No PIGS in Stavanger???

Stavanger has more rain than snow.

Still we have a few days every year when it is chaos with ice, snow and lots of slippery roads.
We have a couple of choices of what type of winter wheels we should use on our cars.
If you are driving in to Stavanger or just through the city, heading north or south, and you have studded tyres,  you have to pay for a day pass or an annual fee to cover the new rules that forbid the use of "studded tyres" (or "piggdekk" as we call them) in Stavanger.

PIGG is STUD in English, and NOT A PIG.

Looking at the sign, it looks like we don't allow PIGS in Stavanger

Sounds funny, not only for foreigners, but also for us living here.
It looks like for the web address, someone has freely translated pigg-fri (stud free) into pig-free?

It is time to put the winter wheels on the car.

This type of tyre is called "piggdekk", which means spiked tyre.

It is always very chaotic when snow or ice arrive.

We should all use winter tyres at this time of the year.

"Piggdekk" can be used from November 1. until the first Sunday after Easter.

Some people choose to use "all year round tyres" which do not have the spikes but are still better than normal summer tyres.