Norway is quite a popular country, attractive for modern tourists and lovers of everything new and unusual. In order to visit as many attractions as possible, many travelers come to the country by their own vehicle. Taking into account the fact that the roads in Norway are of high quality, traveling will be easy and simple.
Do I have to pay for roads in Norway?
Due to the reliability and excellent quality of Norwegian highways and public roads, most of them are toll-free. Today we are talking about forty-five roads, travel on which requires payment. Of the forty-five toll roads, twenty-five are equipped with barriers that operate in electronic mode. Thus, both residents of Norway and foreign tourists can use such barriers.
For some tourists wishing to visit and travel in Norway, it may come as a surprise to see the paid entry to some cities in this country. This rule applies exclusively to motor vehicles. At the same time, motorcyclists can enter Norwegian cities free of charge.
Today, one of the main attractions of Norway is the arch-shaped bridge, which runs over the Idde fjord in the Svinesund Bay (the bridge is located on the border between two countries - Norway and Sweden). This bridge is 704 meters long and has two lanes for each direction. To travel across the Svinesund Bridge, each motorist must pay a fee. Speaking of motorcycles and mopeds, their movement across the bridge is free.
Toll tolls on Norwegian roads
The Norwegian government has provided several ways to pay for travel on the country's roads. For those tourists and visitors to Norway who plan to stay in the country for less than three months, it is more practical to pay using the Visitors Payment system. Thus, roads in Norway can be paid automatically.
In order to use such a payment system, you must register a credit card (Visa / MasterCard) on the Visitors Payment website. The use of the payment system does not require any additional device: while driving through the toll sections of the road, a special photographing device saves the license plate of the motor vehicle, and the corresponding amount of money is automatically debited from the personal account of the motorist's card.
Another way to pay for roads in Norway is AutoPASS: by signing a contract with the payment system, having received a special electronic device and a subscription, you can drive on toll roads without stopping, since a separate road lane is designed for the owners of this payment system.
Self-pay for roads in Norway
For those motorists who do not use any of the above payment systems, there are special control points at the paid sections: the “Mynt / Coin” or “Manuell” windows accept payment through the cashier or at machines that accept coins (exclusively Norwegian).
