Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com/norway/bergen-and-the-western-fjords
)
Plan-
ning advice, author recommendations, traveller reviews and insider tips.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Bergen airport is at Flesland, about 19km southwest of the centre.
Norwegian
AIRLINE
Flights to Oslo and Tromsø.
SAS
AIRLINE
(
www.sas.no
)
Oslo and Stavanger.
Widerøe
AIRLINE
(
www.wideroe.no
)
Oslo, Haugesund, Stavanger and many coastal destinations as far as Tromsø.
BOAT
International ferries to/from Bergen dock at Skoltegrunnskaien northwest of the Rosen-
krantz tower, while the Hurtigruten coastal ferry leaves from the Hurtigruteterminalen,
southwest of the centre, at 8pm daily from mid-April to mid-September, and from
10.30pm the rest of the year.
A number of operators offer express boat services.
Norled Bergen
FERRY
( 51 86 87 00;
www.norled.no
; Kong Christian Frederiks plass 3)
Norled offers at least one daily ferry from Bergen to Sogndal (Nkr645; five hours), with
some services going on to Flåm (Nkr750; 5½ hours).
BUS
