Forus
in Sola of Rogaland Fylke, Norway
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Stavanger Airport, Sola (2 mi) - Haugesund Airport (35 mi)
- Stord Airport (63 mi)
- Lista Airport (65 mi)
- Bergen Airport, Flesland (97 mi)
- Kristiansand Airport (99 mi)
- Sogndal Airport (164 mi)
- Bringeland Airport (172 mi)
- Bryggen (Unesco heritage, 104 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.902 and 5.684 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 54' 7" and E 5° 41' 1"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krone - NOK
- Spoken languages:
- Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sami, Finnish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:08 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/Oslo
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:45 am and 9:23 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Norway.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Norway. Last Update: 2024-04-28 08:22:10
Explore Forus
Forus in Sola (Rogaland Fylke) is located in Norway about 191 mi (or 308 km) west of Oslo, the country's capital.
Local time in Forus is now 10:08 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / Oslo with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Forus, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in Norway is Stavanger Airport, Sola in a distance of 2 mi (or 4 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Bryggen in a distance of 104 mi (or 167 km), North. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sola, Sandnes, Stavanger, Randaberg and Kleppe. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 46 °F
| Morning Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 82% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 15 km/h (9 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
12°C (53 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
RADISSON BLU ATLANTIC SVG
Quality Hotel Stavanger Airport
Clarion Hotel Stavanger
Stavanger Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Quality Hotel Residence
THON HOTEL MARITIM
GamlaVærket Gjæstgiveri og Tracteringssted
Clarion Collection Hotel Skagen Brygge
Tananger Leilighetshotell
SOLA STRAND HOTEL
Videos from this area
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Judo Fun Sola Judoklubb
Join us and have fun ! Kom og ha det moro med oss ! www.solajudo.no.
Sola RKH 2011
Bilder fra aktiviteter fra 2011. Bildene er tatt av Hjelpekorpsere i Sola Røde Kors Hjelpekorps.
Sola Bobil: e-4motion monteringsvideo
Her viser Sola Bobil hvordan du demonterer en e-4motion Maxi el-sykkel og stuer den i en bobil. Etterpå vises hvordan du monterer den sammen igjen.
Israir A330 at Sola Part 1
Taxiing towards runway 18, before departure for Tel Aviv. First visit for this A330 at Sola. The return will be 25th of october.
Sola-Hommersåk G17 9-4, 20111210
Sola-Hommersåk G17 9-4 Mål Hommersåk: Kjetil Kjos(Eskil B.Drangsholt), Sander M.Bache(Eirik Ravndal), Eskil B.Drangsholt(Eirik Ravndal), Thomas Vier.
French Air Force A340 at Sola
French Air Force visiting once again this summer.
Test flight with a drone at Ullandhaug, Stavanger
One of the first test flights of a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ drone at the University of Stavanger. Einer der ersten Testflüge mit einer DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Drohne über der Uni Stavanger.
Harley Davidson Night train
With Paul YaffeOriginals x-pipes and Big City Thunder QQ baffles.
Tidsfordriv etter hodeskaden.
Jeg var i et uhell og fikk en alvårlig hodeskade, nå er jeg inne i 7. uken med sykemelding...og sånn går no dagan......... (Film laget for å unngå å kjede meg i hel, tidsfordriv)
Surfing the WEB!
Water is a wonderful thing, but it is often cold. So to keep you warm, you can put on a wetsuit. Then you can just surf away! While surfing the web, you not ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Ytraberget
Ytraberget is a peninsula in Hafrsfjord in Sola Kommune, Norway. Ytraberget is connected to Indraberget, and it divides Sørnesvågen and Grannesvågen. Harald Fairhair (ca. 865-ca. 933) fought the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872 AD. In the Saga by Snorre a little isle is mentioned as the location where Kjotve the Rich fled. The little isle is held to be Ytraberget, although it is now connected by a low isthmus of some 2 meters in elevation to Indraberget.
Statoil
Statoil ASA, trading as Statoil and formerly known as StatoilHydro, is a Norwegian oil and gas company, formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro. The Government of Norway is the largest shareholder in Statoil with 67% of the shares. The ownership interest is managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Statoil is a fully integrated petroleum company with operations in thirty-six countries.
Stavanger Airport, Forus
Stavanger Airport, Forus (Norwegian: Stavanger lufthavn, Forus) is a closed military airport located in the Forus area, in the municipalities Stavanger, Sola and Sandnes. It was built for Luftwaffe by the German occupational forces during World War II, on farm land cultivated at the site of the former lake Stokkavatnet. The airport was later used as a heliport, Forus Heliport, until it was closed in 1989. The area has later been developed for industry.
Gausel
Gausel is a neighborhood in the borough Hinna in Stavanger, Norway. It is located between Jåttå, Godeset, Forus and the Gandsfjord.
Stokkavatnet (Forus)
Stokkavatnet is a former lake that was located at Forus in Stavanger, Norway, between the two fjords Hafrsfjord and Gandsfjord. The lake was among the largest at the Northern Jæren district, with an area of about 4 km². It was surrounded by considerable areas of marsh land, and was known for a rich birdlife. The lake drained to Gandsfjord, and the outlet supplied six mills located near the fjord.
Godeset
Godeset is a suburb of Stavanger municipality in Rogaland where one can find a number of small and service industries. Godeset skole and Gautesete skole are the schools in Godeset. Godeset was an agricultural area until around 1985. The Godeset area stretches from Jåttånuten in the north and down to Statoil's headquarters at Forus in the south.
Solakrossen
Solakrossen is the administrative center of Sola, Norway.
Stavanger Peninsula
Stavanger Peninsula is a peninsula in Rogaland, Norway, on which is located the city of Stavanger, the peninsula's namesake, and the most populous parts of Greater Stavanger. The peninsula extends from a line between Ølberg, just south of Stavanger airport and Sola beach, and the harbour of Sandnes. It is delimited by the fjords Gandsfjorden, Boknafjorden, Byfjorden and the North Sea.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Forus.
Godeset: E39 Forusbeen, mot Sandnes (Krysset E39 − Forusbeen, retning mot Sandnes), Godeset (source)
Forus: R509 Solasplitten 1 (Retning vest), Forus (source)
Sande: R509 Sømmevågen (Retning vest), Sande (source)
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