Everything you need to know about travel in Norway for Easter 2025
Travel by road
Kids break up for the Easter break, Påskeferie, once school ends on Friday, April 11th. However, according to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, the roads aren't expected to be too busy on Friday.
Friday 11th is expected to be similar to a normal Friday. The reason is that Easter is quite late this year, and it's been a poor year for snow in many mountainous areas. Therefore, many are expected to spend their Easter holidays close to the coast or in the lowlands,
The worst traffic when travelling by road is expected on the Wednesday before Maundy Thursday. Maundy Thursday is a public holiday in Norway, meaning workers will then be off until the Tuesday after Easter Sunday.
Those who will be heading to the roads on Wednesday are advised to avoid travelling around midday or the early afternoon.
The public has also been asked to pay attention to the weather and road conditions before travelling. Those who will be driving over Easter can use the
Vegvessen.no
service to plan their journey.
Air travel
More than 1.6 million people are expected to travel via Norwegian airports over the Easter break. Friday, April 11th, will be the busiest day at Norwegian airports. This is according to the airport operator Avinor.
Nearly one million trips will be domestic as many travel around the country to visit friends and family.
Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger will see more than 141,000 travellers on Friday, so arriving at the airport in good time is recommended.
This year is expected to be particularly busy for air travel.
'Even before the Easter outing had started, we saw numbers that beat last year's Easter by a good margin,' Thorgeir Landevaag, executive director for airports in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, said in
a press release
.
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Landevaag asked passengers travelling with hand luggage only to prepare extra well for security checks to minimise queues.
Strikes have disrupted flights to Greece and Italy in recent days. However, it isn't clear if industrial action will continue over Easter.
Travellers to the UK will need to be aware that operation workers at Gatwick Airport will strike over the Easter weekend.
Rail travel
Network rail operator Bane Nor
typically uses Easter to carry out works on tracks
, meaning that some rail travel will be disrupted.
Bane Nor will work on the Spikkestadbanen and Hovedbanen lines from April 12th until April 27th. Furthermore, the Bergen Line between Hønefoss and Geilo will be closed from the afternoon of April 17th until the morning of Easter Sunday.
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Work will also be carried out in Drammen in preparation for the new station opening in August.
What else do I need to know?
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are all public holidays. This means you can expect large supermarkets to be closed, as well as things like banks.
It will also be impossible to purchase alcohol on these days unless sitting in at a bar or restaurant.
If you really get stuck, there will be convenience stores open, although don't expect much in the
way of a
selection if you have ambitious dinner plans.
Museums and other attractions will also close.
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