Travel Info

Getting here - by car

Kragerø is located 200 kilometres south of Oslo by road. If you go by car from Oslo, follow the main road E18 and exit the E18 at either Gjerdemyra or at Tangen in Sannidal.
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Getting here - by train

Kragerø doesn’t have a train station, but the Norwegian State Railways between Stavanger/Kristiansand and Oslo stops at Neslandsvatn station.
Some trains will have corresponding buses to and from Kragerø, 0,5 hours drive away. Please note that there might be som waiting time between bus and train!
For timetables check out NSB’s website and bus route 607, (Drangedal Bilruter, local bus) or call 177. 

Getting here - by bus

Express buses serve Kragerø from Oslo in Eastern Norway to Kristiansand in Southern Norway, stopping at various points along the way.
For travel by express bus to Kragerø, disembark at Tangen in Sannidal and take a corresponding local bus the rest of the way to Kragerø. 

For schedules see:

• Konkurrenten.no
• NOR-WAY Bussekspress
• Nettbuss
• Drangedal Bilruter AS (local bus)

If you have any questions you can call 177! 

Getting here - by ferry

The ferry terminals in Kristiansand and Larvik are located only a 1 and 1,5 hours drive from Kragerø. The shortest distance though, with a drive of approximately only 30min from Kragerø, is the Fjordline ferry Langesund. Fjordline has daily ferry arrivals between Hirtshals in Denmark and Langesund.
Color Line has daily routes between Hirtshals and Larvik in Vestfold and between Strømstad in Sweden and Sandefjord, Vestfold.

Getting here - by plane

Via airports in Kristiansand (Kjevik), Sandefjord (Torp) and Oslo (Gardermoen) you can get to Kragerø by rental car; or perhaps even better: You can bring your bike on the plane and get a great ride along the coast to Kragerø. The nearest airport is Torp airport in Sandefjord located approx. 1,5 hours by car from Kragerø.

Sandefjord Airport Torp - Kragerø

Visitors who are traveling the distance Sandefjord Airport Torp - Kragerø (Tangen) are recommended to use Nettbuss Express where you can buy one ticket for the entire trip. The route Torp- Tangen contains a bus exchange at Fokserød in Sandefjord.  

From Sandefjord Airport Torp you take Telemarksekspressen to Fokserød where you change your bus to Sørlandsekspressen (route NX190), who will take you from Fokserød to Tangen in Kragerø. The corresponding bus Tangen- Kragerø city center is included in the ticket fee. The entire trip from start to end is approximately 2:30hours.  

Another possibility is to change between Konkurrenten (Fokserød-Tangen) and Telemarksekspressen (Torp-Fokserød) at Fokserød, but then you would have to buy two separate tickets, one from Konkurrenten and then another from Nettbuss Express. You would also have to make sure that the busses are corresponding at Fokserød.  

 

Transportation in Kragerø

If you come by bike, follow the signposts until you reach the city. 
Cycle paths are prioritized recent years, and it is easy to get around on two wheels.

Ferry

In Kragerø archipelago there are 3 car/passenger ferries and one speed boat between the main islands, "M/F Kragerø", "B/F Jesper", "B/F Naus" and the express boat "Perlen". The pride of Kragerø is the "M/F Kragerø", the newest ferry, which offers from the lounge  an amazing view of the beautiful archipelago through all seasons.
For timetables, please check this link Kragerø Fjordbåtselskap or call 177.

Taxi boat

Taxi boats carry passengers to and from cabins throughout the archipelago. You can call directly to the boats for booking.

• Runar Larsen Taxibåtservice AS, phonenumber +47 97 00 33 00 
• Bjørn taxi boat & hytteservice, phonenumber +47 40 60 40 00
• Per Haudt Skyssbåten, phonenumber +47 99 27 05 06
• Geir Aasvik, phonenumber +47 92 62 12 00
• Ole Gundersen, phonenumber + 47 90 80 44 44
• Taxiboat Langøy, +47 93 00 00 00

When not out on missions, the taxi-boats are docked at the taxibåtbrygga, near the ferry port.

The local buses

The public transportation by buses in the Kragerø Municipality is operated by Drangedal Bilruter AS. They also have routes from Kragerø Western Bamble and collaborates with Konkurrenten.no/Nettbuss Express running between Oslo - Kristiansand/Kristiansand - Oslo, via Tangen in the Kragerø Municipality.
See schedules for all local buses in Kragerø here: www.drangedal-bilruter.no

Cabs in Kragerø

Do you need a cab for getting home safely?

• •    Kragerø Taxi: Call +47/359 81 240 
• •    Sannidal Taxi: Call +47/35 99 20 77
• •    The New Stabbestad Taxi: Call + 47/ 48 44 88 88