Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Tourist office ( 71 58 54 54;
www.visitkristiansund.com
;
Kongens plass 1;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat, 11am-4pm Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, 9am-4pm
Mon-Fri rest of year)
Free internet access.
Getting There & Away
Air
The town's Kvernberget
airport ( 71 68 30 50)
is on Nordlandet island. There are fre-
quent flights daily to/from both Oslo and Bergen.
Buses travel regularly to/from the airport (Nkr60, 15 minutes, up to eight daily) to meet
incoming flights.
Boat
Express boats connect Kristiansund with Trondheim (3½ hours, up to three daily from
Nordmørskaia). The Hurtigruten coastal ferry also calls in daily at Holmakaia.
Bus
Inland buses run hourly to Molde (Nkr156, 1½ hours) and on to Ålesund (3¾ hours).
The coastal run that rolls along the Atlanterhavsveien (see the boxed text,
Click here
) is
much more impressive and scarcely longer. Northwards, there are up to three buses daily
to Trondheim (Nkr400, 4¾ hours).
Getting Around
The
Sundbåt ferry (adult/child Nkr25/13, day ticket Nkr50)
claims to be 'the world's
oldest public transport system in uninterrupted use'. That's a heavy reputation for these
small,squatboatstobear.Whateverthehistory,it'swellworththerideforitsownsakeand
forthespecialperspectiveitgivesoftheharbour.Boatslinkthetowncentreandtheislands
of Innlandet, Nordlandet and Gomelandet, running every half hour, Monday to Saturday.
The full circuit takes 20 minutes.
