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Explore Tau in Norway

Tau in the region of Rogaland with its 2,548 inhabitants is a town in Norway - some 180 mi or ( 289 km ) West of Oslo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Tau

Current time in Tau is now 05:23 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Esbjerg, Storhaug, Steinnes, Stavanger, and Mirza Rafi Sauda. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Esbjerg . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Tau ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Hornhecht * Belone belone

0:48 min by LOUWCHES
Views: 1325 Rating: 5.00

Beschreibung: ...ihre Wanderwege ähneln den der Makrelen. ..

Leng * Molva molva

3:30 min by LOUWCHES
Views: 960 Rating: 0.00

Beschreibung: ...aus der Familie der Dorschartigen. ..


Auf dem Preikestolen

2:03 min by LOUWCHES
Views: 544 Rating: 5.00

...während einer Angelwoche! ..

Preikestolen

0:25 min by hotototro
Views: 322 Rating: 0.00

Trip to Preikestolen ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Tau, Norway

Tau is a village in the municipality of Strand. Tau has about 3000 inhabitants and is connected to Stavanger by ferry. The name might come from the Norse word taufr meaning 'witchcraft', as one believes there was a sacrificial field here in the Iron age. Some days the place smells of puffed oats, because of the factory Tau Mølle AS. The factory is located in a white mill that was used to brew the Norwegian beer known as "Tou".

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 59.07 5.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Strand, Norway, Villages in Rogaland

Vostervatnet

Vostervatnet is a lake in the municipality of Strand in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Located at 59.10 5.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Lakes of Rogaland

Ryfast

Ryfast is a planned sub-sea tunnel system between Stavanger and Strand in Norway. Approximately NOK 5 billion will be spent on the tunnel system linking Ryfylke with Stavanger. The tunnel system will replace today's ferry route between Stavanger and Tau.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 59.03 5.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Norwegian National Road 13, Proposed tunnels in Norway, Subsea tunnels in Norway

Talgje

Talgje is a populated island in the municipality of Finnøy, Norway. Talgje church dating from c.1100 is located here. To disambiguate from another island named Talgje, located in the Sjernarøy island group, Talgje in Finnøy is sometimes called Sør-Talgje (South Talgje). Talgje also have a ferry over to Ladstein, Finnøy and Hanasand.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 59.11 5.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Villages in Rogaland

Fogn

Fogn is a populated island in Finnøy municipality in Norway.

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Located at 59.15 5.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Islands of Rogaland

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Tau