Viking takes on Bayern

The Rogaland / Stavanger news over the past 48 hours is dominated by an unprecedented European evening: Viking Stavanger hosts Bayern Munich on Tuesday 13 October at 21:00 for its first home fixture in the Champions League (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). The same club has announced that several people have been sanctioned for illegal ticket resale at very high prices (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). In Rogaland, a small dairy farm is now selling its raw milk in supermarkets (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

Rogaland news: Viking – Bayern, a first home Champions League match

The match is played on Tuesday 13 October at 21:00 at the Stavanger stadium. Viking's coach, Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim, said at a press conference: "Viking has played great matches against Barcelona and Chelsea in its history, but tomorrow's match is bigger" (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). Captain Zlatko Tripic added: "We are facing one of the best teams in the world. It is an exciting challenge, but we are in great form and we will attack this match" (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

Bayern Munich, the German title holder, arrived on Monday in Rogaland with its stars Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Manuel Neuer (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). Used to training at Säbener Straße, on the outskirts of Munich, on the eve of a match, the Bavarian club changed its schedule because of the artificial pitch at the Stavanger stadium. It set up early on site to hold a session on an unusual surface: in remarks reported by NRK Rogaland, a Bavarian official recalls that in twenty years of his career he has never played on artificial turf, and that it is better to train the players on site before a first time.

Stavanger Aftenblad headlined the event "Den største Viking-kampen i vår levetid" ("the biggest Viking match in our lifetime", 12/10 at 18:00). The regional daily also looks back on local history: former Bryne player Arne Larsen Økland, one of only four players to have scored a hat-trick against Bayern Munich, had pointed out to the referee, in 1981, that the ball had gone through a hole in the side of the net, leading to his own goal being disallowed (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

Ticket resale: Viking hands out sanctions

Viking Stavanger has announced that several people were caught red-handed illegally reselling tickets, for amounts running into several tens of thousands of kroner (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). The club says it strongly dislikes this practice and applies severe sanctions to those who break the rules (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

On a different note, Stavanger Aftenblad reports the encounter between a young fan and the Bavarian stars: Arthur, 9, got a photo with the players after they walked past him at the airport (Stavanger Aftenblad, 12/10 at 20:00).

Raw "tankmjølk" milk reaches store shelves in Rogaland

In Rogaland, Heidi Line and Jon Line's farm processes and packages its milk in pouches in a small workshop, at the top of a wooden staircase, above the cowshed (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). The couple already sold its output at the farm; it is now distributed in retail stores (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

According to Jon Line, this "tankmjølk" is very lightly processed: "This milk is barely any further than milk straight from the cow. We have only pasteurised it as much as is necessary to be able to sell it in stores" (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). The pouches are rinsed, then frozen with a layer of ice on the surface (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger). Heidi Line notes that the farm shop remains open, but that selling in supermarkets makes things easier for customers to access (NRK Rogaland / Stavanger).

📌 Local briefs

Local political debate in Stavanger has focused on a proposal that drew a sharp reaction: "You are throwing the administration under the bus", Stavanger Aftenblad writes (12/10 at 19:00). The same day, the daily publishes a portrait of an immigration critic from the left (Stavanger Aftenblad, 12/10 at 18:00).

On the national front, The Local Norway reports that a rail strike is leading to the cancellation of nearly 600 trains in the coming days, a situation likely to affect travel to and from Rogaland.

Sources: NRK Rogaland / Stavanger, Stavanger Aftenblad, The Local Norway — Period: 12 October 2026 and 13 October 2026