Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . , 12 Kil. from Stavanger by road, is the church of Sole,by which are the ruins of the old church, said to date from the12th cent., fitted up as a dwelling by Hr. Bennetter, a Norwegianartist. We steer past the Flatholm Fyr and the mouth of the Hafs-fjord. Here in 872 Harald Haarfager (p. 116) gained a decisive navalvictory, which made him sovereign of the whole country, and re-leased him from a vow, taken ten years before, not to cut his hairuntil he should he king of all Norway. To the left ris
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . , 12 Kil. from Stavanger by road, is the church of Sole,by which are the ruins of the old church, said to date from the12th cent., fitted up as a dwelling by Hr. Bennetter, a Norwegianartist. We steer past the Flatholm Fyr and the mouth of the Hafs-fjord. Here in 872 Harald Haarfager (p. 116) gained a decisive navalvictory, which made him sovereign of the whole country, and re-leased him from a vow, taken ten years before, not to cut his hairuntil he should he king of all Norway. To the left rises the light-house on the Hvitingse. The vessel turns E., passes the Tungenas, apromontory with a lighthouse, and (6hrs. from Ekersund) reaches —15 Stavanger. — *Hot. Victoria (PI. a; C, 2), by the steam-boat-pier, between the Nertre and 0vre Holme-Gade, with baths, cafe etc., 3-5, B. 1 , D. 3-4 , Grand Hotel (PI. b; C, 1, 2), Valbjerg-Gade,corner of Nedre IHolme-Gade, 2-3, B. IV2 kr.; Hot. Noedstjernen,Skager 29, B. iV2-2Vs, B. or S. Vfr, D. 2 kr.; Feu Eeg Laksens H., Nord-. In Stavanger. STAVANGER. 1(1. Route. 109 btfgarle 4, R. , I). l/-i kr., very fair. — Jlaarrs Cafe, Tivoli, with even-ing mucic. Shops. Goldsmith: G. Bellsirem <t Co., 0vre Holme-Gade 22. Furrier:01. Jensen, Kirke-Gade 44. Fishing-tackle: F. M. Valentinsen, Kirke-Gade 10;Wood-carving, embroidery, etc.: Stavanger Husflids/orening, Kirke-Gade & Telegraph, jwvre Holme-Gade (PI. 0, 2). — Banks: StavungerPrivatbank, near ihe Grand Hotel; Handels & Industri-Bank, Kirke-Gade Agknts: Beyer, Valbjerg-Gade, opp. Grand Hotel; Bennett, J0vreHolme-Gade 16. — Bbitish Vice Consul, T. Waage. Sea Baths, at Strjamstenen (PL F, 2), to the E. — Warm and VapourBaths, in Jorenholmen. Stavanger, capital of an Ami, with 35,000 inhab., one of theoldest towns in Norway, is prettily situated on a branch of tlieBukkenfjord, or Stavanger Fjord, and is the commercial centre ofthe R
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