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Parked cars on level E of KlosterGarasjen, with charging points along the wall

Parking in Bergen, Norway

You can park in central Bergen for 260 to 300 kroner a day, or roughly 22 to 26 euros. That is the daily ceiling in a city-run garage, whatever the hourly rate adds up to. On the street it costs more per hour and less per day.

This page is written for visitors. It answers the things a guidebook skips: whether the machine takes your card, where to leave the car for the funicular, and what the sign with the red numbers means.

Daily cap, city garage (≈22–26 €)
260–300 kr
Street parking, per hour (≈2–6 €)
24–69 kr
Most street bays on Sundays
Free
Height limit in most garages
2.0 m

The short version

Four organisations run parking here. The city council runs the street bays. Bergen Parkering runs the five municipal garages. APCOA runs two more near the harbour.

Prices in this guide come from those operators’ own pages. Every figure was read on 12 September 2026. Euro amounts are rounded at about 11.7 kroner to the euro, so treat them as a guide and not a quote.

Three things surprise most visitors. Electric cars pay full price now. Sundays are free on the street almost everywhere. And a motorhome does not fit in any city-centre garage.

If you only read one paragraph

Drive into a city garage and take the daily maximum. It costs 260 to 300 kroner, about 22 to 26 euros, and it removes every question about zones, signs and time limits for the rest of the day.

Garages, prices and where they are

These five are run by the city. They are all indoor, all open to anyone, and all take cards.

  • ByGarasjen: 24 kr per 30 minutes daytime, 12 kr evenings and Sundays, maximum 280 kr per day.
  • KlosterGarasjen: 28 kr per 30 minutes, 14 kr evenings and Sundays, maximum 300 kr.
  • GriegGarasjen: 28 kr per 30 minutes, 14 kr evenings and Sundays, maximum 300 kr.
  • NordnesGarasjen: 21 kr per 30 minutes, billed by the minute, maximum 280 kr.
  • SolheimsGarasjen: 21 kr per 30 minutes, 10.50 kr at night, maximum 260 kr.

The daily maximum applies to one continuous stay. Leave and come back and the clock starts again.

Evening rates matter more than they sound. Kloster, By and Grieg all halve their price after 19:00 and all day Sunday. An evening out costs half what the same hours cost at lunchtime.

Walking distance to Bryggen and the centre

The wooden gabled facades of Bryggen along the harbour, reflected in the water

ByGarasjen sits under the bus station. It is the biggest, with over 2000 spaces, and it is about 15 minutes on foot to Bryggen. Signs there say Bystasjonen, which is the same building.

KlosterGarasjen and NordnesGarasjen are on the Nordnes peninsula, west of the centre. Both are 10 to 15 minutes from the fish market. Nordnes is closest to the aquarium.

GriegGarasjen is under Grieghallen, the concert hall. It is the one to use for a concert there, and about 10 minutes from Torgallmenningen.

SolheimsGarasjen is the cheapest and the furthest out. It is south of the centre, past the bus station, and a longer walk than most visitors want.

Two private garages sit closer to the old harbour. Rosenkrantz P-hus has 175 spaces on Rosenkrantzgaten, and Bryggen P-hus has 111 spaces about 200 metres away. Both are run by APCOA, and neither publishes a price on its website, so ask at the barrier.

Where to park for the Fløibanen

Two Fløibanen carriages passing each other on the track below the tunnel portal

The funicular’s own site names three garages, and Rosenkrantz is the closest. It is about 250 metres from the lower station, which is two or three minutes on foot.

If Rosenkrantz is full, ByGarasjen and KlosterGarasjen are the alternatives. Both are a 12 to 15 minute walk instead.

Do not look for street parking near the funicular. The streets around it are narrow, largely residential and mostly permit-only.

Fløibanen closes for maintenance

The funicular is closed from 2 to 5 November 2026 for its annual service. Ulriken643, the cable car on the other mountain, stays open, though it shuts on Mondays from October to March.

Street parking and the zones

Central Bergen is divided into numbered residential zones. Zone 1 is the core. Zones 2 to 30 spread outwards through the neighbourhoods.

What you pay depends on which zone you are in and what the bay is marked for.

  • Express bays, one hour maximum: 69 kr per hour, about 6 euros.
  • Two-hour bays: 34 or 52 kr per hour, depending on the street.
  • Visitor bays in zones 8 to 30: 24 kr per hour, or 360 kr for the day.

The hours are the part worth learning. In the city core you pay Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 23:00. In zones 2 to 30 you pay Monday to Friday 08:00 to 23:00, and Saturday 08:00 to 17:00.

Outside those hours it is free. Sundays and public holidays are free on publicly regulated bays. Zone 1 is the exception, and it is charged around the clock all year.

Reading the sign

Norwegian parking signs use colour as a code, and nothing on the sign says so. This catches out almost every visitor.

Black numbers apply Monday to Friday. Black numbers in brackets apply on Saturday. Red numbers apply on Sundays and public holidays.

Outside the hours printed on the sign, parking is free and the time limit does not apply either. That is why a two-hour bay is fine to leave a car in overnight.

One caveat from the council. If a bay is signed for residents only, the free hours do not help you. It stays reserved whatever the time.

Will your card work

Yes, in most places, but the detail is worth knowing before you are standing at a machine in the rain.

The street machines take ordinary Visa and Mastercard, and coins. The council says plainly that they do not take bank cards without a Visa mark, which rules out some domestic debit cards from other countries.

The city garages use camera recognition through a system called Sesam Sesam. It accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards, and some Visa debit cards. Its English pages say so directly.

The apps, and the fee nobody mentions

EasyPark works in Bergen and works with a foreign account. If you already use it at home, your registration is valid here, and charges convert into kroner automatically.

