This has somewhat reduced my travel anxiety, thank you. I'll be sure to let the Norwegians go first when disembarking, as I'm not in any kind of hurry and like enjoying the view.
You cannot choose when to disembark, the crew chooses the order. Just drive to the side after the ferry and let the other car pass, that's best option.
Would be cool to make similar video about pedestrians and cyclers taking those ferges. For an instance, ferge is for cars while hurtingbåt is fo pedestrians and cyclers so there will be a lot of confusion on what is what.
Since I never took a ferry as pedestrian or cyclist, I didn't have first hand expirience to make an accurate video, so I focussed on car ferries. You can take any ferry also with as pedistrian or cyclist. Hurtigbåt, express boats, are more like overland bus route or train along the coast, connecting towns together.
Ah yes, so there is a difference?. I'm just starting to explore ideas and I'm wanting to get to a base town by transport and potentially use boat/ ferry to explore a couple of nearby places. Basically I don't want to drive for the holiday. We were just in Hellysylt and thought it might be possible to just walk on as a foot passenger.
It hurts me as a swede to admit this since swedes and danes has tried to steal Norways thunder for such a long time: But vikings came orginally from Norway. This video proves it beyond any doubt. The fjords FORCED the vikings to make boats to be able to travel inside Norway crossing the hundreds of fjords in Norway. Sweden and Denmark are both without fjords - so there was no need to invent boats there. Your video just made me realize this fact.
Ferries are something that makes me proud as a Norwegian Our geography makes this necessary, with all the fjords and mountains and islands, so it cannot be carried out in any other way But unfortunately there are fewer and fewer ferries. There is more and more investment in underwater tunnels. This takes away many jobs from ferry employees, it costs an insane amount of tax money. Ferries are part of our identity, our culture and it's a nice journey where you can enjoy nature. Ferries can accommodate everything from small cars to gigantic vehicles. Ferries are part of the road. I don't see why we should get rid of something that brings so much joy, spending billions on subterranean tunnels
@@XploreNorway hope ferries will remain forever 😊, tunnels are boring and expensive, and often closed when cars have a technical failure and need to be towed, and when the ventilation system fails, than the tunnels are filled with exhaust fumes, so visibility becomes poor, and the tunnel is temporarily closed. Ferries are sometimes closed due to bad weather, but I have more often experienced tunnels being temporarily closed than ferries, there is often bad weather in Norway, but there must be extreme weather before the ferries are closed, and even in extreme weather there is often a standby harbor located in a different wind direction, the weather conditions are often VERY local, just a few kilometers further away the weather can be manageable to the ferry can be operated 😊
On my last trip I had to wait 4h in front of a tunnel North of Fauske, because some truck hit the ceiling. Luckily the Tesla has great entertainment system.
Are there car parks at the ferry terminals? We are planning a day trip to Utne, where I don't need a car. If I can leave our car in Kvanndal it would be great.
Thank you very much for your helpful video. We're planning our trip to the North Norway for two weeks and be grateful to know if we can pay with cash for using ferries, toll roads,tunnels, car parking, gas station to avoid paying fees when we use a credit card (my card works only in $ and eur). In case this is impossible, are there any specific cards for these services and where can we get them? Thank you in advance. Best regards, Bella Nudelman
You cannot pay cash as the services are totally automated, and are done while driving. If you register on your car on Autopass, you should only get one bill, and not each time. I don't know their billing options for foreigners. If you don’t do anything, you will get a bill once back home. If you are renting a car, the rental company will charge you when you bring the car back. Even Norwegians get only billed max. once a month.
How do the ferries detect the car‘s length? Do they check the length through cameras? I am asking because of the different prices concerning car the car size.
Don't know: It could be done with cameras or reading the database. On some ferries there is a crew member manually scanning all vehicles, so he could select the right price.
How does it work when you want to go from let's say Stamsund (Lofoten) to Honningsvåg (Finnmark). I found a ferry route with a dozen of stops. Do I need to change ferry at each stop? Are there "direct" ferries on some long routes like in my example. Thanks for you help :)
This is the Hurtigruten, run by Hurtigruten AS and Havilla Kystrute. You can put your car in Stamsund and get out in Honnigsvåg. There is barely enough traffic for a route which stops everywhere. But it's very expensive.
@@XploreNorway Thank you so much for your reply. I found the Hurtigruten port to port web page and it is indeed ridiculously expensive (about 500 usd per person) + car. I need to find another way. If anyone has some advice, thanks in advance for sharing :)
I understand passengers need to get out of the car and go to the deck during the ride. What about disabled people? is there a lift in the ferry for those?
I think the best is to talk to the crew in case you have disabled persons on board of the car. They might be allowed to stay in the vehicle. On this website you will find informations: www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/travelling-with-disabilities/?lang=uk
I dont think you generally have to leave the vehicle during the ride. Some ferries have lower (closed) deck, I guess for safety passengers need get out of the car.
