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Haugesund is a city in the region West Norway of Norway. The town offers a much wider range of goods and services that might be expected from a city of its size (approx. 32,000 inhabitants; 42,000 including all suburbs), due to its position as the definite center of its relatively populous region.
The town is situated on a strategically important sound, the Karmsundet, through which ships could pass without traversing heavy seas. In the early years, the coastal waters off Haugesund were a huge source of herring, and the town grew accordingly. Despite being barely a village back then, King Harald Fairhair lived at Avaldsnes, very close to the modern town of Haugesund. In the last decades, the town, like its neighbors, has been turning towards the petroleum industry, with the herring being long gone.
Haugesund is a city in the region West Norway of Norway. The town offers a much wider range of goods and services that might be expected from a city of its size (approx. 32,000 inhabitants; 42,000 including all suburbs), due to its position as the definite center of its relatively populous region.
The town is situated on a strategically important sound, the Karmsundet, through which ships could pass without traversing heavy seas. In the early years, the coastal waters off Haugesund were a huge source of herring, and the town grew accordingly. Despite being barely a village back then, King Harald Fairhair lived at Avaldsnes, very close to the modern town of Haugesund. In the last decades, the town, like its neighbors, has been turning towards the petroleum industry, with the herring being long gone.
The city center of Haugesund is small and easy to navigate by foot. If you want to travel further out, there is a local bus system. The tourist information is located at Bytunet at the northern end of the main pedestrian street Haraldsgata. They have a wide variety of free tourist brochures and schedules and also sell passes for the city bus system.
The city buses are managed by Kolumbus, the schedules and route diagram of the services are available online. The main routes (lines 1, 2, and 10) run seven days a week, Mondays to Fridays between 6 and midnight, Saturdays from 8 to midnight, and Sundays from around 10-12 to midnight. Other routes have more limited service.
All tickets in the county of Rogaland are zone-based. Haugesund and its surrounding municipalities are in the northern Rogaland zone. In addition, there is a smaller "Haugesund zone", that covers Haugesund and the mainland part ofTaxis are operated by Haugesund Taxi (phone: 52 80 80 80) and Haugaland Taxi (phone: 52 81 81 81). Taxi ranks can be found at the Flotmyr bus station and in front of the Vår Frelsers church in the city center. Taxis are rather expensive in Norway.
The islands of Røvær,While it is possible to explore the city on foot, it may be beneficial to hire a car to see the surrounding area. Car hire is offered by Hertz, Avis, and Europcar at the airport and at various locations within the city itself. It can be expensive to rent the car. Petrol (or Bensin as it is called in Norwegian) is also expensive and road tolls must be paid on many roads. As a result, it may be worth renting a car for only part of your trip. For a budget option, Rent-a-wreck also has a branch in Haugesund.
For thousands of years, there have been human activities on Haugalandet, and the region is covered in traces of these people. Visit one of the many exciting, historic destinations!
In August Haugesund hosts the following annual festivals:
There are numerous restaurants on the harbor.
There are several pubs and clubs in Haugesund. However like the rest of Norway these places only come alive on a weekend and late at night, in many cases after 22-00, most have pretty good live music and cater for all ages. The staff is usually very friendly and all speak good English, in fact, many staff speaks 2-3 languages.
As the main center of the Haugaland region, Haugesund has several shopping opportunities, and you will find everything you need and more.
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