in Stavanger.

This is street art made by a duo from Bergen & Oslo.
I discovered it a couple of days ago, and it is quite big.
More info. at www.lastaa.no

Wakey - Wakey

GOD MORGEN / Good morning.
It is time to get up and OUT to explore STAVANGER.

Imagine how many tourists there are on this little space that are our city.
Soon they will all be out & about.

Evening sun.

Evening sun over the Sola Strand (Beach) Hotel and the fields nearby.

TROND and his RIB-boat.

This man has found a smart way to go to work.
He uses the RIB and parks it at Vågen. It can't be more central than that.
TROND only takes 15 minutes in his RIB boat, and the family can enjoy a summer at the cottage.
A bit of sunshine today, after a few rain showers in the morning.

The SEAFLOWER is here.

Isn't she a beauty?

The luxury yacht was just showing her beauty at our harbour today.

One family on holiday.

Look at the images here.
https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-22284/seaflower-photos.htm#yacht-tabs
Don't you think that could be a holiday to remember in surroundings like this.

I asked the crew where they were heading, and the Irish guy told me about LYSEFJORD and heading north to ÅLESUND....

So look out for her if you are on the west coast of Norway now.

Art at the railway station.

I had a look around, while waiting for the train....
This is at Sandnes, 15 minutes by train, south of Stavanger.
They are good at putting up art several places in the town.

Early morning.

Early morning.