Flights & getting there

The following destinations are serviced by bus from Flåm.

From Flåm, boats head out to towns around Sognefjorden.

The most scenic trip from Flåm – and it's a real beaut – is the passenger ferry up Nærøyfjord to Gudvangen (445kr, two hours, up to five daily), with a connecting bus to Voss for trains to Bergen or Oslo. The tourist office sells tickets.

Norled (www.norled.no) runs a direct ferry to Bergen (adult/child 865/435kr, 5¼ hours). There's at least one daily express boat to Balestrand (290/148kr, 1½ hours).

Flåm is the only Sognefjorden village with a rail link, via the magnificent Flåmsbana railway. There are train connections via Myrdal to Oslo (771kr, five hours, four daily) and Bergen (318kr, 2¾ hours, six daily).