Tuesday, June 21
Today is the summer solstice, and after yesterday's rain we were happy to see the sun. As we are still in Southern Norway there is only 19 hours of light at the moment, but we hope to hit the 24 hour mark in a few days when we're at the top of Norway!
Stavenger is another pretty town with lots of old weatherboard buildings around town, but also some modern buildings as it is the oil capital of Norway. The North Sea oil and gas fields are offshore from here, and a lot of the rigs and offshore platforms have been built here. To explain this history of exploration and innovation in the oil industry, as well as the wealth it has created for Norway, they have built a museum devoted to Oil here. It was very informative and interactive to make it interesting for the loads of school kids, as well as cruise ship passengers, who visit it.
We always love walking around these towns, checking out the shops, cathedrals, old buildings and just watching the locals go about their daily business. It looks like there could be a baby boom as we saw lots of young mums with babies in strollers - maybe the result of the long winter nights!!
In the Petroleum Museum
Today is the summer solstice, and after yesterday's rain we were happy to see the sun. As we are still in Southern Norway there is only 19 hours of light at the moment, but we hope to hit the 24 hour mark in a few days when we're at the top of Norway!
Stavenger is another pretty town with lots of old weatherboard buildings around town, but also some modern buildings as it is the oil capital of Norway. The North Sea oil and gas fields are offshore from here, and a lot of the rigs and offshore platforms have been built here. To explain this history of exploration and innovation in the oil industry, as well as the wealth it has created for Norway, they have built a museum devoted to Oil here. It was very informative and interactive to make it interesting for the loads of school kids, as well as cruise ship passengers, who visit it.
We always love walking around these towns, checking out the shops, cathedrals, old buildings and just watching the locals go about their daily business. It looks like there could be a baby boom as we saw lots of young mums with babies in strollers - maybe the result of the long winter nights!!
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