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smaller ones at the W. end, and terminates in a large and effective
E. Window. On each side of the church are two handsome Portals,
one entering the aisle, and another the choir. The Pulpit
(Pradi-kestol) of the 11th cent, and the ancient Font (Debefont) are also
worthy of inspection.
The neighbouring Kongsgaard, once the residence of the
bishop, whose seat was transferred to Christiansand in 1G85, is now
occupied by the Latinskole, with a handsome old Chapel
(Munke-kirke). On the banks of the adjacent Bredvand, a small lake, are
pleasant promenades.
To the N. of the cathedral are the Brandmgt, formerly the
Marienkirke, and the Sparbank, or savings-bank, the building of
which contains the picture-gallery of the Kunstforeningen (open
Wed. and Sun., 11-1). In the opposite direction, about 7 min.
from the cathedral, is the Railway Station.—Ascending the
Peders-bakke, we may nest glance at the modern Petrikirke, and crossing
the Nytorv, visit the Spilderhaug Docks, beyond which lies the
Hetlandsmark with the lor Fruekirke.
A beautiful Walk may be taken to the Belvedere Tower
(Vdsigts-taarn) on Vaalandspiben, to the S.W., and another to the
Vllen-hauge, farther to the W., at the foot of which is a famous
Fishbreeding Establishment (Fiske udklccknings - Apparater; trifling fee
for admission). The road to the Parodies, a pretty private garden,
affords a good view of the harbour.
An interesting Excursion maybe taken to Sole, a village on
the W. coast of Jæderen, about 7Engl. M. to theS.W., witharuined
church (said to date from 1000; now a studio), where the peculiar
character of this coast may be inspected. We may then return by
the É. bank of the Hafsfjord (p. 44), cross from Gaard Meling to
Malde, and regain the town by another road.
The Stavanger Fjord.
Stavanger is the commercial centre of the district of Ryfylke and the
numerous islands of the extensive Bukkenfjord, which is hounded on the
W. by the Karme, and on the X. by the long peninsula of which
Haugesund forms the westernmost point. The chief ramifications of the fjord
arc the Stavanger or Gans Fjord, the Hetlefjord, and the Lysefjord on
the S.l the Iljøsenfjord on the E., and the Sandsfjord (dividing into the
HyUfjord and Sandefjord), the Sandeidfjord (with its ramifications the
Vindefjord and Yrkefjord), and the Grindefjord on the X. — Jlost of these
fjords are in the form of narrow ravines several miles in length,
bounded by lofty and precipitous mountains rising abruptly from the water,
at the foot of which lie deposits of debris at rare intervals, affording but
scanty space for the dwellings of the sparse population of the district.
At places, however, the banks are of a flatter character and well
cultivated, presenting a smiling and picturesque contrast to the forest with
which the lower slopes are generally clothed, and to the frowning rocks
and glistening snow of the higher mountains in the background. Several
of these fjords are regularly visited by steamers from Stavanger (see below).
Steamboats. The following arc the chief routes, but no plan should
be settled until the most recent ‘Communicationcr’ (under Xo. 236) have
been carefully consulted.
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