It is not free. EasyPark adds 15 percent to the parking fee, with a minimum of 4.90 kroner. On a 280-kroner day that is 42 kroner, about 3.60 euros, for nothing.

The city council runs its own app instead. It is called «Parkering i Bergen», it takes a plate and a card, and it does not add the 15 percent. Use it if you are staying more than a day or two.

APCOA has a useful workaround for visitors. If you cannot install a Norwegian app store app, its website flow.apcoa.no works in a browser, and you can use it anonymously by searching for your registration number.

The Sesam Sesam service charge

Since 28 August 2026 the garages add 15 percent to automatic card payments, minimum 5 and maximum 50 kroner. You avoid it by paying at the machine before you leave, by scanning the QR code, or on sesam-sesam.com within 48 hours.

Leave it longer and it becomes an invoice: 39 kroner plus a 10-kroner fee, sent to the registered owner. For a hire car that is the rental company, and they will pass it on with a handling charge.

Paying in a city garage without the surcharge

  1. Drive in. A camera reads your plate, and there is no ticket to take.
  2. Before you leave, find the payment machine in the lift lobby.
  3. Enter your registration number and pay by card.
  4. If the machine is out of order, scan the QR code on it and pay by card or Vipps.
  5. Missed both? Go to sesam-sesam.com within 48 hours and pay there.

Electric cars

Many visitors rent an electric car in Norway, and most arrive expecting the free parking they have read about. That is out of date.

Bergen removed the EV discount in its garages on 1 February 2025. ByGarasjen, NordnesGarasjen and SolheimsGarasjen all charge the standard rate now. GriegGarasjen states flatly that electric cars, disabled badge holders, mopeds and motorcycles get no exemption.

On the street, electric cars pay the ordinary rate. In the outer zones a visiting EV pays 24 kroner an hour like everything else.

Charging is widely available in the garages. ByGarasjen has 92 points at 8 kroner per 30 minutes on top of parking. Nordnes and Solheims charge 6 kroner per 30 minutes. Kloster and Grieg bill by the kilowatt-hour.

Kerbside charging follows the electricity price, on a published ladder between 2 and 8 kroner per kilowatt-hour. Roaming works with the common Norwegian apps. Charging bays have a time limit between 08:00 and 23:00.

One thing is announced but unconfirmed. The council has said it will start charging for parking at kerbside charging points during 2026, without naming a date. Assume you may have to pay for both.

Motorhomes and campers

No central garage will take a motorhome. The height limits are 1.8 metres at Nordnes and Solheims, 2.0 at ByGarasjen and Kloster, and 2.05 at Grieg. Trailers are banned in all of them.

Sentrum P-hus is the one central garage with a 2.4-metre clearance, and it has about 15 spaces at that height. A large van may fit. A motorhome will not.

The council runs two motorhome sites instead, both 375 kroner a night, about 32 euros. Both are self-service, open all year, and neither takes bookings.

  • Bergenshallen, Vilhelm Bjerknes vei 24. Water, waste and toilet emptying, electricity at some bays. Card only.
  • Mindemyren, about 40 bays. No electricity. Pay at the machine or through EasyPark, rate group 49385.

Mindemyren is for motorhomes only. Cars, vans and caravans are turned away. The minimum charge is one full day, and you can pay up to four days at once. Emptying a septic tank costs 60 kroner if you are not staying.

Fines, and the park-and-ride

Getting it wrong costs 330, 660 or 990 kroner depending on the offence. A parkeringsgebyr, issued for parking where it is forbidden rather than for underpaying, is 900 kroner.

There is a cheaper option than driving in at all. Skyss runs park-and-ride sites outside the centre, and parking is free if you hold a valid period ticket for the bus or light rail.

If you are staying in a central hotel, ask at reception before you park. Bergen Parkering has discount agreements with twelve of them, including Scandic Ørnen, Zander K, Opus XVI and Grand Hotel Terminus, for ByGarasjen and KlosterGarasjen. The rate is arranged through the hotel and is not published.

Bergen Parkering also sells prepaid parking in English, to a card registered in most countries. Three days in ByGarasjen is 630 kroner and seven days is 1290. It must be ordered at least 24 hours ahead.

Common questions

Is parking free in Bergen on Sundays?

On the street, yes, in almost all of the city. Publicly regulated fee bays are free on Sundays and public holidays. The exception is residential zone 1, the very centre, which is charged all day every day. Garages are not free, but Kloster, By and Grieg charge half price all day Sunday.

Can I pay with a foreign credit card?

Generally yes. Street machines take Visa and Mastercard, and the garages accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards plus some Visa debit cards. Cards without a Visa or Mastercard mark are not accepted. No operator states whether contactless tap is supported, so be ready to insert the card.

Do electric cars still park free in Bergen?

No. The discount was removed on 1 February 2025. Electric cars now pay the same as everything else, both on the street and in the garages.

Where do I park for the Fløibanen funicular?

Rosenkrantz P-hus, about 250 metres from the lower station. ByGarasjen and KlosterGarasjen are the fallbacks, both around a 15-minute walk. The funicular’s own website names all three.

What does a day of parking cost in Bergen?

Between 260 and 300 kroner in a city garage, which is about 22 to 26 euros. On the street in the outer zones it is 360 kroner a day. SolheimsGarasjen at 260 kroner is the cheapest, and the furthest from the centre.

Can I park a motorhome in the city centre?

Not in a garage. Height limits are between 1.8 and 2.05 metres. Use the council’s motorhome sites at Bergenshallen or Mindemyren, both 375 kroner a night, and take the bus in.

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All read on 12 September 2026.