{"id":1302652,"date":"2026-09-26T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302652"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:34:46","slug":"norway","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Norway country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Norway","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Fjords that justify every photograph, the most expensive beer in Europe, and a legal right to camp anywhere. The second and third facts are connected.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302654","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac38 | Dorm bed, from\r\nFree | Wild camping, by law\r\n1,190 | Fjords\r\n60+ | Days of midnight sun in Troms\u00f8","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"The landscape is the whole point","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Nobody comes to Norway for the cities, and that is not a criticism. Oslo and Bergen are pleasant, walkable and worth a day or two each, but the country's case is made by what is between them: fjords cut hundreds of metres deep, plateaus above the tree line, and roads and railways engineered through both.\r\n\r\nThe classic route is Oslo to Bergen by train \u2014 one of the great rail journeys anywhere \u2014 with a detour down the Fl\u00e5m line and a fjord boat through N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord. It can be done in a long day or stretched across three, and it costs a fraction of an organised tour.\r\n\r\nNorth of that is a different country again: Lofoten's peaks straight out of the sea, Troms\u00f8 for northern lights, and the midnight sun from late May to July. It is a long way and worth the flight.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Norwegian. English is spoken almost universally and extremely well\r\nCurrency | Norwegian krone (NOK), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Among the best in the world. Never buy bottled\r\nTipping | Not expected\r\nAllemannsretten | The right to camp on uncultivated land, away from houses\r\nHow long to stay | A week for Oslo, Bergen and the fjords between them\r\nBest months | June to August, or February and March for the lights","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains, buses and coastal ferries link the country, and the Bergen railway is a journey in itself.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Oslo | The capital: harbour swimming, an opera house you can walk on, and the Munch Museum and the Fram. |  | 1302655 | So safe, not touristy, amazing mueseums, great swimming | \nBergen | Wooden warehouses on the harbour, seven mountains around it, and rain most days. The fjord gateway. |  | 1302656 | I loved my stay in Bergen. Its a fatastic and very beautiful city surrounded ny 7 mountains. I enjoyed some delicious food, cake and coffees. I also took a boat trip from there to the Monstraumen fjord which was stunning. Its fairly pricey but definately worth visiting. I really hope to return to spend more time in Bergen | \nTroms\u00f8 | Above the Arctic Circle: northern lights, midnight sun, and more bars per head than anywhere in Norway. |  | 1302657 |  | \nStavanger | The base for Preikestolen, the cliff everyone photographs, and an old town of white wooden houses. |  | 1302658 |  | \nTrondheim | The medieval capital, with a cathedral built over a saint's grave, a student population and wooden warehouses on the river. |  | 1302659 |  | \nAlesund | Rebuilt entirely in art nouveau after a 1904 fire, on islands between fjords, with the Geirangerfjord south of it. |  | 1302660 |  | \nSvolv\u00e6r | The main town in Lofoten: peaks straight out of the sea, fishing cabins to sleep in, and the sea eagle safaris. |  | 1302661 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Norway is an outdoors country with two cities attached. Most trips are shaped by season.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | Hiking above fjords, and the right to sleep where you stop. | Hike to Preikestolen; Camp legally under allemannsretten; Kayak a fjord arm | Preikestolen; Trolltunga; Lofoten ridges | Stavanger; Bergen; Lofoten | adventure\nRoad trip | blue | bus | The fjord roads, ferries included, and the Atlantic Road. | Drive the Trollstigen hairpins; Take car ferries as transport; Sleep in a campervan | Trollstigen; The Atlantic Road; Lofoten E10 | Bergen; Lofoten | road-trip\nCulture | purple | culture | Vikings, Munch and a lot of very good architecture. | The Munch Museum; The Fram polar ship museum; Walk on the Oslo opera house roof | Munch Museum; Bryggen, Bergen; Oslo Opera House | Oslo; Bergen | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | The most expensive country here, and the one with free beds. | Wild camp legally; Cook everything; Use the Bergen railway rather than tours | Oslo; Bergen; the fjords | Oslo; Bergen | budget-travel\nBeach | teal | sunglasses | White sand in the Arctic, and water that will stop your breath. | Haukland beach in Lofoten; Harbour swimming in Oslo; A sauna and a cold plunge | Haukland; Uttakleiv; Oslo fjord islands | Lofoten; Oslo | beach\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Expensive, late, and better in Troms\u00f8 than you would expect. | A single beer, savoured; Troms\u00f8 bars in polar night; Oslo's Gr\u00fcnerl\u00f8kka | Gr\u00fcnerl\u00f8kka, Oslo; Troms\u00f8 centre; Bergen harbour | Oslo; Troms\u00f8 | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Norway","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The Oslo to Bergen railway is the single best thing you can do here for the price of a train ticket: seven hours across the Hardangervidda plateau, above the tree line for much of it. Break it at Myrdal for the Fl\u00e5m line, which drops 865 metres in twenty kilometres, and take the fjord boat from Fl\u00e5m through N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord.\r\n\r\nThe famous hikes \u2014 Preikestolen, Kjeragbolten, Trolltunga \u2014 are all day walks of four to twelve hours, free, and require proper boots and weather checks rather than technical skill. Preikestolen is the shortest and busiest; Trolltunga is ten to twelve hours and should not be underestimated.