School venue
The registration, lectures and exercises will be taking place in the room D-205 in the Kjølv Egelands building. The first day of the school, signs with directions will be placed in the building.
The social events will be organized at the department of Mathematics and Physics at the 5th floor of the Kjølv Egelands building.
Accommodation
Many of the school participants will be accomodated in the Ydalir campus hotel. It's about 10-minute walk to the school venue.
Meals
The student's accommodation in Ydalir does not include breakfast, this can be bought separately. Small kitchen is present in the shared studios.
The lunches (and other meals) can be purchased in Kafe Optimisten in the Kjølv Egelands building or at other canteens at the campus (some of them have longer opening hours).
There are supermarkets Kiwi and Rema 1000 near the campus.
Electric plugs
In Norway, there are the type-C and type-F plugs. Details here: link
Organized social activities
There will be a welcome pizza evening on Monday November 24, and a board game evening with pizza on Monday December 1. Feel free to take your favourite board game with you!
There will be a short outdoor orienteering event on Wednesday evening, warm waterproof clothes and shoes are recommended. Headlamp might be useful if you have one, but it will be possible to manage with the light from the mobile phone.
Other possible activities
We might be organizing oudoor football match or go together to the SiS sports center (gym + climbing, next to the school venue), please take the appropriate equipment if you were interested.
Other possible activities in the school or city center include:
- Ice skating/speed skating/climbing in Sørmarka arena (2 km walk from the school venue)
- Christmas market + entertainment park with outdoor ice skating in Sandnes center (30 minutes by bus from the school venue): https://www.vinterlandisandnes.no/
- Oil museum in the Stavanger city center (20 minutes by bus from the school venue)
- Science museum in Sadnes city center (40 minutes by bus from the school venue)
- The Norwegian canning museum in the Stavanger city center (20 minutes by bus from the school venue)
- Several other museums - see platforms like TripAdvisor
Hiking
Here we propose some less-known outdoor options in the Stavanger area. Dependeing on the weather, we may organize some of the hikes below on Saturday or Sunday. If you are interested in hiking, please bring with you proper equipment (hiking shoes, warm and waterproof clothes, hat, gloves, headlamp). There might be snow and ice in the mountains and the days are short, so it may happen that we will need to finish the hike by dark.
In general, suggestions for hikes can be found at Norwegian portal ut.no. Schedules of the public transport (trains, buses, boats) can be found at kolumbus.no. Some of the participants may have a 7-day 1-zone ticket (322 NOK) for commuting between Stavanger city center and workshop venue, this ticket is sufficient for the trips below unless stated otherwise. In case you don't have a 7-day ticket, it is also possible to buy a 24-hour ticket for public transport (125 NOK).
Walks doable in the evening/during lunch break
- Ulandhaug tower through Stavanger botanical garden (Google maps) - about one hour roundtrip from the school venue
- Sverd i fjell monument (Three swords - Wikipedia, Google maps) - about one hour roundtrip from the school venue (can be prolonged by a walk along the coast of Hafrsfjord - part of the loop described here).
Half-day trips
Trips with starting point at bus stop Dale (Sandnes):
- Dalsnuten (323 m) - peak with a view on Stavanger and Gandafjord. Suggestion of a loop cca 3 hours: mapy.cz (different alternative + description including pictures: ut.no). The bus connection allows for doing this trip on Monday morning/Friday afternoon.
- Dalestranden (Google maps) - easy walk along the fjord to a beach: one-hour loop mapy.cz.
- Lifjell (260 m) - peak with a view on Stavanger and Gandafjord. Shortest possibility: about 4 hours a roundtrip (mapy.cz), longer loop: about 5 hours (ut.no - including pictures).
Trips by boat nr. 800 (part of public transport) from Stavanger city center (Firskepirterminalen):
- By boat to Hommersak ferjekai, about 2 hours hike to Flataberget (236 m, ut.no)
- By boat to Usken ferjekai/Uskakalven hurtigbatkai, easy 3km walk across the island Usken (mapy.cz)
Trips by train - 2-zone 24-hour ticket (218 NOK) needed:
- By train to Ogna/Brusand (1 hour from Stavanger city center), 2 hour walk along the coast: ut.no
- By train to Sirevag, easy walk to a site with bunkers from WWII: ut.no (can be combined with the trip above)
Day trips
Trips to "Preikestolen" (Google maps)
- In case of good weather, we will organize a trip there on Saturday or Sunday
Public transport boat to Lysefjord (not operating on Saturdays, has to be booked in advance through kolumbus)
- By boat to Florli, hike on 4444 steps built for an old water power plant with beautiful views on the fjord (ut.no)
- By boat to Bratteli, (relatively long and challenging) hike to Preikestolen (mapy.cz , ut.no)
Don't hesitate to contact Helena Kolesova (helena.kolesova(at)uis.no) for further tips or clarifications!