When travelling from the UK to Northern Norway by plane, you will almost always have to make a stop-over in Oslo, unless you are travelling with charter flights (there are some charter flights directly to Northern Norway from Manchester, Leeds and London). All flights to Northern Norway from Oslo depart from Oslo Airport Gardermoen.

SAS operates direct domestic flights from Gardermoen to the following airports in Northern Norway: Bodø, Harstad/Narvik, Bardufoss, Tromsø, Alta and Kirkenes. SAS also flies to Longyearbyen on the Svalbard Islands. For more information and booking, please go to flysas.com.

Norwegian flies directly to the following airports in Northern Norway: Bodø, Harstad/Narvik, Bardufoss, Tromsø, Alta and Kirkenes. For more information and booking, please go to www.norwegian.com.

Widerøe has an excellent network of flights within Northern Norway. Widerøe also flies from Trondheim to Brønnøysund, Sandnessjøen, Mosjøen and Mo i Rana. For more information and booking, please go to www.wideroe.no.

A voyage to Northern Norway

Hurtigruten, the Norwegian Coastal Express, sails daily from Bergen to Kirkenes and back. The one-way trip takes seven days. Voyages of shorter or longer duration combined with a range of activities and excursions are available.

UK tour operators

UK-based tour operators to Northern Norway include Taber Holidays, Discover the World, Activities Abroad, Specialised Tours, Sunvil, Best Served Scandinavia and Global Enduro.