The best ways to get around in Bergen

Lille Lungegårdsvann in Bergen city centre, Norway.

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The best ways to get around in Bergen

Here are some tips if you want to explore Bergen on your own.

BERGEN LIGHT RAIL

Bergen Light Rail

photo by Nina-no, Wikimedia Commons

(Norwegian: Bybanen) Bybanen is a light rail system with a twenty-seven-station stretch between the city center and Bergen Airport, Flesland. The northernmost station, Byparken, is a transit mall in the heart of the city center. Other stops on the route include Bystasjonen/Bergen Storsenter, serving the bus station and a shopping mall

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: https://www.skyss.no/en/

BUY TICKETS: Tickets can be bought through the Skyss ticket app, ticket machines close to the light rail, and some kiosks sell single tickets for zone A.

TAXI

You can find taxi ranks at several places in the city center, for example at Øvre Ole Bulls plass, Strandkaiterminalen, Nordnes and the bus station.

TO ORDER A TAXI, call Bergen Taxi at 07000, or Taxi1 at 55700000

BUS

The bus will take you to all the places surrounding Bergen. If you want to visit mount Ulriken, take bus number 2, 3 or 12 from the city center going south. You can take bus number 2 and 3 from the bus stop outside the mall Xhibition. Exit at the stop: Haukeland Sykehus (right before the tunnel), cross the road, and follow the sign up the hill called Haukelandsbakken

BUY TICKETS: Tickets can be bought through the Skyss mobile app, at the Skyss ticket machines, on board or selected kiosks.

BERGEN CARD

The Bergen Card gives you free entry or discounted admissions to museums, attractions, events and sightseeing tours. Travel for free on the busses in Bergen and the region, as well as the Bergen light railway.

Choose between 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour cards.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ONLINE BOOKING, VISIT: https://en.visitbergen.com/ and choose Bergen Card.

CITY BIKE

Using a City Bike is a quick and easy way to get around in Bergen. You can find city bikes on several stations located in the city center. Use the app Bergen Bysykkel to unlock the bike. The bikes can be unlocked every day between 06.00 and 00.00. You can ride the bike as much as you want for 45 minutes. You can keep the bike for even longer for an additional 5 kroners every 15 minutes. When you’re done riding, place the bike at the nearest station.

SOURCE: www.bergenbysykkel.no

BEFFEN

Beffen takes you across Vågen

Photo by Remi Presttun, Presttun Media

Take a 20 minute mini cruise across the city bay Vågen with Beffen, the oldest running ferry in Bergen. You can also hire Beffen for an exciting excursion of your own choosing. The ferry runs every 10 minutes, sailing back and forth between the wharf and Nordnes. Its open monday to friday from 07.30 – 16.00, and from May to August it runs every saturday from 11.00 – 16.00.

SOURCE: www.beffenfergen.no

BUY TICKETS: Tickets can be bought at Bergen Tourist Information Centre - located close to the fish market, the Norwegian Fisheries Museum, or onboard.