\r\n\r\nIn the north, Lofoten in summer has midnight sun and hiking, and Troms\u00f8 between September and March is the most reliable northern lights base in the country.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Oslo\u2013Bergen railway | Seven hours, and better than most paid excursions\r\nFl\u00e5m line | 865 metres of descent in 20km. Book ahead in summer\r\nPreikestolen | A four-hour return walk, free, and very busy in July\r\nTrolltunga | 10\u201312 hours. Check conditions, start early, take food","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Norway","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Norway","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Eating out in Norway is a decision rather than a habit. A restaurant main is \u20ac30 to \u20ac45 and a beer in a bar is \u20ac10 to \u20ac13. Almost every traveller here cooks, and hostels are built around that.\r\n\r\nThe supermarkets to know are Rema 1000, Kiwi and Coop Extra, and the Norwegian habit of matpakke \u2014 a packed lunch of open sandwiches \u2014 is what locals do too, not a budget compromise.\r\n\r\nWorth paying for once: fresh seafood on the Bergen fish market or in Lofoten, brown cheese if you are curious, and a cinnamon bun from a bakery. Supermarkets sell beer up to 4.75% until the evening; wine and anything stronger comes from Vinmonopolet, the state off-licence, which is expensive but a fraction of bar prices, and closes early and entirely on Sundays.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Restaurant main | \u20ac30\u201345. Not a tourist mark-up\r\nSupermarkets | Rema 1000, Kiwi, Coop Extra. Cooking is the norm\r\nVinmonopolet | The state off-licence. Closes early, shut Sundays\r\nTap water | Excellent everywhere. Bottled water here is absurd","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Norway","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Norway","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"A beer in an Oslo bar is \u20ac10 to \u20ac13, so Norwegians pre-drink at home with beer from the supermarket or wine and spirits from Vinmonopolet, and go out late. Visitors who do not plan for that spend their food budget in one evening.\r\n\r\nOslo's Gr\u00fcnerl\u00f8kka has the bars worth going to, Bergen's are around the harbour, and Troms\u00f8 has a genuinely disproportionate scene for a city of 77,000 \u2014 partly because during polar night there is not much else to do.\r\n\r\nSummer moves everything outside, and the light means you can be sitting out at eleven with the sun still up, which is worth experiencing even if the round costs what dinner does elsewhere.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"A beer | \u20ac10\u201313 in a bar. Pre-drinking is standard practice\r\nVinmonopolet | Buy before it closes. Shut on Sundays entirely\r\nTroms\u00f8 | More bars per head than anywhere else in the country\r\nSummer | Light until midnight, and everyone outdoors","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Norway","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Norway","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Trains cover the south and the Oslo\u2013Bergen and Oslo\u2013Trondheim lines are journeys in their own right. Vy sells minipris fares months ahead that cost a fraction of the walk-up price, and they are the single biggest saving available in Norwegian travel.\r\n\r\nBuses and ferries reach everything the trains do not, and in fjord country the ferry is simply part of the road. Express boats along the coast are faster and pricier; Hurtigruten, the coastal steamer, is a cruise rather than transport.\r\n\r\nA car or campervan makes the fjords much easier and, combined with allemannsretten and campsites, can be the cheapest way to travel here. Tolls are automatic and billed to the rental, and ferries take cars without booking on most routes.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Minipris | Vy advance fares. Book the day they release for the best price\r\nFerries | Part of the road network in fjord country. Usually no booking needed\r\nCampervan | Covers bed and transport, and legal camping fills the gaps\r\nNorth | Flying to Troms\u00f8 or Lofoten is usually cheaper than days of travel","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Norway","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Norway costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Norway is the most expensive country in this guide. Dorms start around \u20ac38, a restaurant main is \u20ac30 to \u20ac45, and a beer is \u20ac10 to \u20ac13. There is no version of this where eating and drinking out daily is affordable on a normal budget.\r\n\r\nWhat makes it workable is that the best things are free. Allemannsretten gives you the legal right to camp on uncultivated land away from houses, every major hike costs nothing, and the landscape does not charge admission.\r\n\r\nThe travellers who do Norway cheaply cook everything, camp or use hostel kitchens, book minipris train fares months ahead, and treat a bar as an occasional event. That takes a day from \u20ac160 to something near \u20ac70.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac38, more in Bergen and Lofoten in July\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac70\u201390 camping and cooking, \u20ac160+ otherwise\r\nA beer | \u20ac10\u201313 in a bar, about \u20ac3.50 from a supermarket\r\nFree | Camping, hiking, and essentially all the scenery","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Norway","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Norway","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Norway has very little crime and the cities are safe at any hour. Everything that goes wrong here is weather, water or terrain.\r\n\r\nThe famous hikes kill people most years, almost always through underestimation: starting too late, turning back too slowly, no waterproofs, no food, phone as the only light. Trolltunga in particular is a ten to twelve hour day in mountain weather, not a photo stop.\r\n\r\nFjord and sea water is cold enough to cause cold shock in minutes. And in winter, roads close, daylight in the north is measured in a couple of twilight hours, and driving conditions require winter tyres and experience.