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Local Norway
11-04-2025
- Local Norway
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 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 . Advertisement 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. Advertisement 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.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest underwater tunnel, one of Europe's most ambitious engineering projects which is hoped will boost the country's transport links and infrastructure. Running under the country's fjords, the record-breaking Rogaland fixed link - or Rogfast - will be about 26.7 km long and 390 m at the deepest point under the sea. Once completed in 2033, the tunnel link will reduce the travelling time between two of Norway's largest cities, Stavanger and Bergen, by 40 minutes. Related Fehmarn Belt Link: Do the benefits of the world's longest underwater tunnel outweigh the damage? The Rogfast project, whose construction is nearing the halfway point, is part of the main European E39 highway, which runs along the west coast of the Nordic country. Linking cities like Kristiansand, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen, it will also replace ferry crossings and make travel smoother, according to the Norwegian roads authority which is behind the project. "Stavanger is the fourth-largest city in Norway, and Bergen is the second largest, so we hope that it's possible that this project will be able to reduce travelling time for workers as well when they are travelling to either Stavanger or Bergen on a daily basis," Oddvar Kaarmo, project manager of the Rogfast project at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, told Euronews Next. One of the key design features of the new subsea highway is around the midway point where a spur connects the island of Kvitsøy, Norway's smallest municipality, to the main tunnel in the rock beneath it. The Rogfast tunnel will feature two lanes of traffic in each direction. Under Kvitsøy, the lanes meet via two roundabouts that are being built 260 m below sea level. "We have produced roundabouts in the tunnels before. But this might be one of the earliest constructions where we have this cross-section area with two roundabouts in the tunnel. As far as I know, I haven't seen two roundabouts in a cross-section area in a tunnel before," Kaarmo said. The two roundabouts under the island will allow traffic to flow even when one of the lanes is closed. "If something happens and we have to shut down a part of the tunnel, we can still run the tunnel by using one pipeline and traffic in each direction in one pipeline," he added. The twin tube structure is also a safety measure. "If a lorry or a truck [catches] fire in front of you and you are not able to turn around and drive out, you can just seek these green doors with exit signs… and you will be able to walk to the other pipeline of the tunnel. And we have this camera system that [allows us to] know exactly where you are. And we can pick you up and take you out of the tunnels," Kaarmo told Euronews Next. Related Finland wants to build a bridge across the Baltic Sea to Sweden for better connections to Europe The Rogfast project, which is being built in parts at a cost of 25 billion Norwegian Krone (€2 billion), is currently half completed after ground was broken in 2018. "In the north side, about 65 per cent of the tunnel is produced and then it's just the production of the tunnel like the drilling and blasting. And at the south end at Randaberg, it's about 45 percent [complete]," Kaarmo said. Unlike the Fehmarn belt fixed link currently under construction between Germany and Denmark that uses modular building method, Rogfast is being blasted and drilled straight through solid bedrock, a method Norway uses to ensure stability and durability under water pressure. "You are travelling through solid rock. We have this distance between the roof in the tunnel to the bottom to the sea. Our regulations demand 50 m. So you're travelling at the sea bottom. We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put the cases together and they do not go under the bottom like we do in Norway," Kaamor said. "In Norway, we produce tunnels quite cheap, if you compare it to a bridge for instance. And we have about 40 subsea road tunnels in Norway, and we are familiar with the construction. So normally it's easier and cheaper to build a subsea road tunnel than a bridge to the same island," he added. The Rogfast fixed link is scheduled to be completed by summer 2033. "It will help the producer of seafood production to reach the market in a better way without ferries," Kaarmo said. Related Sweden is building the world's first permanent electrified road for EVs to charge while driving "It will see working travellers, industry, and probably also tourism. Because the west coast of Norway is a part of Norway that tourists often seek. For instance, Bergen. We have lots of tourists in Bergen. And when we have this road project which will allow us to travel to Bergen in a shorter time, most likely, the tourists will also get eyes for this part of