Apps

Visit Norway – Norway in your pocket

The Visit Norway app gives you information about thousands of places to stay, restaurants, activities, and attractions on and near your destination.

Norway Lights

Norway Lights is a website with a northern lights forecast as well as an app with an overview of places known as main “northern light cities” in Norway. It has a user-friendly interface that is designed to help you decide when and where to go aurora chasing, as well as how to get there.

The app provides a three-day northern lights forecast with an hourly forecast for the current day. It gives recommendations to go, try or wait for the northern lights in a specific city, based on weather forecast and solar wind activity.

Useful information such as facts about the northern lights a map indicating your position in relation to other Norwegian cities, photo tips and other tips & tricks are also included in the app in addition to handy short-cuts to flight and tour options.

Norway in virtual reality

With the Visit Norway VR app, you will get a bird’s eye view of Norway in virtual reality through immersive 360 panoramas. Fly hundreds of meters above the deep blue fjords, waterfalls, mountains and glaciers – all from the safety of your own couch.

You can explore the panoramas from your smartphone. To experience it in real VR, you need a VR headset, such as Google Cardboard.

Other helpful travel apps

No matter your plans, we've got an app for you. Here is a selection of useful apps for tourists in Norway:

• Check the local weather forecast on Yr.no, or download Yr’s free weather app for iOS or Android.
• Flying with Norwegian? Download their free app for iOS or Android.
• Keep an eye on your flights with SAS's free travel app. Download for iOS or Android.
• Widerøe flies to over 40 destinations, including small regional airports in Norway. Download their app for iOS or Android.
• Do you want to travel by bus or train? Vy has an app for iOS and Android.
• NOR-WAY Bussekspress covers most of Southern Norway. Download their app for iOS or Android.
• Plan your trip around Norway with Entur, which offers travel suggestions based on the entire Norwegian public transportation service. Download their app for iOS or Android.