Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art. This affluent city has an edginess to it that we were not expecting when we arrived on their National Independence Day. The city was in full swing celebrating, and we were able to enjoy this before we went on a discovery mission to find the street art of Stavanger, Norway; no mean feat as it is spread far and wide. You can read more about visiting Stavanger here.
About Stavanger
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Stavanger in Norway lies on the northwest coast of the North Sea. As the fourth largest city in Norway, the discovery of oil in the North Sea near Stavanger changed the city enormously. In saying that it looks anything but an industrial city. While it is also home to NATO’s Warfare Centre, the town looks pristine, and let’s face it ..very affluent. It is also known as, Stavanger, the city of street art. Some of the worlds most influential artists have their works in Stavanger. You will find this urban art in the most unlikely places, making it a wonderful way to discover the city of Stavanger, as you hunt down these works.
Stavanger in Norway is the city of street art
Artist: Bordalo, Portuguese mixed media street artist
JAUNE is from Brussels, Belgium
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art
Outside of what was a very bustling city center as parade after parade occurred, we set out with a plan to discover that Stavanger in Norway is a street art capital. We wandered in and out of, and around the 19th-century streets buildings and home to the people of Stavanger in search of these pieces that we had read about.
How to Find Street Art in Stavanger
We luckily had a street art Google map of Stavanger to work from, though its accuracy was a little out of wack, but it did help us in our quest, and despite getting lost we did get to see so much more of this very appealing city in Norway.
Much as we have our Wonderwalls Street Art Festival in Wollongong, where we live in Australia, Stavanger has their Nuart Festival. “Nuart hosts an annual festival for national and international artists who operate outside of the traditional art establishment”. We were excited to see a Fintan MaGee in Stavanger because he has also painted in our hometown.
Fintan Magee, Street Art in Wollongong
The Street Art of Stavanger & The Artists
Fintan MaGee in Stavanger, Norway
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art
These are some of the amazing pieces we did discover, and where possible we have added some details about the artists.
Featured image “First day of school” by Polish Artist Etam Cru.
“First day of school” by Polish Artist Etam Cru.
French artists Ella & Pitr
French artists Ella and Pitr
Montgomery is a London-based street poet
Norway’s favourite Street Artist DOT DOT DOT
Axel Void – Spanish but American but also Spanish
Artist: AddFuel
Street artist Ernest Zacharevic from Lithuania cross-stitch embroidery in red and orange paint.
Logan Hicks, US Street Artist
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art
How and Noms are twins from Spain, who live in NY
EVOL is German and known for stencilled buildings on electricity boxes.
British street artists HUSH
British artist HUSH
Hydro from Argentina
ICY and SOT are brothers from Iran
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Spanish Borondo
Italian Street Artist in Stavanger from Italy
Hama Woods is a Norwegian stencil artist
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art
Artist – Pejac
Artist: STROK
Artist: PHELGN
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art
Artist: STROK
British street Artist JPS
Portuguese street artist, MAISMENOS
from Amsterdam and showcasing “Calligraffiti”
JAUNE – Belgium artist
Stavanger in Norway is the City of Street Art – come and be surprised.
These are so cool! I love street art, but would never have thought Stavanger is a good place to find it!
Stavanger is an amazing place, and the street art was excellent.
Wow, I love these! And love your post too, it’s really great. 🙂
Aren’t they amazing. We loved exploring and finding them in Stavanger.
Wow. Amazing street art. I missed this when I was in Stavanger. I was on an all day tour of the fjords so it left little time to investigate the city. One of the downsides of only one day in port.
We had an amazing day trying to find all the street art in Stavanger.
Hehe I love the meerkats! The cross stitch is really good too. Did I tell you I love street art? Looks like that means I HAVE to go to Stavanger now 🙂
The street art in Stavanger is amazing. You definitely need to visit.
Incredible street art so many favorites thanks for sharing
I agree, so many favourites, but I do love the one by DOT DOT DOT, which was also the hardest to find.