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nLong hikes | Start early, carry food, waterproofs and a real light\r\nTurn-back time | Decide it before you set off and keep to it\r\nWinter driving | Winter tyres required. Roads and passes close","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Norway is in the Schengen area but not the EU. EU and EEA citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been postponed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nBecause Norway is outside the EU customs union, there are strict limits on bringing alcohol in, and they are enforced. Given bar prices, people do check.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen, not EU | Schengen rules apply; customs rules do not match the EU\r\nNot the euro | Norwegian krone, and a nearly cashless economy\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nAlcohol limits | Strict customs allowances, and they are enforced","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Summer gives you the fjords, the hikes and the midnight sun. Winter gives you northern lights and very little daylight. There is not much in between.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Oslo. Bergen is milder and much wetter, the Arctic north far colder, with midnight sun from late May to late July and polar night from late November.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | -2 | 2 | Dark, cold, and northern lights in the Arctic\r\nFebruary | -1 | 3 | The best month for lights with a little daylight back\r\nMarch | 3 | 3 | Lights plus proper daylight. Skiing everywhere\r\nApril | 9 | 1 | Between seasons. Cheap, and many trails still snowbound\r\nMay | 15 | 2 | Waterfalls at full melt. Some high roads still closed\r\nJune | 19 | 4 | Midnight sun begins in the north, everything opens\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Peak. Norwegians on holiday and the fjords busy\r\nAugust | 21 | 4 | Warm, berries, and the lights return at the end of the month\r\nSeptember | 16 | 3 | Excellent. Autumn colour, thin crowds, lights returning\r\nOctober | 9 | 2 | Quiet and cheap. Weather turning\r\nNovember | 3 | 1 | Dark and wet in the south, polar night starting up north\r\nDecember | 0 | 3 | Christmas markets, and no daylight at all above the Arctic Circle","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person. Camping legally takes the bed line to zero.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Shoestring assumes hostel kitchens or camping and minipris train fares booked far ahead. Hiking and scenery cost nothing, which is why the doing column can be zero.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 38 | 20 | 8 | 0\r\nMiddle of the road | 55 | 42 | 15 | 20\r\nComfortable | 85 | 70 | 25 | 40","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"A short, intense summer calendar, and a winter one built around darkness.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"norway","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Norway","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/norway\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Northern Lights Festival | January | Troms\u00f8 | Classical and contemporary music during polar night. |  | \nS\u00e1mi National Day | 6 February | Troms\u00f8 \u00b7 Kautokeino | Reindeer racing, joik singing and S\u00e1mi culture in the far north. |  | \nConstitution Day | 17 May | Nationwide | The whole country in national dress, with children's parades in every town. The best day to be in Norway. |  | \nBergen International Festival | May and June | Bergen | Two weeks of music and theatre in the fjord city. |  | \nMidnight sun | Late May to late July | North of the Arctic Circle | The sun does not set. Football matches at 2am are a real thing. |  | \n\u00d8ya Festival | August | Oslo | Norway's biggest music festival, in a park in the middle of the city. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Norway","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Kitchens matter more here than anywhere \u2014 check the listing has one before booking.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Norway","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/norway\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"158","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Norway travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How expensive is Norway really? | It is the most expensive country in this guide. Dorms from \u20ac38, a restaurant main \u20ac30 to \u20ac45, a beer \u20ac10 to \u20ac13. Cooking, camping and booking minipris train fares months ahead brings a day from \u20ac160 down to around \u20ac70.\r\nCan I really camp anywhere? | Under allemannsretten you can pitch a tent for up to two nights on uncultivated land, at least 150 metres from the nearest house or cabin, leaving no trace and respecting fire bans. It is a legal right and the main reason Norway can be done cheaply.\r\nWhat is the best way to see the fjords? | The Oslo to Bergen railway with the Fl\u00e5m branch line and a boat through N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord. It costs a fraction of an organised tour and covers the same ground. Book train fares early for minipris prices.\r\nWhen can I see the northern lights? | September to March above the Arctic Circle, with Troms\u00f8 the most convenient base. February and March combine dark skies with enough daylight to do other things. They are never guaranteed.\r\nHow hard is Trolltunga? | Ten to twelve hours return with significant ascent, in mountain weather that changes fast. It is a long day rather than a technical climb, but people are rescued from it every summer for starting late or going unequipped.\r\nDo I need a car in Norway? | Not for Oslo, Bergen and the classic fjord route, which trains, buses and ferries cover well. A car or campervan helps enormously for Lofoten and the smaller fjords, and combined with legal camping it can work out cheaper.\r\nDoes Norway use the euro? | No, the Norwegian krone, and it is a nearly cashless country \u2014 cards work everywhere. Norway is in Schengen but not the EU, so customs allowances, particularly on alcohol, are stricter than between EU countries.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Norway \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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