Stavanger DOOH · Gamle Stavanger · Vagen harbour · June 2026

Billboards in the energy capital of Norway

The energy capital of Norway near 145,000 in a region near 230,000, from the Vagen harbour and the medieval cathedral to Gamle Stavanger and the Forus energy district, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Stavanger actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

0K

Stavanger residents (2024)

0K

Stavanger region reach

0

years since the cathedral was founded

$0

average cost per play via Blindspot

Stavanger, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The white wooden houses of Gamle Stavanger climbing the hill above the Vagen harbour with fishing boats and the medieval cathedral tower behind · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Stavanger billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Vagen Harbour / Torget, Cruise Quays / Skagen and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Stavanger screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.34, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Stavanger play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Stavanger's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Vagen Harbour / Torget

Best for: Retail · Tourism

The Vagen harbour and the Torget square, ringed by cafes, shops and the fish market, form the busiest pedestrian heart of the city.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall8
02

Ovre Holmegate / Shopping Streets

Best for: Nightlife · Culture

The candy-coloured Ovre Holmegate and the surrounding pedestrian streets pack dining, bars and the going-out crowd into a photogenic core.

Visibility8
Dwell time8
Footfall7
03

Forus Energy District

Best for: Business · Energy

The Forus business park south of the city holds the Equinor and energy-sector headquarters, a dense weekday commuter and professional flow.

Visibility8
Dwell time5
Footfall6
04

Cruise Quays / Skagen

Best for: Visitors · Leisure

The cruise quays along Skagenkaien land hundreds of thousands of fjord-bound visitors a season with time to spend in the centre.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall6
05

E39 / Ring Road

Best for: Drive-time · Regional

The E39 and the ring road carry the heaviest regional and commuter traffic between Stavanger, Sandnes and the airport.

Visibility8
Dwell time4
Footfall5
06

Hillevag / South Suburbs

Best for: Local · Commute

The Hillevag corridor and the southern suburbs carry a steady local, retail and commuter flow toward Sandnes.

Visibility6
Dwell time4
Footfall5

The media estate · operator partners

Stavanger screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Stavanger's media owners, JCDecaux, Clear Channel Norway, Bauer Media Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Stavanger, Vagen harbour · pedestrian large-format digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Vagen harbour · pedestrian large-format digitalJCDecaux
Stavanger, Ovre Holmegate · city-centre digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Ovre Holmegate · city-centre digitalJCDecaux
Stavanger, Forus energy district · commuter digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Forus energy district · commuter digitalJCDecaux
Stavanger, Cruise quays · Skagen visitor digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Cruise quays · Skagen visitor digitalJCDecaux
Stavanger, E39 corridor · roadside bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
E39 corridor · roadside bulletinJCDecaux
Stavanger, Kolumbus · Bussveien transit screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Kolumbus · Bussveien transit screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Stavanger format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Stavanger's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

Kolumbus buses and the Bussveien bus rapid transit line along the fjord plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Stavanger moves

Stavanger wraps around the Vagen harbour on the southwest Norwegian coast, the hub of the country's oil and energy industry. The compact centre draws foot traffic to the harbour, the pedestrian streets, the colourful Ovre Holmegate and the white wooden lanes of Gamle Stavanger, while the medieval cathedral anchors the old core. South of the city the Forus business park holds the Equinor and energy headquarters that pull a dense weekday commute, and the cruise quays land hundreds of thousands of visitors bound for Preikestolen and the Lysefjord. Screens around the harbour, the shopping streets and the Forus corridor catch the most repeat and visitor eyes.

Stavanger footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Vagen
Holmegate
Forus
Cruise quays
E39
Hillevag
Vagen
Holmegate
Forus
Cruise quays
E39
Hillevag
Gamle Stavanger
Cathedral
Torget
Sandnes
QuietPeak flow
Stavanger · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Stavanger Per-play price pins across prime Stavanger advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Stavanger Cathedral ◊ Vagen harbour 60+ $0.52$0.46$0.41$0.37$0.34 $0.57 HolmegateForusCruise quaysE39HillevagVagen
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Commuter tide, twice a day

Ovre Holmegate / Shopping Streets and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Cruise Quays / Skagen and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Vagen Harbour / Torget shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Stavanger doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchVagen Harbour / Torget + Ovre Holmegate / Shopping Streets6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyForus Energy District, Ovre Holmegate / Shopping Streets7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficCruise Quays / Skagen, Vagen Harbour / Torget12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersE39 / Ring Road, Ovre Holmegate / Shopping StreetsWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsVagen Harbour / Torget, Hillevag / South Suburbs10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Stavanger’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: energy and B2B around Forus Energy District, home to Equinor's headquarters and around 4,500 employees (see DOOH for B2B), and cruise and tourism around Cruise Quays / Skagen, where the port handled more than 400,000 cruise passengers in 2022.

Book Stavanger by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Stavanger is home to about 145,000 residents, the fourth-largest city in Norway (2024).
  • The Stavanger region, with neighbouring Sandnes, is home to about 230,000 people.
  • Stavanger Cathedral, founded around 1125, is Norway's oldest cathedral still in continuous use.
  • The city is the oil and energy capital of Norway, home to Equinor and the Norwegian Petroleum Museum.
  • The cruise quays are the gateway to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and the Lysefjord, landing hundreds of thousands of visitors a season.
  • On Blindspot, Stavanger screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.34, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Stavanger billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Harbour & pedestrian digitalfrom ~$0.55 per playthe Vagen and Torget corethe busiest foot-traffic heart
City-centre street digitalfrom ~$0.50 per playthe Ovre Holmegate and shopping streetsdining and going-out dwell
Forus energy-district digitalfrom ~$0.45 per playthe Equinor business parkweekday energy-sector professionals
Cruise & visitor digitalfrom ~$0.40 per playthe Skagen quays in seasonfjord-bound cruise visitors
Roadside & transit screensfrom ~$0.34 per playthe E39 and Bussveien corridordrive-time and transit commuters

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Stavanger screen: the format (pricing runs higher on roadside & transit screens than on harbour & pedestrian digital), the zone (Vagen Harbour / Torget carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Stavanger budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Harbour test

$700-$2,000

A week of hourly bursts around the Vagen harbour and shopping streets.

Multi-zone Stavanger push

$6,000-$18,000

The harbour, Holmegate and the Forus corridor running together across peak dayparts.

Energy-capital flagship

$30,000+

Full centre and Forus saturation timed to the cruise season and business week.

FAQ

Stavanger billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on a Stavanger billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, JCDecaux, Clear Channel Norway, Bauer Media Outdoor among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for a Stavanger screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Stavanger billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Stavanger screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Stavanger?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Stavanger onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as JCDecaux, Clear Channel Norway, Bauer Media Outdoor.

How fast can my ad go live in Stavanger?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Stavanger for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Ovre Holmegate / Shopping Streets corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Stavanger billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Stavanger campaign.

How to book

Live on a Stavanger screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Stavanger by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

Keep exploring

More markets, same map

The energy capital of Norway. Your hour.

Stavanger is on the map

Pick the screens, pick the hours, see the price per play, live in hours.