Venue Location
The University of Stavanger welcomes the EECERA 2008 to our campus located a 10 minutes drive outside the city centre in the direction of the airport, which also is 10 minutes away.
Our modern facilities includes more than 200 lecture rooms, with room for 20 to 700 people, equipped with modern AV technology and comfortable seating.
Bus transportation will be arranged from the hotels to the conference venue, every day during the conference.
Stavanger is the fourth biggest city and the oil capital of Norway. Stavanger has both smalltown charm and the facilities of a modern, international city. It is located at the South-western coast of Norway close by the sea and just as close to fjords, forests and mountains. The conference program will give you an opportunity to enjoy all of this in addition to a strong professional content in the field of early childhood education.
The Energetic City
Stavanger was founded in 1124 A.D. The area around Stavanger has been populated for over 10.000 years and is surrounded by wide-open landscape on one side, on the other side narrow fjords and steep mountains. The city became the headquarter of export business grace to the sardines brisling industries around 1800. The Canning Museum is the only of its kind in the world and testifies the importance for Stavanger as an industry town together with the Petroleum Museum.
A lot of cultural events take place in Stavanger during the summer months. Among those we have international music festivals, a humor festival and a food festival. Stavanger also hosts the World Tour Beach Volleyball.
Stavanger Capital of Culture 2008
The Council of the European Union have decided that the Stavanger region, together with Liverpool, will be European Capitals of Culture in 2008.
The theme of 'Open Port', the "arts of hospitality" components, the strong inclusion of the "ordinary people" and young citizens, the attempts to spread the lasting effects over the preparatory period as well as over the years after, and the proposals for artistic collaboration were appreciated. It was noted that the stunning landscapes, the geographical location and other factors would be strong pull-factors for artists and visitors alike, emphasising the quality aspects being almost more important than aspects of quantity.
The Lysefjord and the Pulpit Rock
National Geographic Traveller recently ranked Norwegian fjords as the number one travelling destination in the world.
The Lyse fjord near Stavanger is one of the most spectacular fjords in Norway. All Norwegian fjords are different in character, but with the surrounding mountains plunging straight into the fjord, the Lysefjorden is a unique and breathtaking experience. Much of the 45 km long fjord passes between towering cliffs and mountains.
The most famous of these is the Pulpit Rock or Preikestolen in Norwegian. Pulpit Rock is one of the areas most visited tourist attractions. This natural rock formation with a 25 meter squared plateau stands 604 meters above the sea. Thousands of tourists visit the Rock every year. The trip takes about two hours by foot, but the rock formation can also be enjoyed from the fjord by boat.
Please visit these links to know more about Stavanger and its surrounding region:
www.regionstavanger.com
www.stavanger-web.com
www.stavanger2008.no
