Travel to Arendal

Every way to reach Arendal: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Arendal is reachable from 3 places across 2 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €16.29 and the fastest takes 7h 23m door to door. The nearest origin is 184 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Arendal

Every mode that actually calls at Arendal, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Ferry6€16.297h 23m883 km2
  • 3Places you can arrive from
  • 3Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

Arendal is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Arendal

Sort by distance from Arendal Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km467%Stavanger, 184 km
600 to 1,500 km233%Isle of Lewis, 883 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Arendal that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Norway467%
United Kingdom233%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Arendal

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

Arendal

Rail
  • Arendal Station
  • Stoa Station
  • Bråstad Station
Bus
  • Arendal bussterminal
  • Grenstøl bussterminal
Ferry
  • Arendal Pollen
  • Arendal Tyholmen
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Arendal

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Arendal, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Stavanger to Arendal ferry€16.297h 40m184 km
Sola to Arendal ferry€16.297h 23m186 km
Isle of Lewis to Arendal ferry€82.2931h 36m883 km

A day in Arendal hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Arendal?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Arendal

Common questions about Travel to Arendal

How can I get to Arendal?

Arendal is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 3 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Arendal?

The cheapest way into Arendal is by Ferry, from €16.29 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 3 origins we sell into Arendal over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Arendal?

The fastest journey into Arendal is by Ferry, at 7h 23m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 184 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Arendal have?

Arendal has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Arendal Station, Stoa Station, Bråstad Station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Arendal from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Arendal start within 200 km. The nearest is Stavanger, 184 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Arendal in Norway?

Arendal connects to 3 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 883 km away in a straight line. Norway routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Norway

The wider region

The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Arendal is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Arendal

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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