At a glance
- A journey planner puts the drive from Oslo at about 6 hours 22 minutes, on the E6, Rv15 and Rv63 once the mountain pass is open.[2][3]
- Daily trains reach Åndalsnes in about 5.5 hours, and from 1 June to 30 September a bus continues over Trollstigen to Geiranger.[4][8]
- Vy's VY146 runs through Otta, Lom and Grotli to Stryn, and the bus and ferry chain via Stryn takes about 10 hours 54 minutes.[2][6]
- Ålesund Airport is the nearest, 55 minutes by air from Oslo, yet a train, flight and ferry day still takes about 8 hours 54 minutes.[2][4][9]
- Two private 7-day tours from Oslo that include Geiranger start from US$2,187 and from US$2,307.[11][12]
| Train + bus | Express bus | By car | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journey time | 5.5 h train, then about 3 h bus[2][4] | About 10 h 54 min via Stryn[2] | About 6 h 22 min[2] |
| Route | Åndalsnes, then over Trollstigen[4] | VY146 via Otta, Lom and Grotli[6] | E6 to Otta, Rv15, then Rv63[3] |
| Changes | Rauma Line from Dombås, then bus[5] | Two changes, last leg by ferry[2] | Linge ferry before late May[3] |
| Season | Bus 1 June to 30 September[8] | Connections in summer[7] | Rv63 pass opens late May[3] |
| Recommended for | The Rauma Line and Trollstigen | Travellers without a car | The shortest travel day |
From Åndalsnes there are year-round bus connections to Ålesund and Sjøholt, and over the Trollstigen Mountain Road to Valldal and Geiranger in the summer.
The view from the train alone is worth the one-and-a-half hour train ride between Dombås and Åndalsnes.
Train, bus or car from Oslo
Book before you go
Once you arrive
- The Dalsnibba coach tour, 3.5 hours from Geiranger[1]
- A live guide speaking English on the tour[1]
- Free cancellation if your arrival slips[1]
- Stops at Flydalsjuvet, Dalsnibba, Djupvatnet and Eagle Bend[1]
How to get to Geirangerfjord from Oslo
How far is Geirangerfjord from Oslo? About 422 km by road, which a journey planner puts at 6 hours 22 minutes of driving. Public transport takes from about 7 hours 52 minutes to 10 hours 54 minutes, depending on the combination, and every one of those routes involves at least one change.[2]
Four chains are worth knowing. The car follows the E6 north and turns west at Otta. The train runs to Åndalsnes, where a summer bus climbs over Trollstigen to Geiranger. The Vy express bus heads up through Otta, Lom and Grotli towards Stryn. And a flight of about 55 minutes to Ålesund puts you on the coast side, with the ground journey still to come.[3][4][6][9]
None of them is a quick hop, so the useful question is less which is fastest than which suits the rest of your trip: a rail journey, a road trip with stops, or an arrival that starts in Ålesund.
Is there an Oslo to Geirangerfjord train?
Not all the way. The closest railway station to Geiranger is Åndalsnes, and Visit Norway lists daily train departures from Oslo that take approximately five and a half hours to get there.[4] The last part of that journey is the Rauma Line, a 115 km run from Dombås down to Åndalsnes that takes about an hour and a half.[5]
That last section is a sight in itself. SJ, which runs it, notes that Lonely Planet declared it the world's most scenic train journey in 2023, and the line passes the Kylling Bridge over the Verma waterfall on its way down towards the wide fjord of Romsdal.[5]
From Åndalsnes, buses run year-round to Ålesund and Sjøholt, and in summer over the Trollstigen mountain road to Valldal and Geiranger.[4] Fjord Tours sells that summer bus between Ålesund, Åndalsnes and Geiranger from 1 June to 30 September, from 335 NOK, with stops at the Gudbrandsjuvet gorge and the Trollstigen viewpoint.[8] The train does not have to end at Åndalsnes, either: Fjord1 points out that you can also ride only as far as Otta and continue by bus, and Otta is one of the stops on the VY146 express coach towards Lom, Grotli and Stryn.[6][7]
Where the long trip from Oslo ends: Geiranger village and its fjord
The Oslo to Geirangerfjord bus, via Otta or Åndalsnes
Visit Norway notes daily express bus departures to the Geiranger area from Oslo.[4] The express line on this corridor is Vy's VY146, a national coach route from Oslo bus terminal through Oslo Airport, Lillehammer, Otta, Lom, Skjåk and Grotli to Stryn, Nordfjordeid and Måløy.[6]
Geiranger is not one of its stops, so the bus leg ends with a change. Fjord1 describes summer bus connections from Oslo via Stryn or Otta, and a planner route through Stryn and Hellesylt, finishing on the ferry into Geiranger, takes about 10 hours 54 minutes with two changes.[2][6][7] Fjord1 itself has cancelled its Hellesylt crossings for the rest of the 2026 season, so check which operator is sailing.[7]
