Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
A rock plateau 604 m above the Lysefjord. The hike from the Preikestolen car park is about 4 km each way; allow around 4 hours return. Without a guide, do it from late spring to autumn.
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Rogaland: what to see, where to go
In the south-west, around Stavanger: the cliffs of the Lysefjord and the oil capital.
Information checked on 10 October 2026.
Worth seeing
Stavanger and Old Stavanger
Norway's oil capital since the 1970s. The Gamle Stavanger district has about 170 white wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries; the Norwegian Petroleum Museum tells the story of the North Sea.
Kjeragbolten
A boulder wedged in a crevice about 1,000 m above the Lysefjord. A demanding hike from Øygardstøl; allow 6 to 8 hours return. The access road is open only from mid-May until the first snow.
Utstein Abbey
On the island of Mosterøy, north of Stavanger, Norway's best-preserved monastery, founded between 1263 and 1280, probably by King Magnus Lagabøte, for Augustinian canons. Restored in 1965, it hosts services, concerts and seminars.
Photos
- Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) — jace48, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
- Stavanger and Old Stavanger — Maarten Heerlien from Voorschoten, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kjeragbolten — User: (WT-shared) Larita at wts wikivoyage, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
- Utstein Abbey — Christian Bickel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped)