Can I Get a Ferry From Uk to Norway

A new travel pick for bringing your car to Norway begins operations in Apr 2022. Here’s everything you lot need to know about the new Netherlands to Norway ferry.

Travelling to Norway by car will be that little scrap easier from now on, with the launch of a new car ferry service. Startup company Holland Norway Lines is the company behind the new route, which starts on seven April.

Announced concluding year, the new service will compete with existing lines from Denmark and Germany.

READ MORE: We take since tested the service. Read the total review here.

An ideal dull travel option

The road connecting the Netherlands’ Eemshaven (Groningen) with Kingdom of norway’south Kristiansand will take 18 hours and provide a rare new option for traveling betwixt northern and western Europe without flying.

Passengers volition be on board the MS Romantika, a vessel previously used on the popular Riga-Stockholm route. It was as well used to provide extra accommodation during the COP26 climate top to provide extra accommodation for the Glasgow result.

The service will depart Eemshaven in Groningen at 3pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving in Kristiansand at 9am the following 24-hour interval. The render journeying departs from Kristiansand at 3pm on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

New tourism options in both directions

Kristiansand is an attractive tourism destination, with Norway’southward best summer weather, proficient beaches and the Dyreparken zoo and theme park on offering. It also serves as a swell base of operations from which to explore Kingdom of norway’s southern coastline.

While the new road will open new self-drive options for vacations in southern Norway, the visitor hopes Norwegians will too embrace the road. From Eemshaven, it is just a two 60 minutes drive to Amsterdam, 6 hours to Berlin and seven hours to Paris.

A new selection for UK travellers

The route is as well an interesting if indirect option for traveling betwixt the U.Thousand. and Kingdom of norway.

Since the 2008 closure of a historic route from Newcastle to Bergen and Stavanger, the two countries have lacked a straight ferry connection despite campaigns and several attempts to restart the service.

While far from an platonic solution, the ferry does shorten the travel time for those travelling past car, and provide a new route for regular drivers planning a European road trip.

A modern ‘prowl ferry’

Holland Norway Lines is hedging its bets at launch by chartering out the MS Romantika from Tallink Group subsidiary Tallink Latvija for a three-yr period. Information technology has room for i,500 passengers and 350 cars.

Previously a stalwart on the Riga-Stockholm route, the vessel is well-suited to the European long-distance ferry market where a ‘cruise ferry’ experience is the norm.

For those wanting a true ‘Nordic experience”, there is an onboard sauna resort. It includes saunas, hot tubs and sun decks with body of water views.

For the hungry, choose between a buffet restaurants or several a la card options. Nighttime amusement ranges from a sports pub to shows in the Starlight hall.

READ MORE: We have since tested the service. Read the total review here.