Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
The
Gamlebyen tourist office ( 69 30 46 00;
www.opplavfredrikstad.com
;
Tøihus-
gata 41; 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, shorter hr
rest of yr)
, in Gamlebyen is complemented in the summer by the smaller
tourist office (
69 39 65 00; Dampskipsbrygga 12;
8am-8pm 15 Jun-15 Aug)
at the marina.
Getting There & Away
Intercity buses arrive and depart from the Fredrikstad Rutebilstasjon at the train station.
Bus 2450 and 2460 run to/from Sarpsborg (Nkr30, 25 minutes, twice hourly). Nor-Way's
Oslofjordekpress has one to seven daily services between Oslo and Fredrikstad (Nkr155,
1¼ hours), with most buses continuing to Hvaler; there are also regular
Flybusseks-
pressen (
www.flybussekspressen.no
)
services from Fredrikstad to Oslo Gardermoen In-
ternational Airport (Nkr170, 2¼ hours, every hour or two).
Fredrikstad lies on the
NSB (
www.nsb.no
)
rail line between Oslo and Göteborg. Trains
to/from Oslo (Nkr182, one hour) run about 10 times daily, and also go to Sarpsborg and
Halden, but note that southbound international trains require a mandatory seat reservation.
Getting Around
TocrosstheGlommatoGamlebyen,youcaneithertrekoverthehighandhulkingGlomma
bridge or take the ferry (adult/child Nkr10/5, two minutes), which shuttles across the river
Glomma to the main gate of Gamlebyen regularly between around 5.30am and midnight
(exact times depend on the day).
Around Fredrikstad
HVALER SKERRIES
Norwegian holidaymakers and artists love the Hvaler Skerries, an offshore archipelago of
833 forested islands and islets guarding the southern entrance to Oslofjord. The main is-
lands of
Vesterøy
,
Spjærøy
,
Asmaløy
and
Kirkøy
are connected to the mainland by
a toll road (Nkr55) and tunnel. Bus 365 (Nkr58) runs all the way from Fredrikstad to
Skjærhalden, at the far end of Kirkøy.
