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Valbergtårnet
by Jonesy77
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Valbergtårnet.: Fire watch and city guard tower
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    • Rusket
  • Updated By Rusket on October 25, 2005
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    City guard
    by Rusket
    A wooden fire watch tower was built in 1658. The city guard was organized appr. 1700, there were two tower guards and four gards patrolling the streets. In 1833 a major fire destoyed 60 houses in the area Holmen; both tower guards had fallen asleep and did not ring the bells or fire the cannon to warn the citizens!

    The existing tower replaced the wooden one in 1853, but some of the guards' duties were taken over by the police in 1859, others by the fire brigade in 1866. The city guard system continued until 1922, when the last guard retired. The tower is now used as a museum and a view point.

    The linked web page is in norwegian, but there are a couple of pictures. The main page stavangerguiden.com does have quite a lot of information in english.

    I have made a travelogue with pictures of the view from the top of the tower.

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  • Directions: East side of Vågen
  • Website: http://stavangerguiden.com/Sted/valbergstarnet.htm
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    Valbergtårnet.: Valbergtarnet & Vektermuseet
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    • Cristian_Uluru
  • By Cristian_Uluru on October 31, 2005
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    Near the Vagen there is the Valbergtarnet Tower built in 1852 as lookaround of the town. From its top you can see a great wiev over the vagen and the old town of Stavanger. Inside the tower there is hte Vektermuseet.

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  • Address: Valbergjet 2
  • Directions: East side of Vågen
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    Valbergtårnet.: Visit Valbergtårnet.
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    • jonkb
  • Updated By jonkb on August 24, 2002
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    • The view of the old center and vågen is worth the climb up the hill. You can also visit 'Vektermuseet' on the first floor of the tower. The entrance fee was at the time of this writing 10 NOK.

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  • Address: East side of Vågen.
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    Valbergtårnet.: Valbergt?rnet
    Jonesy77
  • By Jonesy77 on April 9, 2004
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    Valbergtårnet
    by Jonesy77
    This tower was built as a lookout-tower for the city guards between 1850-1853. The museum at the top of the tower shows the history of the city guards.

    From here there is a nice view of the harbour (V?gen).

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  • Address: Valberget 4
  • Phone: +47 51 89 55 01
  • Directions: East side of V?gen
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