Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
Boat Tours
Bergen Fjord Sightseeing
HARBOUR & FJORD TOURS
( 55 25 90 00;
www.bergen-fjordsightseeing.no
; harbour/fjord tour adult Nkr100/
450, child & student Nkr80/250)
This company operates a one-hour harbour tour, which
offers good views of Bryggen and the surrounding hills; it leaves at 2.30pm daily from
mid-May to the end of August. It also runs a four-hour fjord tour to Osterfjord, north of
Bergen, from May to September, with an additional 3.30pm departure in July and August.
Boats depart from the waterfront next to the fish market.
M/S Madammen
HARBOUR TOURS
(adult/child/family Nkr150/80/350; tours 9am & 4pm mid-May-Aug)
Fifty-minute
harbourtoursarepossibleonthisboat,whichleavesfromTorget.Ticketscanbeboughton
board or at the tourist office.
FJORD TOURS FROM BERGEN
There are dozens of tours of the fjords from Bergen; the tourist office has a full list
and you can buy tickets there or purchase online in some cases. Most offer discounts
if you have a Bergen Card. For a good overview, pick up the
Round Trips - Fjord
Tours & Excursions
brochure from the tourist office, which includes tours offered by
a range of private companies. What follows are our highlights.
Fjord Tours ( 81 56 82 22;
www.fjordtours.com
)
has mastered the art of
making the most of limited time with a series of tours into the fjords. Its popular and
year-round
Norway in a Nutshell
tour is a great way to see far more than you
thought possible in a single day. The day ticket (adult/child Nkr975/500) from Ber-
gen combines a morning train to Voss, a bus to the Stalheim Hotel and then on to
Gudvangen, from where a ferry takes you up the spectacular Nærøyfjord to Flåm,
joining the stunning mountain railway to Myrdal, and then taking a train back to Ber-
gen in time for a late dinner (or for Nkr1345/685 per adult/child you can continue on
to Oslo to arrive at around 10pm). From May to September, Fjord Tours also runs a
