Public Gym

This open area gym is located near Mosvatnet. On your jog or walk around the lake you can stop and do some muscle toning exercises. We have tried them and they were a great fun.

Aibel at ONS 2008

One more stand from the ONS 2008 exhibition. Aibel is dedicated to solutions for oil and gas production facilities. Engineers, builds, maintains, modifies and operates production facilities, and offers a portfolio of advanced separation, gas and drilling technology solutions – all to help customers achieve greater production.

Seawell at ONS 2008

This is one of the stand in ONS 2008 exhibition. Seawell is a company providing well services with core business being platform drilling, drilling facility engineering, modular rig and workover units, well intervention and oilfield technologies.

ONS 2008 Stavanger

The Offshore Northern Seas conference and exhibition has started on Tuesday, 26 August and will be closed tomorrow, 29 August. This exhibition is held in Stavanger every two years.

The show attracted nearly 1.300 exhibitors in 2006, half of them from outside Norway. They included major internationsl groups, national pavilions, operators, contractors and suppliers. More than 35.000 professional visitors from almost 100 countries ranged from high-level executives and politicians to specialists and young professionals.

Small Fountain

This fountain is also located in Randaberg center. It is a peaceful place to sit and relax.

Fem Høns

"Five Hens" is a shop with nice things to your home. The name gives associations to motherly feelings.

Randaberg Center

This is part of Randaberg center, it is a rural center north of Stavanger. Nice place to live.

Marina in Tungenes

This is a small marina in Tungenes area. There are several cultural attractions organized around the old lighthouse complex at Tungenes: the lighthouse museum, the maritime museum, the sørreime collection and other art exhibits and, in addition, a cheerful café.

Opening Hours:
outside the summer season: Sundays between 12 and 5 p.m.
open daily during the summer.

So please come and have a good time here.

House Series # 48

This is another view of my yesterday's post. The yellow building looks like an old farm building that has been converted to something else. Look at all those flower pots, really beautiful.

The Entrance

This is a private home near a marina close to Tungenes. This is North of Stavanger on the tip of main land. I like when people decorate their outside area because it is like a gift to passers by. Tomorrow I will show the whole house.

Apartment Series # 24

These apartments are located in Randaberg center, a small community center North of Stavanger. The apartments looks nice with shops and a restaurant at street level.

Viste Barnehage

This kindergarden is located next to Viste Strand Hotel. It is big and very well kept. Also easy to park when delivering your child. In Norway there is a max price to pay for your child, and cheaper for the second and third child.

The Viste Beach

Here is a small bay with sandy beach and shallow water. Perfect for family with small children and others that just want to wade in the water.

Pathway along the beach

This path leads from the Viste Strand Hotel (see yesterday's post) along the sea. As you can see there are places to sit and enjoy the food you have brought and the view.

Viste Strand Hotel

Viste Strand Hotel (Viste Beach Hotel) is located just North of Stavanger on the Western seashore. It has a very nice sandy beach just down from the hotel.

The View on the Way to Randaberg

We took my father-in-law's car and went for a drive today. We drove North West from Stavanger center towards Randaberg. Along the road we stopped and I took this picturesque picture. The following days I will show more pictures from our drive.

Small Marina

Here is a small marina located in town center, beside the oil museum. Many nice boats are ready to go out on the fjord.

Babyshop

This babyshop is located in Hillevåg. It has prams, beds and any useful thing for your newborn. It is a happy shop to visit.

Unique Car

This "car" is more like a four wheel motorcycle, but it looks great fun. It can probably drive everywhere, even in the rough.

Apartment for Rent

This is a company, like an agent or middle man for hiring out apartments. It is a very busy area Stavanger so it is not easy to get a place to live. To buy is easy, but to hire is not easy, especially if you want it cheap.

Old Car Parade

There was a festival for old boats and cars last week. On Saturday the cars went for a parade, here is one of the old Fire Trucks. People waved and smiled, so did we, and the drivers and passengers smiled and felt like royalty.

Harley Davidson Motorcycle

This shop is also in Hillevåg, it sells Harley Davidson motorcycles which are a dream for many men to own. It seems there is a dreamer outside the window.

Bil Kilden

This is a second hand car dealer in Hillevåg. I saw many nice cars for sale here.

Sykkelverkstedet

This is a local bicycle shop in Hillevåg. The man that owns it is very knowledgable and helpful. And he sells and repairs all kinds of bikes. He can also build a bike from the part of your liking.

On top of the shop are apartments and the roof terrace overlooking Hillevåg.

Peaceful Place

Here is a small beach for the ducks to play. The water is not really suited for human swimming (too much birds there and parasites in the fresh water), but nice to walk around and look at the birds.

Yoga

A group is teaching yoga in this building in Storhaug. Myself I do yoga on my Wii Fit board.

Happy Landing

Here is another photo of Hover flies. For more info see yesterday's post.

Collecting Food for Winter

Two wasps are out busy collecting pollen for the hive. They are actually very small but thanks to macro you can see them now very clearly.

Updated

Flies in the Diptera family Syrphidae are commonly known as hoverflies, flower flies, or Syrphid flies. As their common names suggest, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. Aphids alone cause tens of millions of dollars of damage to crops worldwide every year; because of this, aphid-feeding hoverflies are being recognized as important natural enemies of pests, and potential agents for use in biological control. Some adult syrphid flies are important pollinators.

About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on every continent except Antarctica.^[1] Hoverflies are harmless despite their mimicry of the black and yellow stripes of wasps, which act to ward off predators.

Transformer Building

This transformer building is located near Stavanger golf course. It used to be a boring building with no windows and just vent openings in the wall. Recently it has been completely decorated by some artists. So this must be Stavanger biggest mural.

Badedammen this Summer

Here again is a post of our lovely Badedammen. As you can see I took the photo from the shade, that is where you find me and my hubby. Our two lovely girls are getting ready to jump and frolic in the water. The water is sea water coming in and out from the fjord a hundred meter away.