Hi, I'm thinking to go from Bergen to Gudvangen, overnight there and take the fjord tour from Gudvangen to Flam the next morning. A few questions (tia). Does the general plan make sense? Am I correct that there is no ferry from Bergen to Gudvangen -- I would need to take a train and then a bus? Is the Viking Village in walking distance of 'downtown' Gudvangen? Thank you for suggestions.
Posted by
Schwerin
3951 posts
Gudvangen is tiny, you cannot miss the Viking Village in walking distance.
Train to Voss and then bus is the best way. Book on https://www.vy.no/en. Trip does not take a whole day, so you can plan more into it.
From Bergen there is a pedestrian ferry to Flåm but lasts very long.First part is less scenic, check videos on Youtube.
Posted by
Washington DC
29174 posts
The bus trip from Voss down to Gudvangen is very scenic.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
Thanks for your help to date. The information was very useful. I am still struggling a bit trying to figure out the bus schedule from Gudvangen to Voss, particularly because it is a Sunday. From the timetables I'm able to find it looks like options are 1:46 p.m.; 4:17 pm.; 4:47 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. Am I correct? And it appears we walk 8 minutes from the ferry to stop E16 and we board there. Am I correct in all of that? Here's the schedule I'm looking at. Thanks so much!!!
https://reise.skyss.no/planner/travel-plans?timetype=DEPARTURE&ts=2025-07-06T11:00:00Z&service-modes=bus,expressbus&min-transfer=2&walk-speed=normal&from=eyJkZXNjIjoiR3VkdmFuZ2VuIGZlcmpla2FpLCBBdXJsYW5kIiwiaWQiOiJOU1I6U3RvcFBsYWNl%0D%0AOjU4MzE3IiwibG9jIjoiNjAuODgxMTcxLDYuODQxMTk5IiwibW9kZXMiOlsiRmVycnkiLCJCdXMi%0D%0ALCJCb2F0Il0sInR5cGUiOiJzdG9wZ3JvdXAifQ%3D%3D&to=eyJkZXNjIjoiVm9zcyBzdGFzam9uLCBWb3NzIiwiaWQiOiJOU1I6U3RvcFBsYWNlOjU5OTU4Iiwi%0D%0AbG9jIjoiNjAuNjI4OTMsNi40MTA1NzEiLCJtb2RlcyI6WyJUcmFpbiIsIkJ1cyIsIkJ1cyIsIkxp%0D%0AZnRzdGF0aW9uIl0sInR5cGUiOiJzdG9wZ3JvdXAifQ%3D%3D
Posted by
Lake District, England
9918 posts
There are also through long distance (not Skyss) buses from Bergen to Gudvangen E16 at 0830, 0910 and 1520 daily, run by Norway BusEkspressen.
In the other direction at 0945, 1528 and 1625.
They also call at Voss if sticking slavishly to the conventional Norway in a Nutshell itinerary, of train to Voss.