Harstad to Tromsø ferry

Ferries from Harstad to Tromsø start at €11.88 and take 5h 38m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Harstad to Tromsø starts at €11.88 and takes 5h 38m door to door, run by 1 operator over 134 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 38mDoor to door
  • 4h 8mMoving
  • €11.88From
  • 15.4 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Norled hurtigbåt N858010:014h 42m14:43Hurtigruten HarstadHurtigruten Tromsø

Door to door 6h 12mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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
Norled hurtigbåt€11.885h 36m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Tromsø is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Harstad to Tromsø

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8921 days
  6. €14.0914 days
  7. €18.497 days
  8. €18.493 days
  9. €23.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 97 percent. The most expensive point is €23.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €12.99Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.89Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €14.09Thu
  6. €12.99Fri
  7. €12.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Harstad

Ferry
  • Hurtigruten Harstad
  • Harstad hurtigbåtkai

Tromsø

Ferry
  • Hurtigruten Tromsø
  • Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 134 km against 134 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Harstad at 06:54 and the last at 20:17, across 9 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

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 45m35m3h 10m€31.4133.9 kg6
Ferry5h 38m4h 8m1h 30m€11.8815.4 kg9

Questions about Harstad to Tromsø

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 Harstad to Tromsø take?

The Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 4h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 134 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 Harstad to Tromsø cost?

The Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 21, 2026. A typical fare is €12.44. 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 Harstad to Tromsø?

1 operators run the Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø: Norled hurtigbåt. Between them they file around 9 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 Harstad to Tromsø use?

The Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø leaves from Hurtigruten Harstad and arrives at Hurtigruten Tromsø. 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 Harstad to Tromsø?

Traveling from Harstad to Tromsø by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 45m door to door, against 5h 38m 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 Harstad to Tromsø?

Fares for the Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 97 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø produce?

The Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 134 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 Harstad to Tromsø?

Operators on the Ferry from Harstad to Tromsø publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Harstad to Tromsø on September 10, 2026: 134 km of route against 134 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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