GUIDE · DRIVING IN NORWAY

Driving in Bergen: tolls, parking and rules

Bergen is easy to drive in once you understand the toll ring and the parking zones. Here is what a visitor needs to know in 2026, with real prices.

How tolls work in Norway

There are no toll booths and nothing to pay on the spot. Cameras read the number plate (or the AutoPASS tag in the windscreen) and the toll company bills the car owner. In a rental car you simply drive through, and the rental company passes the cost on afterwards. Our cars have an AutoPASS tag, so you always get the lowest rate. With us, tolls and ferries are charged at actual price plus 50 kr admin per rental, taken from the deposit.

Bergen toll ring prices 2026

Bergen has 29 toll stations (Bypakke Bergen). Prices per passing, in NOK, for cars with an AutoPASS agreement:

Car	Off-peak	Rush hour
Petrol or hybrid (like our Toyota)	25.60	51.20
Diesel (like our van)	30.40	56.00
Electric	17.60	35.20

• Rush hours: Monday–Friday 06:30–09:00 and 14:30–16:30. Weekends and public holidays are always off-peak.
• The 60-minute rule: if you pass several stations within an hour, you only pay for the most expensive one.
• Tip: plan day trips to leave after 09:00 and come back after 16:30 on weekdays. That halves the toll and you avoid the queues.

Outside Bergen there are a few bigger tolls. The Hardanger Bridge, for example, costs 112 kr each way for petrol, diesel and hybrid cars (from May 2025).

Ferries

Many fjord routes include a short car ferry. Most ferries read the AutoPASS tag or the number plate, so you drive on and the trip is billed later, just like a toll. Some routes, like the ferries on the E39 towards Stavanger, cannot be booked: you just queue at the quay. In summer, arrive 15–30 minutes early on popular crossings.

Parking in Bergen city centre

• Street parking in the centre is paid Monday–Saturday 08:00–23:00. Sundays and public holidays are free on public street spaces.
• Express spaces (max 1 hour) cost about 69 kr/hour; 2-hour spaces 34–52 kr/hour.
• Pay with the free municipal app Parkering i Bergen or with EasyPark (which adds a fee).
• For longer visits the council recommends the Bygarasjen and Klostergarasjen garages. For Fløibanen, the Rosenkrantz garage is about 250 m from the funicular.
• Residential zones have visitor parking from about 24 kr/hour, free in the evenings and on Sundays in most zones. Read the signs carefully: some spaces are for residents only.

Parking fines in a rental car are passed on to you with a 250 kr admin fee, so it pays to use the app.

Studded tyres and the winter fee

From 1 November to the first Sunday after Easter, cars with studded tyres must pay a daily fee to drive in Bergen municipality (35 kr per day in the 2026–27 season, paid in the Parkering i Bergen app). Our cars use non-studded winter tyres, so this fee does not apply to them. Read more in our winter driving guide.

Road rules in brief

• Headlights on at all times.
• Speed limits 30/50 in towns, 80 on open roads, up to 110 on motorways.
• Drink-driving limit 0.2 per mille.
• Give way to traffic from the right unless signs say otherwise, and to pedestrians at zebra crossings.
• On narrow fjord roads, use the passing places (marked M) and let faster cars past.
• Emergency numbers: 112 police, 113 ambulance, 110 fire.

Avoid the city centre completely

Our cars are picked up in Åsane, on the north side of Bergen. If you are heading north towards Nordhordland, Osterøy or Fedje, you don’t need to drive through the centre at all. Staying downtown? Get the car delivered to your hotel for 299 kr.