By Air – Many airlines operate to Norway like Braathens SAFE (BU) and
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK), a Scandinavian airline, Air France,
British Airways, Finnair, Icelandair, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest Airlines,
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and Swiss Airlines. Oslo International
Airport (OSL) (Gardermoen) (website: www.osl.no) is the biggest airport
of Norway, which is located 30 miles north of Oslo.
Sea - The important passenger ports are Bergen, Kristiansand, Larvik,
Oslo and Stavanger. The main sea routes from the UK, operated by Fjord
Line and DFDS Seaways respectively, are from Newcastle to Bergen and
to Kristiansand.
By Rail – The country is part of the extensive network of trains connecting
the European cities. If you are coming from the UK, the connections are
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from London via Dover/Ostend (via Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands
and Sweden) or Harwich/Hook of Holland, or from Newcastle to Bergen
via Stavanger. It’s also connected to Sweden through two routes, with
daytime and overnight trains from Copenhagen, Malm and Stockholm.