Stavanger · With kids

Hands-on drilling rigs, a hard-hat escape chute and a rooftop playground shaped like an offshore platform. Works from about five upwards.

The region's amusement park at Ålgård, half an hour south, with rides scaled for smaller children as well as teenagers. Open spring to early autumn.

Two kilometres of sand with shallow water, dunes and a lifeguard presence in summer. Windy — bring a shelter and expect kite surfers offshore.

A children's museum in the culture house given over to play, historic toys and climbing. Aimed squarely at two to ten, and indoors.

Four hours return over rock and boardwalk, steep in places, with no railing at the cliff edge. Realistically eight and up, and only in dry weather.