The other bus route runs via Åndalsnes and takes about 10 hours 30 minutes, with a single change for the three-hour last leg into Geiranger.[2] On the Fjord Tours summer bus over Trollstigen, tickets must be booked in advance, because they cannot be bought on board, and the full route between Ålesund, Åndalsnes and Geiranger is sold as a journey of about five hours, which can be travelled one way or as a round trip in either direction.[8]
Oslo to Geirangerfjord by car
Driving is the quickest option, at about 6 hours 22 minutes for roughly 422 km.[2] The fastest route, as the local Geiranger guide gives it, takes the E6 from Oslo past Hamar and Lillehammer to Otta, then the Rv15 through Vågå and Lom to Langevatn, where the Rv63 turns off down to Geiranger.[3]
That turn only works once the pass has opened, somewhere between 17 and 31 May. Before then the Langevatn to Geiranger road is still closed for winter, and the guide sends drivers on up the E6 to Dombås, along the E136 to Åndalsnes and Sjøholt, then on the Rv63 to Linge for the ferry of about ten minutes to Eidsdal and the mountain road down to Geiranger.[3]
In winter the only year-round road link into the village is Ørnevegen on county road 63, the Eagle Road, which runs about 25 km from Geiranger to the ferry at Eidsdal. A winter drive from Oslo therefore always ends with the Eidsdal approach rather than the descent from Langevatn.[3]
115 km
The Rauma Line to Åndalsnes, the closest station to Geiranger, covers the 115 km from Dombås in about an hour and a half.[4][5]
Nearest airport to Geirangerfjord
Ålesund Airport is the closest airport to Geiranger, served by many daily flights from Norway's largest towns and cities.[4] From Oslo the flight takes about 55 minutes, and Norwegian and SAS fly the route nonstop, around 40 times a week.[9]
The flight does not remove the ground journey. A planner route that takes the train to Oslo Airport, flies to Ålesund and finishes on a car ferry into Geiranger comes to about 8 hours 54 minutes, which is longer than simply driving from Oslo.[2]
Flying suits a trip that includes Ålesund anyway. The summer bus from Ålesund runs through Åndalsnes and over Trollstigen to Geiranger.[8] For the way back, a one-way bus tour from Geiranger to Ålesund starts from US$63 and takes 3.5 hours.
Can you do Oslo to Geiranger in a day?
Not as a round trip. At about 6 hours 22 minutes each way by car, a same-day return means close to 13 hours of driving, and every public transport option takes longer than the drive.[2] Nothing this site books runs from Oslo to Geiranger and back in a day.
As a one-way travel day it works. A drive of about 6 hours 22 minutes from Oslo, started in the morning, leaves the evening in Geiranger, and the Dalsnibba coach tour, which runs from the village, can wait for the following day.[1][2]
If that is too long for one sitting, the fastest road passes several towns on the way. The E6 runs by Hamar and Lillehammer to Otta, and the Rv15 continues through Vågå and Lom before the turn at Langevatn, so a night in any of them splits the drive into two shorter days.[3]
Multi-day tours from Oslo that include Geiranger
If you would rather not assemble the connections yourself, two private seven-day tours start in Oslo and include Geiranger. One combines the Geirangerfjord, Vestland and Innlandet with a cruise, from US$2,187; the other covers Nordfjordeid, the Sognefjord, Ålesund and Geiranger, from US$2,307, rated 5.00 from a single review.[11][12]
Both are listed as private-group tours with a live guide speaking English and free cancellation.[11][12] The self-guided alternative is the Fjord Tours Geirangerfjord and Norway in a Nutshell package, which runs from Oslo through Flåm, Bergen, Ålesund and Geiranger back to Oslo, from three days and from 8,459 NOK between 1 June and 30 September, with the Rauma Railway included.[10]
Whichever way you arrive, the tour booked from this site is the 3.5-hour Dalsnibba, Flydalsjuvet, Eagle Bend and fjords coach tour from Geiranger, from US$116 with free cancellation, rated 4.61 from 2,636 reviews.[1]
Hours from Oslo to Geiranger
Journey planner totals from Oslo to Geiranger village; the car time excludes stops.[2]
Price an Oslo to Geiranger trip
Every figure is a "from" price for one adult and not a quote. The 7-day tours are private-group listings and child prices may differ, so check each listing for your own party.
Timing a trip from Oslo
Planning from Oslo
Choose rail, bus or car
Drive in about 6 h 22 min, or allow roughly 8 to 11 hours by public transport.[2]
Check the pass date
The Rv63 from Langevatn opens between 17 and 31 May; before that, drivers go via Åndalsnes.[3]
Book the summer bus
Åndalsnes to Geiranger over Trollstigen, 1 June to 30 September, from 335 NOK, booked in advance.[8]
Stay the night
A same-day return means close to 13 hours of driving, so plan a night in Geiranger.[2]
Book the Dalsnibba tour
3.5 hours to Flydalsjuvet, Dalsnibba, Djupvatnet and Eagle Bend, from US$116.[1]
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