Travel information

Grimstad is situated on the Southern tip of Norway, facing the Skagerrak and Denmark. The town can be reached by air, car, boat, train and/or bus. Coming from abroad, the easiest way to get here is by taking a flight to Kjevik International Airport,Kristiansand.

Please remember to take along comfortable shoes for walking, a wind/waterproof jacket and a warm sweater or cardigan.

By air

Kjevik International Airport, Kristiansand
Kjevik is the nearest airport to the Grimstad campus. There are several flights daily from Copenhagen (Kastrup) and Amsterdam (Schiphol) with further world-wide connections; also regular flights from Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger for international and domestic connections.
Arriving at Kristiansand Airport , you can take the airport shuttle (destination Arendal) to Grimstad. Please note that you may have to change bus at Dyreparken.

Official Airline
SAS – Scandinavian Airlines is pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline for the SDL-Forum 2005 in Grimstad, Norway.
SAS offers delegates and accompanying persons special conference fares to Norway and for those travelling from within Norway to Oslo.
To obtain SAS conference fares you will be given a reference number after your registration.

For further information about SAS Official Airline and your nearest SAS office kindly visit www.scandinavian.net/delegates. Welcome on board!

Torp airport, Sandefjord
If you arrive at Torp airport (Sandefjord), you will have to take a taxi from Torp to Fokserød, where you can catch the bus to Grimstad (destination Kristiansand).
 

By boat

Kristiansand harbour offers car ferry connections to Hirtshals/Denmark, Gothenburg/Sweden and Newcastle/England.

For more information please contact Color Line (Denmark - Norway) or DFDS Seaways (Sweden - Norway - UK).
 

By car

From Kristiansand, follow the E-18 towards Oslo for about 54 km and take the first turn-off to Grimstad.

From Oslo, it is about 250 km to drive. Take the third turn-off to Grimstad to get to Agder University College.
 

By train and bus

Regular train services to Arendal (via Nelaug) and Kristiansand from Oslo and Stavanger. For railway schedules, please click here.

Buses going  to Grimstad leave every half hour from Arendal (destination Arendal) and Kristiansand (destination Arendal); and there are long distance coaches going from Oslo and Stavanger to Grimstad. See also: Norway Bussekspress and Konkurrenten.

If you arrive at Kristiansand by train or ferry, you'll find the bus terminal with buses going to Grimstad just outside the railway station, next to the harbour.

The bus ride from Kristiansand to Grimstad takes about one hour.
 

Alternative routes

Please contact the Organising Committee for further information.