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Information to our visitors
Throughout the construction period, the museum will remain open to our visitors.
We kindly request that you use public parking on the main road before the driveway entrance.
We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding regarding any inconvenience this situation may pose.
Welcome to Hardanger Maritime Centre
Opening hours during Christmas
Last day open before Christmas: December 20th.
Closed through January 6th 2025.
Temporary Public Entrance
Due to construction work in front of the new visitor centre, the old main entrance is closed. Visitors must use the entrance over the bridge at the new Handverkartunet. See map below.
Opening hours 2024
Tuesday to Friday: 10 pm – 2 pm
(we are also available for tours and group bookings outside regular opening hours – contact us for bookings).
Open workshops – maritime activities
Hardanger Maritime Centre is a national maritime centre and museum.
It is the biggest centre on restoration of boats and vessels in the Nordic countries.
Prices
- Adults: 120 NOK
- Kids/students: 70 NOK
- Family: 260 NOK
Traditional maritime crafts
As a visitor, you are welcome to walk around the area, see craftsmen working, and visit the workshops. We have a small boat workshop, a smithy, a ropewalk, and a slipway with bigger restoration projects.
Family friendly activities
Our focus is on activities – and if you’re a family, you can easily spend hours at our museum, making rope, wooden toy boats, rowing, and watching crafts videos.
Find us
Our museum is situated in the beautiful Hardanger region, a little more than an hour drive from Bergen.
If you arrive by bus, the museum is a 5 minute walk along the fjord, from the Norheimsund terminal.
Visiting address: Sandvenvegen 50, 5600 Norheimsund
By boat/GPS: Coordinates 60.365845834 / 6.1482238769 long
Contact info:
Postal address:
P.O. Box 53, NO-5600 Norheimsund
Tel.: (+47) 474 79 839
Email: fartoyvern@hvm.museum.no
Org. no 987 927 704