"Stavanger is Norway’s third-largest urban zone and fourth-largest principality, with an estimated population of 130,000. Stavanger won the 2008 title of European Capital of Culture along with Liverpool of the UK. Renowned for its oil industry since 1969, Stavanger has also earned the moniker Oil Capital of Norway. Needless to say, its booming offshore oil industry provoked rapid population growth throughout the 20th century. "