Bergen Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Train

The spectacular train journey between Bergen and Oslo (Nkr299 to Nkr728, 6½ to eight hours, five daily) runs through the heart of Norway. Local trains between Bergen and Voss (Nkr153, one hour) leave every hour or two; four of these run to/from Myrdal (Nkr232, 2¼ hours) for connections for the Flåmsbana railway.

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Boat

There are daily Fylkesbåtane (55 90 70 70; www.fylkesbaatane.no) express boats to Balestrand (Nkr410, four hours), Flåm (Nkr552, 5½ hours), Måløy (Nkr595, 4½ hours), Selje (Nkr640, five hours) and Stavanger (one way/return Nkr620/710, four hours) from the Strandkaiterminal.

The Hurtigruten coastal ferry leaves from the Frieleneskaien, to the south of the university, at 8pm daily.

International ferries to/from Bergen dock at Skoltegrunnskaien, northwest of the Rosenkrantz tower.

Rødne Fjord Cruise (51 89 52 70; www.rodne.no; Nkr285; May-Aug) has summer express boats from Bergen to Rosendal twice daily from Monday to Friday and once on Saturday and Sunday. It leaves just northwest of Strandkaiterminal.

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Air

Bergen airport (55 99 80 00) is at Flesland, about 19km southwest of the centre. SAS Braathens (81 52 00 00; www.sasbraathens.no) connects Oslo and Bergen (from Nkr265) six times daily. There are also direct flights to Trondheim (from Nkr560), Kristiansand (from Nkr560) as well as Stavanger (from Nkr520). Coast Air (81 54 44 42; www.coastair.no) also has a daily flight to Haugesund (from Nkr490).

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