Bergen & the Southwestern Fjords - Norway - page 425

AIR
SAS ( www.sas.no ) flies regularly to Haugesund from Bergen and Oslo; Widerøe
( www.wideroe.no ) has flights from Bergen, while Norwegian ( www.norwegian.com ) also
serves the Haugesund-Oslo route.
BOAT
Kolumbus FERRY
( 81 50 01 82; www.kolumbus.no )
Kolumbus ferries run from Stavanger to Haugesund and back three times daily (Nkr357,
1¾ hours).
BUS
Nor-Way Bussekspress buses connect Haugesund with Stavanger (Nkr220, 2¼ hours, up
to six daily) and Bergen (Nkr350, 3½ hours) almost hourly on weekdays and every second
hour on weekends. Bus4You by Nettbuss ( www.nettbuss.no ) does the run to Stavanger
(Nkr199) and Bergen (Nkr329) too.
Getting Around
Haugesund airport ( 52 85 79 00) is 13km southwest of the city. The airport bus
( www.flybussen.no/haugesund ; one-way adult/child Nkr70/40) has services to coincide with all
SAS and Norwegian flights, but not the Widerøe ones. For Ryanair flights, the service is
operated by Kystbussen ( www.kyst bussen.no ) , which connects with bus services to Bergen
and Stavanger.
Karmøy Island
Low-lying Karmøy island is blessed with natural beauty: besides a number of exquisite
pale sand beaches, it crams in forests, open marshes, heather uplands and lakes. Culturally
it's no slouch either, with a number of significant historical sites, pretty wooden villages
and, in early June, a spirited Viking Festival ( www.vikingfestivalen.no ) .
Sights