It varies, a lot of ferries have the saloon at the car deck which makes no need for lift or stairs, most modern ferries with salloons above car deck has lifts.
Autopass is massively confusing, i thought as a good traveller to get it to prove to Norway i'm good traveller, instead i get punished by a rabbid hole of unclear reasons why to get it, how to get it, where to get it, if it is Cross company compatible, etc.
Somewhat outdated, and a little inaccurate. Most ferries are COMPLETELY FREE now, a number that increases a little on 16th of august, to a total of 84 ferries. General rule is that lines with less than 100.000 passengers per year are free, but others are too. And "free" means exactly that, regardless if you're on foot, on cycle, or ANY legal vehicle regardless of size. "You should leave your car". On many ferries you're REQUIRED to do so, especially the ones that takes a long time.
Yes, that with the free ferry changed this spring (2023), but it won't change that you just drive on it. Some locals are now complaining that these free ferries attract too many tourists. I think I should have phrased it differently with leaving the car. When I made this video, I had run the ferries previously during Covid, and the leaving the car rule was not enforced so much, to avoid unnecessary spreading of the virus.
@@XploreNorway I already said that about 16th august... And btw, if certain politicians gets their way, it won't be free for tourists anymore, only for Norwegians.
"Most ferries" may be true if you count all the ferry lines but I think that term is misleading. The typical foreign tourist will mostly use the ferries on the major roads like the E39 and they are not free, So you should still expect having to pay for the ferries taken on transport legs, but if you go to an island without road connection to the mainland or travel on minor roads you may encounter those free ferries.
In 2023 small ferries line became free to ride, this is not cover in the video, as it was made before intoduced.
Great video - gave me all the information we needed for our trip to Norway (and plenty of ferry rides!) in a few months. Thanks!
Welcome to Norway :)
Excellent Norway virtual tour, thank you so much, like it 👍👍👍👍👍
This has somewhat reduced my travel anxiety, thank you. I'll be sure to let the Norwegians go first when disembarking, as I'm not in any kind of hurry and like enjoying the view.
You cannot choose when to disembark, the crew chooses the order. Just drive to the side after the ferry and let the other car pass, that's best option.
@@XploreNorway that is what I meant. Anyway, I'm back from my vacation by now. It was great. I took 10 ferries!
Good Advice. Thank you
@4:22
I heard 'in case you have a problem with that you should take a train'
Great video thank you
Would be cool to make similar video about pedestrians and cyclers taking those ferges. For an instance, ferge is for cars while hurtingbåt is fo pedestrians and cyclers so there will be a lot of confusion on what is what.
Since I never took a ferry as pedestrian or cyclist, I didn't have first hand expirience to make an accurate video, so I focussed on car ferries.
You can take any ferry also with as pedistrian or cyclist.
Hurtigbåt, express boats, are more like overland bus route or train along the coast, connecting towns together.
Ferry = car ferry (that also takes foot passengers). Boat = passenger boat, Hurtigbåt=fast passenger boat.
Ah yes, so there is a difference?. I'm just starting to explore ideas and I'm wanting to get to a base town by transport and potentially use boat/ ferry to explore a couple of nearby places. Basically I don't want to drive for the holiday. We were just in Hellysylt and thought it might be possible to just walk on as a foot passenger.
It hurts me as a swede to admit this since swedes and danes has tried to steal Norways thunder for such a long time: But vikings came orginally from Norway. This video proves it beyond any doubt. The fjords FORCED the vikings to make boats to be able to travel inside Norway crossing the hundreds of fjords in Norway. Sweden and Denmark are both without fjords - so there was no need to invent boats there. Your video just made me realize this fact.
Ferries are something that makes me proud as a Norwegian
Our geography makes this necessary, with all the fjords and mountains and islands, so it cannot be carried out in any other way
But unfortunately there are fewer and fewer ferries. There is more and more investment in underwater tunnels. This takes away many jobs from ferry employees, it costs an insane amount of tax money. Ferries are part of our identity, our culture and it's a nice journey where you can enjoy nature. Ferries can accommodate everything from small cars to gigantic vehicles. Ferries are part of the road. I don't see why we should get rid of something that brings so much joy, spending billions on subterranean tunnels
I think the future will lay in many small automatic ferries, which will constantly run all the time, so you don't have to wait.
@@XploreNorway hope ferries will remain forever 😊, tunnels are boring and expensive, and often closed when cars have a technical failure and need to be towed, and when the ventilation system fails, than the tunnels are filled with exhaust fumes, so visibility becomes poor, and the tunnel is temporarily closed. Ferries are sometimes closed due to bad weather, but I have more often experienced tunnels being temporarily closed than ferries, there is often bad weather in Norway, but there must be extreme weather before the ferries are closed, and even in extreme weather there is often a standby harbor located in a different wind direction, the weather conditions are often VERY local, just a few kilometers further away the weather can be manageable to the ferry can be operated 😊
On my last trip I had to wait 4h in front of a tunnel North of Fauske, because some truck hit the ceiling. Luckily the Tesla has great entertainment system.
