...Sports & Culture...

Stavanger has a wide variety of cultural activities and also has a great sports scene. In the year 2004 Stavanger was chosen as European Capital of Culture 2008. This is the first time that a non EU-country has been given this title after new rules were applied. The Panel was particularly impressed with the daring Programme that Stavanger was proposing, commenting that the artistic quality was excellent, including a remarkable contemporary programme of challenging nature.

Read more about Stavanger - The European Capital of Culture at Stavanger Web!