Norway even more than today," he noted. The Norwegian roads authority estimates 13,000 journeys will be every day for the new tunnel by 2053. For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest underwater tunnel, one of Europe's most ambitious engineering projects which is hoped will boost the country's transport links and infrastructure. Running under the country's fjords, the record-breaking Rogaland fixed link - or Rogfast - will be about 26.7 km long and 390 m at the deepest point under the sea. Once completed in 2033, the tunnel link will reduce the travelling time between two of Norway's largest cities, Stavanger and Bergen, by 40 minutes. Related Fehmarn Belt Link: Do the benefits of the world's longest underwater tunnel outweigh the damage? The Rogfast project, whose construction is nearing the halfway point, is part of the main European E39 highway, which runs along the west coast of the Nordic country. Linking cities like Kristiansand, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen, it will also replace ferry crossings and make travel smoother, according to the Norwegian roads authority which is behind the project. "Stavanger is the fourth-largest city in Norway, and Bergen is the second largest, so we hope that it's possible that this project will be able to reduce travelling time for workers as well when they are travelling to either Stavanger or Bergen on a daily basis," Oddvar Kaarmo, project manager of the Rogfast project at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, told Euronews Next. One of the key design features of the new subsea highway is around the midway point where a spur connects the island of Kvitsøy, Norway's smallest municipality, to the main tunnel in the rock beneath it. The Rogfast tunnel will feature two lanes of traffic in each direction. Under Kvitsøy, the lanes meet via two roundabouts that are being built 260 m below sea level. "We have produced roundabouts in the tunnels before. But this might be one of the earliest constructions where we have this cross-section area with two roundabouts in the tunnel. As far as I know, I haven't seen two roundabouts in a cross-section area in a tunnel before," Kaarmo said. The two roundabouts under the island will allow traffic to flow even when one of the lanes is closed. "If something happens and we have to shut down a part of the tunnel, we can still run the tunnel by using one pipeline and traffic in each direction in one pipeline," he added. The twin tube structure is also a safety measure. "If a lorry or a truck [catches] fire in front of you and you are not able to turn around and drive out, you can just seek these green doors with exit signs… and you will be able to walk to the other pipeline of the tunnel. And we have this camera system that [allows us to] know exactly where you are. And we can pick you up and take you out of the tunnels," Kaarmo told Euronews Next. Related Finland wants to build a bridge across the Baltic Sea to Sweden for better connections to Europe The Rogfast project, which is being built in parts at a cost of 25 billion Norwegian Krone (€2 billion), is currently half completed after ground was broken in 2018. "In the north side, about 65 per cent of the tunnel is produced and then it's just the production of the tunnel like the drilling and blasting. And at the south end at Randaberg, it's about 45 percent [complete]," Kaarmo said. Unlike the Fehmarn belt fixed link currently under construction between Germany and Denmark that uses modular building method, Rogfast is being blasted and drilled straight through solid bedrock, a method Norway uses to ensure stability and durability under water pressure. "You are travelling through solid rock. We have this distance between the roof in the tunnel to the bottom to the sea. Our regulations demand 50 m. So you're travelling at the sea bottom. We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put the cases together and they do not go under the bottom like we do in Norway," Kaamor said. "In Norway, we produce tunnels quite cheap, if you compare it to a bridge for instance. And we have about 40 subsea road tunnels in Norway, and we are familiar with the construction. So normally it's easier and cheaper to build a subsea road tunnel than a bridge to the same island," he added. The Rogfast fixed link is scheduled to be completed by summer 2033. "It will help the producer of seafood production to reach the market in a better way without ferries," Kaarmo said. Related Sweden is building the world's first permanent electrified road for EVs to charge while driving "It will see working travellers, industry, and probably also tourism. Because the west coast of Norway is a part of Norway that tourists often seek. For instance, Bergen. We have lots of tourists in Bergen. And when we have this road project which will allow us to travel to Bergen in a shorter time, most likely, the tourists will also get eyes for this part of Norway even more than today," he noted. The Norwegian roads authority estimates 13,000 journeys will be every day for the new tunnel by 2053. For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.
