Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Lunch or dinner in decent local restaurant
Car rental: from €75 per day
Top end: More than €200
Double room in top-end hotel: €175 and up
Lunch and dinner in decent local restaurants
Opening Hours
These standard opening hours are for high season and tend to decrease outside that time
for tourist-related sites.
Banks
8.15am to 3pm Monday to Wednesday and Friday, to 5pm Thursday
Central Post Offices
8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm Saturday; otherwise 9am
to 5pm Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm Saturday
Restaurants
noon to 3pm, 6pm to 11pm. Some don't close between lunch and dinner.
Shops
10am to 5pm Monday to Wednesday and Friday, to 7pm Thursday, to 2pm Saturday
Supermarkets
10am to 9pm Monday to Friday, to 6pm Saturday
Arriving in Norway
Gardermoen International Airport (Oslo)
Trains and buses connect the airport to the city
centre (22 to 40 minutes) one to six times hourly from 4.05am to midnight. Taxis cost €80 to
€120 (30 minutes to one hour).
Flesland Airport (Bergen)
Airport bus connects the airport with downtown Bergen (45
minutes) up to four times hourly from 3.49am to just after midnight.
Getting Around
Train
The rail network reaches as far north as Bodø, with an additional branch line con-
necting Narvik with Sweden further north. Book in advance for considerably cheaper
mini-
pris
tickets.
