Very popular among students, offering many desks and seating groups. They do not allow food in, but there are many nearby places to get food. Make sure to get the after-hours contract, which you need to ask for specifically, if you already have a library...More

Unless you have a credit card or a ten Krone coin, make use of the toilet facilities here. Superb library, excellent Odeon cinema (formerly SF Kino) Adult ticket prices 135 NOK Or be a VIP with leather seats, free coffee and chocolates in a tiny...More

The literature festival was here. What a place. It's a multi-level library, art gallery, cinema, cafe, pizzeria, kiosk... all in one.

Amidst all the old wooden houses in the city, this concrete modern architecture stands right out in the middle of town. It's out to get your attention. It looked like that it's a local favorite in this building that houses the library, the cinema and...More

The place is quite strange, situated among old, nice, wooden townhouses, and partly built together with the old cinema. A strange hybrid that seemed to functioned on the inside, but looked strange from the outside. Several nice cafés and even something like a library.

Apart from frequent Out of Order signs on the free (that´s cool!) pcs, this is a lovely place to visit. The celebration of internationalism in what sometimes feels like a rather insular society is a breath of fresh air.

If it rains (and it does quite often in Stavanger) seek shelter here. This cultural center has everything you look for and still some surprises: it has a cinema, a gallery, two cafes, library with some great and helpful librarians and people any time of...More