Stavanger Street Map Poster

On Norway’s southwestern coast, Stavanger wraps around a sheltered inlet that gives its street map a distinctive shape. The harbour of Vågen cuts into the centre, with the narrow cobbled lanes of Gamle Stavanger — one of northern Europe’s best-preserved clusters of timber houses — climbing the western slope above it. Just inland sits the small lake of Breiavatnet, ringed by streets that loop past the medieval Stavanger Cathedral.

The colourful row houses of Øvre Holmegate add a splash of order to the tangle of old-town alleys, while modern quays and the wider grid extend outward toward the surrounding fjords. A minimalist street map captures both halves of Stavanger: the dense historic core hugging the water and the more regular streets that grew around it as the city became Norway’s oil capital.

As a printable city map it makes characterful, low-key wall art — try the warm beige theme for the old-town houses or midnight blue for the harbour. Explore other Norway city maps or set it beside the Bergen map poster for a coastal duo.