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===Parks===
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[[File:Park in Stavanger - panoramio.jpg|thumb|The city park]]
There are several parks and green spots in Stavanger municipality, both in the city and beyond. Central to the town is the city lake which is in turn surrounded by the city park, built as the city's first urban park in 1866–1868. Between the city park and the bay is located [[Kielland]] garden, which got its name because the poet [[Alexander Kielland]]'s house at the time was here. Kielland Park went through a major renovation in 2007 as part of the Millennium in Stavanger municipality. At the opposite end of the city lake there is a small park outside the station; here there is [[Emigration]], a gift from the Norwegian emigrants in the [[United States]], commemorating the men and women of [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] ancestry who built America.

Bjergstedparken, a park north of [[Gamle Stavanger|Old Stavanger]], is the location of Bjergsted Music Center, including [[Stavanger Concert Hall]], and its outdoor areas are often used for festivals and outdoor concerts. The Missing park, built in honour of Lars Missing, is located up the hill on the west side of the harbour, and forms the entrance from the south towards the Old Town. Canon park forms the border between Stavanger and the exit from the [[European route E39|E39]]. Northward go Løkkeveien against Bjergsted westward go Madlaveien the theater and Bergelandstunnelen, east towards E39. The park is located next to old Stavanger Hospital, which also has a large park area around the main building. Through the park runs Kannik creek, which comes to the surface at the statue of the Little Mermaid and runs into Breiavannet. Kannikkbekken runs mostly underground, in pipes, before it reaches Kannik park.

Outside the city center, the park southerly in relation to the large inland lakes such as [[Mosvatnet]], [[Stora Stokkavatnet]] and Water Assen. Mosvatnet is {{cvt|0.46|km2|acres}} making it the third largest in Stavanger after Hålandsvatnet and Store Stokkavatn. The lake supplied the city's drinking water from 1863 to 1931, and is now by far the most used recreation area in Stavanger. The path around the lake is {{cvt|3.2|km}} long, and much used by cyclist and joggers; sampling conducted in 1995 showed that an estimated 560,000 people used the walking trail around Mosvatnet. At the south end is Mosvangen Camping, Stavanger Svømmestadion old man and Vålandskogen, and to the west is Rogaland Kunstmuseum. Stora Stokkavatnet is {{cvt|2.19|km2}} – the largest in Stavanger. Right at Stora Stokkavatnet is the {{cvt|0.15|km2|adj=on}} Litla Stokkavatnet. The hiking trail around the lakes is {{cvt|8.2|km}} long. In the lake is a small island, Storeholmen. Store Stokkavatnet supplied Stavanger's drinking water from 1931 to 1959, and was later demoted to the reserve drinking water. In 2009 it was relegated once more, and it is now legal to swim in the water.