Kristiansand to Hirtshals runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 19:21. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €12.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 43m over 138 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for September 28, 2026
€11.88 to €12.99
- 65%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kristiansand
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:08First departure
- 19:21Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
08:0004:5620h 56m
NW192NOR-WAY Bussekspress5 changes
Kristiansand rutebilstasjon → Hirtshals St.
Reservation required
NOR-WAY Bussekspress timetable09:0005:5620h 56m
VY190Vy Buss5 changes
Kristiansand rutebilstasjon → Hirtshals St.
Reservation required
Vy Buss timetable
Color Line runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.59Sat19
- about €19.04Sun20
- about €14.64Mon21
- about €14.09Tue22
- about €14.09Wed23
- about €17.94Thu24
- about €12.99Fri25
- about €14.64Sat26
- about €12.99Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €12.44Wed30
- about €13.54Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
- about €11.88Fri9
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.
The ferry gets you into Hirtshals. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Hirtshals for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Hirtshals station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kristiansand to Hirtshals
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €12.997 days
- €14.643 days
- €19.591 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 65 percent. The most expensive point is €19.59, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kristiansand to Hirtshals and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
10:00 → 15:43
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
138 km
132 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
117,237 → 5,532
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 91% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 9% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 138 km against 132 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stavanger. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
Who runs this route
Hirtshals is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Hirtshals station
Most of the points near Hirtshals station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kristiansand to Hirtshals
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 it take to get from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
The fastest journey from Kristiansand to Hirtshals takes 5h 43m door to door, of which 4h 13m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 6h 1m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
The cheapest fare from Kristiansand to Hirtshals is €11.88, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
The cheapest way from Kristiansand to Hirtshals is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 43m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
Fares from Kristiansand to Hirtshals bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 65 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kristiansand to Hirtshals, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kristiansand to Hirtshals, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
2 operators sell services from Kristiansand to Hirtshals across 1 mode: Color Line, Fjord Line. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
91 percent of the services we sell from Kristiansand to Hirtshals are direct. The rest connect at Stavanger, with about 82 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Kristiansand to Hirtshals use?
Services from Kristiansand to Hirtshals by ferry leave from KRISTIANSAND and arrive at Color Line Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Kristiansand to Hirtshals?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Kristiansand to Hirtshals allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kristiansand to Hirtshals on September 18, 2026: 138 km of route against 132 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Hirtshals a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Hirtshals and across Denmark
Day trips that leave Hirtshals in the morning and cover a good part of Denmark by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kristiansand reaches 21 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 132 to 3,800 km. Hirtshals reaches 5 places in 1 countries, from 132 to 409 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kristiansand
- 21Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in Hirtshals
Leaving Hirtshals
- 5Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators