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Departing your ship, you'll board your motorcoach for a short ride that takes you by Stavanger's old port with its 17th and 18th century wooden houses and the town market. You'll pass Mill Bay and the Sword Monument, three giant, crossed (delete) Viking swords commemorating the unification of Norway, then finally through the rich farmlands, and ultimately to Ullandhaug and the Iron Age Farm.

Once you arrive at the Farm, you're instantly transported into ancient times, when iron implements and weapons dating back to the 4th and 5th centuries A.D were used. The restored longhouses with room for animals on the one end and their owners on the other sit on the original sites. Notice the stone walls used to keep out the cold, and peat and bark roofs. You can see various old skills demonstrated and even try them out yourself. Children love making and decorating clay pots or making wool thread.

Not far from the farm is Ullandhaug Viewpoint offering panoramic views of the Jæren countryside and Ryfylke Mountains to the east and of Hafrsfjord to the west. In 872, King Harald Fair Hair united Norway after the battle of Hafrsfjord.

After your visit, and no doubt, many photo opportunities, you'll return to your motorcoach and head over to the Petroleum Museum.

The discovery of North Sea oil in 1969 transformed Stavanger. The unusual architecture of the museum makes it quite the landmark. When you view it from the water it looks like a small oil platform. Opened in 1999, it features a great breadth of information on the oil industry of offshore Norway, while also managing to make it fascinating and fun for kids too - not an easy act to pull off. During your visit you'll be able to, experience what life is like on a North Sea oil platform and take in a film that traces the development of the oil industry in terms of Stavanger's maritime.

Your tour concludes as you return to your motorcoach, or you're free to remain in town, perhaps visiting Gamle Stavanger, or Old Stavanger, believed to be Europe's largest collection of wooden buildings. Walk through its cobblestone streets and you'll find the Norwegian Canning Museum that displays a typical factory from the 1920's. You can then return to your ship at your leisure.