Air
Norwegian air travel is served by Braathens
SAFE (BU) and SAS
Scandinavian Airlines (SK), a Scandinavian airline.
Air France, British Airways, Finnair, Icelandair, KLM, Lufthansa,
Northwest Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and
Swiss also operate services to Norway.
Approximate flight times:
 London
to Oslo is 1 hour 45 minutes,
to
Bergen is 1 hour 40 minutes
to
Stavanger is 1 hour 30 minutes.
New
York to Oslo is 10 hours 45 minutes (including
stopover in London).
International airports
Oslo International Airport (OSL) (Gardermoen)
Located 47km (30 miles) north of Oslo and the largest land-based
development project in Norway.
Trains
The high-speed airport express trains Flytoget
leave every 10 minutes to and from Oslo’s central station
with a travel time of 20 minutes.
Buses
serving the airport include the SL buses and Bussekspress
which stop in front of the terminal building and take approximately
45 minutes to Oslo. A new bus station for regional services is located
within walking distance of the terminal.
Car
Access by car is also facilitated by the construction of new roads
(regional no. 174 from Jessheim) and the widening of others (regional
no. 120 from Erpestad and national no. 6 from Tangerud).
Taxi
The taxi rank is located at the terminal building. In addition to
regular taxis, there are ‘airport taxis’,
cheaper taxis which must be ordered in advance by groups of up to
3 people, and wheelchair taxis.
Airport facilities
Include duty free shopping, banks and bureaux de change, restaurants
and cafes, car hire, lost luggage, information kiosks as well as
dry cleaning, shoe repair and key-cutting services.
Website: www.osl.no
Sandefjord (Torp) (TRF)
Although situated some 118km (74 miles) to the southwest of Oslo,
the independently operated Torp airport has grown
in importance since closure of the capital’s centrally situated
Fornebu Airport in 1998. It is much smaller than Gardermoen but
offers low-cost alternative international routes,
as well as some domestic connections.
Airport
facilities
Torp is quite small, however, there are shop, bar and cafeteria
facilities.
Car Hire
Car hire is available from Budget, Hertz, Europcar
and Avis.
Coach
A coach service, in association with Ryanair, links
Torp with Oslo’s city centre
and serves all incoming and outbound Ryanair flights – buses
depart Oslo 3 hours before flight time, with a Journey time of approximately
2 hours.
Train
There are regular trains to the capital from Sandefjord station,
hourly from 0500-2200 hrs on weekdays. The station is approximately
8km (5 miles) from the airport, and a taxi journey to the station
takes 10 minutes.
Website: www.torp.no
Stavanger (SVG) (Sola)
Located 14.5km (9 miles) southwest of the city with a travel time
of 20-30 minutes.
Buses
There is a coach to the Royal Atlantic Hotel, Jembaneveien 1. Bus
no. 40 goes every 20 minutes (0620-2400) for a fare of approximately
NOK21 with a travel time of 30 minutes.
Taxi
Taxi services are available to the city with a surcharge after 2200
hrs and a travel time of 15 minutes.
Airport facilities
Include duty free shops, bar, snack bar, restaurant, many shops,
tourist information, post office, banks/bureaux de change, left
luggage, lockers.
Car hire
Avis, Budget, Hertz and InterRent/Europcar). .
Taxi
Taxi services are available to the city with a surcharge after 2200
hrs (travel time of 15 minutes).
Bergen
(BGO) (Flesland)
Located 19km (12 miles) south of the city with a travel time of
25 minutes.
Bus
Flybussen service leaves for the city every 20 minutes (0645-2130hrs).
Taxi
Services are available to the city for a fare of approximately NOK170
with a surcharge after 2200 hrs with a travel time of 25 minutes.
Airport facilities
Include left luggage, lockers, banks, bureaux de change,
post office, duty free shops, bar, cafes, shops, tourist information
and nursery.
Car Hire
Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz.
Departure tax:
None.
Sea
The main passenger ports are:
Bergen
Kristiansand
Larvik
Oslo
Stavanger
The main sea routes from the UK, operated by Fjord
Line and DFDS Seaways.
The routes are:
Newcastle
to Bergen with a travel time of 25 hours 30 minutes
Kristiansand
with a travel time of 19 hours.
Services from Newcastle to Bergen via Stavangar are also operated
by Fjord Line.
Fjord
Line operate a number of fjord cruises within Norway (in UK
telephone number: (0191) 296 1313. Fjord Line also operates services
from Bergen to Hanstholm (Denmark).
Smyril
Line operates services from Bergen to Iceland
via the Shetland Islands and the Faroe
Islands in the summer (telephone number: (298) 345 900,
fax number: (298) 345 950, e-mail: office@smyril-line.no).
Rail
Connections from the UK are from London via Dover/Ostend
(via Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden)
or Harwich/Hook of Holland, or from Newcastle
to Bergen via Stavanger.
There are 2 principal routes into Sweden, with daytime and overnight
trains from Copenhagen, Malmö and Stockholm.
Cheap Fares
Reduced fares on rail services have vastly increased the use and
range of many internal services. Scanrail cards
allow 5 or 10 days within 2 months or 21 consecutive days’
unlimited travel in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden on railways
and selected ferries, and a 50 per cent reduction on other ferry
services. InterRail tickets are valid in Norway
and also available for those aged over 26 years.
Road
The only international routes are from Sweden or
Finland in the far north. Camping trailers up to
2.3m (7.5ft) wide, with number plates, are allowed on holiday visits.
Eurolines,
departing from Victoria Coach Station in London, serves destinations
in Norway. For further information, contact Eurolines
(telephone number: (08705) 143 219, fax number: (01582) 400 694)
or National
Express (telephone number: (08705) 808 080). |