Are there car parks at the ferry terminals? We are planning a day trip to Utne, where I don't need a car. If I can leave our car in Kvanndal it would be great.
Most ferry terminal have a parking. Check Google Street View or Satelitte to be sure.
what about motorcycles?
Same as cars, you need to register and your registration number will be scanned.
Hi, trying to find out if car ferries take pedestrians?
Yes, they do. I think pedestrian ride for free now, but check with the crew.
Thank you,
Much appreciated
Any recommendation on which ferry route is beautiful to take?
I’ll be visiting Bergen, Stavanger & Oslo. thank you in advance!
Usually the small ones are nicer.
Thank you very much for your helpful video.
We're planning our trip to the North Norway for two weeks and be grateful to know if we can pay with cash for using ferries, toll roads,tunnels, car parking, gas station to avoid paying fees when we use a credit card (my card works only in $ and eur).
In case this is impossible, are there any specific cards for these services and where can we get them?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Bella Nudelman
You cannot pay cash as the services are totally automated, and are done while driving. If you register on your car on Autopass, you should only get one bill, and not each time. I don't know their billing options for foreigners. If you don’t do anything, you will get a bill once back home. If you are renting a car, the rental company will charge you when you bring the car back.
Even Norwegians get only billed max. once a month.
@@XploreNorway thank you so much
Do you have to pay for an motorcycle ?
I think so, but it much cheaper than a car.
How do the ferries detect the car‘s length? Do they check the length through cameras? I am asking because of the different prices concerning car the car size.
Don't know: It could be done with cameras or reading the database. On some ferries there is a crew member manually scanning all vehicles, so he could select the right price.
Ordinary passenger cars are less than 6 meters (the lowest price). If you have autopass the type/size of car is in the database.
How does it work when you want to go from let's say Stamsund (Lofoten) to Honningsvåg (Finnmark). I found a ferry route with a dozen of stops. Do I need to change ferry at each stop? Are there "direct" ferries on some long routes like in my example. Thanks for you help :)
This is the Hurtigruten, run by Hurtigruten AS and Havilla Kystrute. You can put your car in Stamsund and get out in Honnigsvåg.
There is barely enough traffic for a route which stops everywhere.
But it's very expensive.
@@XploreNorway Thank you so much for your reply. I found the Hurtigruten port to port web page and it is indeed ridiculously expensive (about 500 usd per person) + car. I need to find another way. If anyone has some advice, thanks in advance for sharing :)
@@gotatribu I think the cheapest is to drive yourself.
I understand passengers need to get out of the car and go to the deck during the ride. What about disabled people? is there a lift in the ferry for those?
I think the best is to talk to the crew in case you have disabled persons on board of the car. They might be allowed to stay in the vehicle.
On this website you will find informations: www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/travelling-with-disabilities/?lang=uk
I dont think you generally have to leave the vehicle during the ride. Some ferries have lower (closed) deck, I guess for safety passengers need get out of the car.
@@eckpolmick5080 They became less strict during corona.
It varies, a lot of ferries have the saloon at the car deck which makes no need for lift or stairs, most modern ferries with salloons above car deck has lifts.
very good
Autopass is massively confusing, i thought as a good traveller to get it to prove to Norway i'm good traveller, instead i get punished by a rabbid hole of unclear reasons why to get it, how to get it, where to get it, if it is Cross company compatible, etc.
Broj criatia have best fairrest
Somewhat outdated, and a little inaccurate.
Most ferries are COMPLETELY FREE now, a number that increases a little on 16th of august, to a total of 84 ferries. General rule is that lines with less than 100.000 passengers per year are free, but others are too. And "free" means exactly that, regardless if you're on foot, on cycle, or ANY legal vehicle regardless of size.
"You should leave your car". On many ferries you're REQUIRED to do so, especially the ones that takes a long time.
Yes, that with the free ferry changed this spring (2023), but it won't change that you just drive on it. Some locals are now complaining that these free ferries attract too many tourists.
I think I should have phrased it differently with leaving the car. When I made this video, I had run the ferries previously during Covid, and the leaving the car rule was not enforced so much, to avoid unnecessary spreading of the virus.
@@XploreNorway Wrong. It didn't change this year, it was 1st of July last year.
@@johnnymartinjohansen Your right the first came last year, but more are coming 16th August.
@@XploreNorway I already said that about 16th august...
And btw, if certain politicians gets their way, it won't be free for tourists anymore, only for Norwegians.
"Most ferries" may be true if you count all the ferry lines but I think that term is misleading. The typical foreign tourist will mostly use the ferries on the major roads like the E39 and they are not free, So you should still expect having to pay for the ferries taken on transport legs, but if you go to an island without road connection to the mainland or travel on minor roads you may encounter those free ferries.