Bergen to Stavanger ferry

Ferries from Bergen to Stavanger start at €12.99 and take 6h 20m at their fastest.

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This is probably Udsigt fra Christianshavn mod Nikolai Taarn. Marts. ("View from Christianshavn toward Nicolai Tower. March.") from March 1871. It has number 43 in Christensen's book and dates from March 1871. Only point is that Christensen gives its dimensions slightly smaller (16 x 19)

The Ferries from Bergen to Stavanger starts at €12.99 and takes 6h 20m door to door, run by 1 operator over 160 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 20mDoor to door
  • 4h 50mMoving
  • €12.99 to €25.09From
  • 14:00 to 14:00First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 18.4 kgCO2

First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 17, 2026, across 1 services on the day.

€12.99 to €25.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Sailings on September 17, 2026

Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.

  1. 14:0019:305h 30m

    FJORD LINEVessel MS STAVANGERFJORDDirect

    BERGENSTAVANGER

    from €35.50deck €50.50 €66.50

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Fares by date

What the operator is charging, by departure date.

September 17, 2026

€35.50

FJORD LINE

This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Fjord Line FL724309:165h 24m14:40BERGENSTAVANGER

Door to door 6h 54mCO2 18.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Fjord Line€11.886h 19m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Fjord Line

The ferry gets you into Stavanger. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Stavanger for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bergen to Stavanger

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €14.0990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8945 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €12.9914 days
  7. €15.197 days
  8. €25.093 days
  9. €20.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €25.09, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €14.64Sun
  2. €12.99Mon
  3. €12.99Tue
  4. €13.54Wed
  5. €17.94Thu
  6. €15.74Fri
  7. €16.29Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bergen

Ferry
  • BERGEN
  • Bergen
  • Bergen Skoltegrunnskaien

Stavanger

Ferry
  • STAVANGER
  • Stavanger Fiskepiren
  • Stavanger hurtigbåtterminal
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 160 km against 160 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bergen at 06:30 and the last at 21:02, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Ferries against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight3h 47m37m3h 10m€31.4140.6 kg28
Ferry6h 20m4h 50m1h 30m€12.9918.4 kg10

Questions about Bergen to Stavanger

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger take?

The Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger takes 6h 20m door to door, of which 4h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 160 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger cost?

The Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger starts at €12.99 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €12.99. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger?

1 operators run the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger: Fjord Line. Between them they file around 10 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger use?

The Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger leaves from BERGEN and arrives at STAVANGER. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Ferry the best way from Bergen to Stavanger?

Traveling from Bergen to Stavanger by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 47m door to door, against 6h 20m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger?

Fares for the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger produce?

The Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger produces about 18.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 160 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger?

Operators on the Ferry from Bergen to Stavanger publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 20m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bergen to Stavanger on September 14, 2026: 160 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 6h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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