Vestfold · Norway
Where to stay in Sandefjord
Sandefjord is a city in Vestfold, Norway, home to about 67,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Sandefjord, with about 119 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June
- Nearest airport
- TRF7 km · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Sandefjord
Sandefjord is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold.
Sandefjord is a modern town of culture with a dynamic business life. The history of Sandefjord has been formed by the Viking Age, the shipping industry and whaling in Arctic and Antarctic areas. The Vikings had their first settlements in Vestfold, and the Gokstad Viking ship dating from the year 900 was discovered in Sandefjord. Today one can find a replica of this ship (the "Gaia“) at the harbour. Like the Vikings, the urge to go abroad and explore foreign parts of the world led the first whalers to the Antarctic Ocean.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Sandefjord
See
- The whaling monument
- The Whaling Museum
- The Southern Actor
- Gaia
- Gokstad
Do
Go for a walk on the Vesterøya peninsula North Sea Trail. Take the 168 bus to the end of the route (Tveitan) and follow the blue tracks (marked Kyststien) around the point. The tourist information centre has maps. Careful, there are only a few buses per day.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Sandefjord
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Atlantic hotel | 119 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Sandefjord
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Scandic Park Sandefjord Scandic Hotels Group | 1959 | 0.2 km |
| Engø Gård Hotel & Restaurant | 11.5 km |
All 3 hotels in Sandefjord, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Sandefjord
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sandefjord are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Sandefjord: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 6.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 128 km) is also within reach.
Getting around
Vestfold kollektivtrafikk operates a good bus service within Sandefjord and throughout Vestfold. The central bus station is just south of the train station on Møllersgate. Buy tickets on the bus, or buy a travel card at the Narvesen shop at the train station. You can get either a periodekort (period travel card) (unlimited travel in two weeks or a month) or a verdikort (stored-value card) (you must put at least 100vkr on to start with, and can then add as much or as little as you like, in the shop or on the bus). The card costs 50 kr. There is a taxi stand at the train station.
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TRF · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Sandefjord
Eat
Sandefjord has a good selection of restaurants and cafés. What is possibly one of Norway’s best gourmet restaurant outside Oslo, Solvold, is located here in a modern building near the harbour. Also located at the harbour is the fishmonger well known for the excellent quality of its goods and delicacies.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Sandefjord
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Sandefjord: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Sandefjord?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Sandefjord are June. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; October is the wettest, with about 121 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Sandefjord?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 6.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 128 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Sandefjord?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Sandefjord
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.