Euronews
09-04-2025
- Business
- Euronews
Norway is building the world's longest and deepest subsea road beneath its fjords
ADVERTISEMENT Norway is building the world's longest and deepest underwater tunnel, one of Europe's most ambitious engineering projects which is hoped will boost the country's transport links and infrastructure. Running under the country's fjords, the record-breaking Rogaland fixed link - or Rogfast - will be about 26.7 km long and 390 m at the deepest point under the sea. Once completed in 2033, the tunnel link will reduce the travelling time between two of Norway's largest cities, Stavanger and Bergen, by 40 minutes. The Rogfast project, whose construction is nearing the halfway point, is part of the main European E39 highway, which runs along the west coast of the Nordic country. Linking cities like Kristiansand, Stavanger, Haugesund and Bergen, it will also replace ferry crossings and make travel smoother, according to the Norwegian roads authority which is behind the project. "Stavanger is the fourth-largest city in Norway, and Bergen is the second largest, so we hope that it's possible that this project will be able to reduce travelling time for workers as well when they are travelling to either Stavanger or Bergen on a daily basis," Oddvar Kaarmo, project manager of the Rogfast project at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, told Euronews Next. An island roundabout One of the key design features of the new subsea highway is around the midway point where a spur connects the island of Kvitsøy, Norway's smallest municipality, to the main tunnel in the rock beneath it. The Rogfast tunnel will feature two lanes of traffic in each direction. Under Kvitsøy, the lanes meet via two roundabouts that are being built 260 m below sea level. "We have produced roundabouts in the tunnels before. But this might be one of the earliest constructions where we have this cross-section area with two roundabouts in the tunnel. As far as I know, I haven't seen two roundabouts in a cross-section area in a tunnel before," Kaarmo said. The two roundabouts under the island will allow traffic to flow even when one of the lanes is closed. "If something happens and we have to shut down a part of the tunnel, we can still run the tunnel by using one pipeline and traffic in each direction in one pipeline," he added. The twin tube structure is also a safety measure. "If a lorry or a truck [catches] fire in front of you and you are not able to turn around and drive out, you can just seek these green doors with exit signs… and you will be able to walk to the other pipeline of the tunnel. And we have this camera system that [allows us to] know exactly where you are. And we can pick you up and take you out of the tunnels," Kaarmo told Euronews Next. Norway's tunnel building finesse The Rogfast project, which is being built in parts at a cost of 25 billion Norwegian Krone (€2 billion), is currently half completed after ground was broken in 2018. "In the north side, about 65 per cent of the tunnel is produced and then it's just the production of the tunnel like the drilling and blasting. And at the south end at Randaberg, it's about 45 percent [complete]," Kaarmo said. ADVERTISEMENT Unlike the Fehmarn belt fixed link currently under construction between Germany and Denmark that uses modular building method, Rogfast is being blasted and drilled straight through solid bedrock, a method Norway uses to ensure stability and durability under water pressure. "You are travelling through solid rock. We have this distance between the roof in the tunnel to the bottom to the sea. Our regulations demand 50 m. So you're travelling at the sea bottom. We have subsea road tunnels which have that construction. And the new tunnel between Germany and Denmark, there they are laying down cases and put the cases together and they do not go under the bottom like we do in Norway," Kaamor said. "In Norway, we produce tunnels quite cheap, if you compare it to a bridge for instance. And we have about 40 subsea road tunnels in Norway, and we are familiar with the construction. So normally it's easier and cheaper to build a subsea road tunnel than a bridge to the same island," he added. The Rogfast fixed link is scheduled to be completed by summer 2033. ADVERTISEMENT "It will help the producer of seafood production to reach the market in a better way without ferries," Kaarmo said. "It will see working travellers, industry, and probably also tourism. Because the west coast of Norway is a part of Norway that tourists often seek. For instance, Bergen. We have lots of tourists in Bergen. And when we have this road project which will allow us to travel to Bergen in a shorter time, most likely, the tourists will also get eyes for this part of Norway even more than today," he noted. The Norwegian roads authority estimates 13,000 journeys will be every day for the new tunnel by 2053. For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. ADVERTISEMENT
