Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Air SAS (
www.sas.no
)
flies regularly to Haugesund from Bergen and Oslo, while
Norwe-
gian (
www.norwegian.com
)
also flies the Haugesund-Oslo route.
Boat Flaggruten (
www.flaggruten.no
)
ferries between Bergen (Nkr510, 3¼ hours) and
Stavanger (Nkr310, 1¾ hours) stop in Haugesund twice daily from Sunday to Friday and
once on Saturday.
Bus
Nor-Way Bussekspress buses connect Haugesund with Stavanger (Nkr240, 2¼ hours,
up to six daily), and Bergen (Nkr320, 3½ hours) almost hourly on weekdays and every
second hour on weekends.
Getting Around
Haugesund airport ( 52 85 79 00)
is 13km southwest of the city. The
airport bus
(
www.flybussen.no/haugesund
;
1-way adult/child Nkr70/40)
has services to coincide
with all SAS and Norwegian flights. For Ryanair flights, the service is operated by
Kyst-
bussen (
www.kystbussen.no
)
,whichconnectswithbusservicestoBergenandStavanger.
Around Haugesund
KARMØY ISLAND
Low-lying Karmøy island has some interesting historical sites and museums, and is circled
by quiet and pretty wooden villages.
Inearlyormid-June,Karmøyislandhostsa
Viking Festival (
www.vikingfestivalen.no
,
in Norwegian)
, which features Viking feasts, processions and saga evenings.
Visnes Grubeområde
MINING MUSEUM
(
www.visitkarmoy.no
;
Visnes; adult/child Nkr60/15; 11am-5pm Mon-Fri,
noon-5pm Sun Jun-mid-Aug)
Notcontentwithplayingaroleinthefamilyhistoryofone
American icon (Marilyn Monroe;
Click here
), Haugesund was also essential to the found-
ing of another. Copper from the mine at Visnes, 4km west of Avaldsnes, was used to build
theStatueofLibertyinNewYork.Apartfromtheusualexhibits,there'saseasidesmelting
hut.
