Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
information, see the Norway in a Nutshell chapter. Train info: tel. 81 50 08
88,
www.nsb.no
.
To get to
Stockholm
or
Copenhagen,
you'll go via Oslo (see “Oslo Con-
look into cheap flights.
By Express Boat to Balestrand and Flåm (on Sognefjord):
A handy ex-
press boat links Bergen with Balestrand (4 hours) and Flåm (5.5 hours). For
By Bus to Kristiansand:
If you're heading to Denmark on the ferry from
Kristiansand, catch the Haukeli express bus (departing Bergen daily at 7:30).
After a nearly two-hour layover in Haukeli, take the bus at 14:40, arriving at
18:55 in Kristiansand in time for the evening ferry to Denmark (for boat de-
By Boat to Stavanger:
Flaggruten catamarans sail to Stavanger (1-2/
day, 4.5 hours, 770 kr one-way, 990 kr round-trip; nearly half-price for stu-
dents and railpass-holders; tel. 55 23 87 00 or 05505,
www.tide.no
). From
Stavanger, trains run to Kristiansand and Oslo, and ships sail to Denmark (for
Stavanger's transportation connections, see
here
).
By Boat to Denmark:
Fjordline runs a boat from Bergen to Hirtshals,
Denmark (17 hours; departs Mon and Wed at 13:00, Fri generally at 11:00;
boat from Hirtshals runs Sun, Tue, and Thu; seat in reclining chair-around
1,500 kr, tel. 81 53 35 00,
www.fjordline.com
).
By Boat to the Arctic:
Hurtigruten coastal steamers depart nearly daily
(mid-April-mid-Sept at20:00,mid-Sept-mid-April at22:30)fortheseven-day
trip north up the scenic west coast to Kirkenes on the Russian border.
This route was started in 1893 as a postal and cargo delivery service along
the west coast of Norway. Although no longer delivering mail, their ships still
fly the Norwegian postal flag by special permission and deliver people, cars,
and cargo from Bergen to Kirkenes. A lifeline for remote areas, the ships call
at 34 fishing villages and cities.
