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Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger)
Northern Europe's best-preserved wooden house settlement, a charming cluster of 173 white-painted 18th-century houses near the harbour.
9 km · about 20 min drive
Rogaland, Norway · Europe
Tananger is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Sola, 36km from Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock).
Tananger is a town located in Rogaland, Norway. With a population of 6,377, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Tananger sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Oslo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tananger to your route.
Tananger is a large village and urban area in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The urban area is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden. It lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of the city centre of Stavanger. Tananger Chapel (from 1879) andRead more
Tananger Church (from 2002) are both located here.
The 4.12-square-kilometre (1,020-acre) village had a population (2016) of 6,528 and a population density of 1,584 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,100/sq mi). Since 2000, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway. Tananger has grown significantly, more than doubling in size from 1980 until 2015. Since 1 January 2017, the urban area of Tananger has been included in the Stavanger/Sandnes urban area, so separate population statistics are no longer tracked.
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Tananger is located in Rogaland, Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 58.9362 latitude, 5.5741 longitude.
Tananger has a population of approximately 6,377 people, making it a town in Norway.
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Full driving guide for Norway6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Northern Europe's best-preserved wooden house settlement, a charming cluster of 173 white-painted 18th-century houses near the harbour.
9 km · about 20 min drive
tunnel
The world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, running 14.4 km beneath the fjord from Stavanger to Ryfylke and reaching 292 m below sea level.
12 km · about 20 min drive
coastal drive
Flat, windswept coastal drive south of Stavanger past endless dune beaches, stone-walled farmland and lighthouses: Norway's softest coastline and a favourite of surfers and sunset chasers.
24 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A flat-topped cliff rising 604 meters above Lysefjorden, one of Norway's most iconic and thrilling viewpoints.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
A 42km sheer-walled fjord framed by Pulpit Rock and Kjerag, threaded by a serpentine fjord-side road.
49 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A boulder wedged in a mountain crevice 984 metres above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most thrilling photo opportunities.
59 km · about 70 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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