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Havnekontoret is first because it does the two things that matter most on the night before. It’s the closest hotel in our list to Skolten, about 450 m in a straight line, and Strawberry puts breakfast and a seasonal evening buffet in the room rate.
The building was Bergen’s harbour office, which suits a cruise night. There’s a gym and a sauna, and the airport bus stops outside.
The catch is parking. Strawberry names an indoor garage 10 m away with no price, and nothing about leaving a car for a week. Come without one if you can.
Book it if
- You want dinner and breakfast covered
- You want to walk to Skolten in the morning
- You’re bringing a dog
Look elsewhere if
- You need confirmed parking for the week of the cruise
- Your ship is a Hurtigruten coastal voyage from Jekteviken; a centre hotel splits the difference
- You want a pool
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Havnekontoret publishes and our own map estimates.
A lobby bar and fireplace lounge, and the evening buffet that comes with the room, in the old harbour office building.
No ride to the ship is listed. Skolten is about 450 m in a straight line, a few minutes on foot along the Bryggen waterfront by our estimate.
Included, per Strawberry: a buffet from 07:00 to 10:00 daily, and a seasonal buffet supper in the evening comes with the room too.
Skolten is about 450 m away in a straight line, roughly 7 minutes on foot by our estimate. Your boarding documents set the check-in time, not the hotel.
Strawberry points to an indoor garage 10 m away and prints no price, and nothing on the page says you can leave the car for a cruise. Ask before you count on it.
Night-Before Score: 49 of 100
Every point comes from the hotel’s own pages or its brand’s; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
By our map estimate Havnekontoret is about 13 km from Flesland in a straight line, and about 450 m from Skolten. Every question mark below is a ride you book yourself.
No hotel shuttle, but Strawberry says the airport bus stops just outside.
No ride to the ship is listed. Skolten is about 450 m in a straight line, a few minutes on foot along the Bryggen waterfront by our estimate.
From BGO without a hotel shuttle
Flybussen leaves stop A3 outside the terminal for the city centre, and Bybanen line 1 runs from the lower floor to Byparken for NOK 51, per Visit Bergen. A Bergen Taxi fixed fare to the centre is NOK 580 to 890. The airport page has the fares.
Strawberry points to an indoor garage 10 m away and prints no price, and nothing on the page says you can leave the car for a cruise. Ask before you count on it.
Parking for your stay: Indoor parking 10 m from the hotel; no price on Strawberry’s page.
No ride to the ship is listed. Skolten is about 450 m in a straight line, a few minutes on foot along the Bryggen waterfront by our estimate.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can skip the hotel entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
SkoltenMeasured to Skolten, where Bergen Havn’s ocean-cruise turnarounds happen, Havnekontoret is about 450 m in a straight line. For a Hurtigruten coastal voyage you want the Jektevik Terminal instead, about 750 m away. Your documents name the quay; the Bergen cruise guide has the rest.
Source: bergenhavn.noDistance
~450 m, straight lineAbout 450 m from Skolten between our map pins, roughly 7 minutes on foot at an easy pace. That’s our estimate, not the hotel’s.
Airport bus
Airport bus outside“The airport bus stops just outside,” per Strawberry’s page for the hotel.
Source: strawberryhotels.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedStrawberry points to an indoor garage 10 m away and prints no price, and nothing on the page says you can leave the car for a cruise. Ask before you count on it.
In town
KlosterGarasjen, up to NOK 280 a dayThere’s no cruise car park at Skolten or Jekteviken that we could find. KlosterGarasjen, on Vestre Murallmenning, is the garage Visit Bergen puts closest to the coastal-voyage terminal: NOK 26 to 52 an hour, capped at NOK 280 a day, with 3-, 7-, 14- and 30-day passes. Scandic quotes the same garage at NOK 300 per 24 hours, so check the sign.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA lobby bar and fireplace lounge, and the evening buffet that comes with the room, in the old harbour office building.
Breakfast
IncludedIncluded, per Strawberry: a buffet from 07:00 to 10:00 daily, and a seasonal buffet supper in the evening comes with the room too.
Address
Slottsgaten, the Skolten end of BryggenSlottsgaten 1, 5003 Bergen
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Havnekontoret publishes it. We couldn’t confirm the garage price, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Included, per Strawberry: a buffet from 07:00 to 10:00 daily, and a seasonal buffet supper in the evening comes with the room too.
Parking for your stay
Indoor parking 10 m from the hotel; no price on Strawberry’s page
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
Allowed, NOK 300 a stay for one pet and NOK 400 for more, per Strawberry.
Food and drink on site
- Evening buffetIncluded in the rate, seasonal
- Lobby barIn the former harbour office
Rooms
113 rooms over six floors in the old harbour office, with suites up to 100 m² and Superior rooms with a balcony. Strawberry mentions a top-floor room with a 360-degree view.
Accessibility
Havnekontoret’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsNo
- Pets allowedYes
Also worth knowing
- Formerly Clarion Collection Hotel Havnekontoret; Booking.com still lists it under the old name
- Luggage room
- Nordic Swan Ecolabel
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast 07:00 to 10:00 and an evening buffet are in the rate, per Strawberry.
- Check-in from 15:00; check-out by 11:00, an hour earlier than most here.
- Pets NOK 300 a stay.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The garage price
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Strawberry’s page for the hotel, read October 2026, unless we name another source. Distances are straight lines between our own map pins.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Havnekontoret: the Bergen cruise guide and Bergen as a port of call.
Supper and breakfast in the rate, and a short walk to Skolten.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Havnekontoret for the night before. No payment on the form.
Havnekontoret FAQ
Is breakfast included at Home Hotel Havnekontoret?
Yes. Strawberry says a buffet breakfast, 07:00 to 10:00, comes with the room, and a seasonal evening buffet is included too.
How far is Havnekontoret from the Bergen cruise terminal?
About 450 m in a straight line from Skolten, where ocean cruises turn around, by our map estimate. That’s a few minutes on foot along Bryggen.
Does the airport bus stop at Havnekontoret?
Yes. Strawberry says the airport bus stops just outside.
Is Havnekontoret the old Clarion Collection hotel?
Yes. It was Clarion Collection Hotel Havnekontoret and now sells as Home Hotel Havnekontoret; Booking.com still uses the old name.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Havnekontoret, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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