Kristiansand to Bergen ferry

Ferries from Kristiansand to Bergen start at €19.04 and take 10h 25m at their fastest.

KristiansandKristiansandBergenBergen
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The Ferries from Kristiansand to Bergen starts at €19.04 and takes 10h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 292 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 25mDoor to door
  • 8h 55mMoving
  • €19.04 to €37.74From
  • 06:08 to 18:59First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 33.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.04 to €37.74 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €37.74Tue15
  2. about €34.99Wed16
  3. about €36.09Thu17
  4. about €33.34Fri18
  5. about €35.54Sat19
  6. about €31.14Sun20
  7. about €21.79Mon21
  8. about €23.44Tue22
  9. about €22.34Wed23
  10. about €27.84Thu24
  11. about €25.64Fri25
  12. about €31.69Sat26
  13. about €24.54Sun27
  14. about €19.04Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Cheapest€19.04
  1. Fjord Line FL643506:089h 42m15:50KRISTIANSANDBERGEN

Door to door 11h 12mCO2 33.6 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€19.0410h 2m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Fjord Line

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

A hotel room

A room in Bergen for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kristiansand to Bergen

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

  1. €21.2490 days
  2. €18.4960 days
  3. €22.8945 days
  4. €16.2930 days
  5. €19.0421 days
  6. €19.0414 days
  7. €21.797 days
  8. €36.093 days
  9. €37.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is €37.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €24.54Sun
  2. €19.04Mon
  3. €23.44Tue
  4. €22.34Wed
  5. €27.84Thu
  6. €25.64Fri
  7. €31.69Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kristiansand

Ferry
  • KRISTIANSAND
  • Kristiansand
  • Kristiansand Ferjeterminal

Bergen

Ferry
  • BERGEN
  • Bergen
  • Bergen Skoltegrunnskaien
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 292 km against 292 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Drammen, Stavanger, Asker, Hirtshals. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kristiansand at 06:08 and the last at 18:59, across 6 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 58m48m3h 10m€32.0074.0 kg8
Ferry10h 25m8h 55m1h 30m€19.0433.6 kg6

Questions about Kristiansand to Bergen

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 Kristiansand to Bergen take?

The Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen takes 10h 25m door to door, of which 8h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 292 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 Kristiansand to Bergen cost?

The Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen starts at €19.04 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €22.07. 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 Kristiansand to Bergen?

1 operators run the Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen: Fjord Line. Between them they file around 6 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 Kristiansand to Bergen use?

The Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen leaves from KRISTIANSAND and arrives at BERGEN. 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 Kristiansand to Bergen?

Traveling from Kristiansand to Bergen by Flight costs €32.00 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 10h 25m 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 Kristiansand to Bergen?

Fares for the Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 132 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen produces about 33.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 292 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 Kristiansand to Bergen?

Operators on the Ferry from Kristiansand to Bergen publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 25m 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 Kristiansand to Bergen on September 14, 2026: 292 km of route against 292 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 10h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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