Telemark · Norway
Where to stay in Skien
Skien is a city in Telemark, Norway, home to about 51,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Skien, with about 154 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Nearest airport
- TRF37 km · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Skien
Skien is a town/city in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is the administrative centre of the municipality.
Skien and Porsgrunn are twin cities along the mouth of Skien river. The Skien river is the outflow of the Telemark river system. The Skien river is also the end of the Telemark canal. Skien is one of Norway's ancient cities and only one of six cities that has existed since the middle ages.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Skien
Do
- Skien fritidspark
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Skien
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Home Hotel Bryggeparken hotel | 154 |
| Thon Hotel Høyers hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Skien
1 hotel 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fjære | 4.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Skien
Skien has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; October is the wettest, with about 138 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 Skien: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 37 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 138 km) and Kristiansand Airport (KRS, 142 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From Oslo Central Station - 3 hours. Train often terminates at Larvik, and the last leg to Skien is then serviced by bus.
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TRF · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
KRS · Kristiansand Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Skien
Eat
As with most medium sized Norwegian cities, there is no abundance of restaurants in Skien. There is decent Chinese cuisine available, as well as Greek, Italian and pizza restaurants. The area around "Langbryggene" has the highest density of eating and drinking establishments.
Stay safe
Though Skien is still relatively safe, statistically it has one of the highest crime rates in Norway. The chances of becoming a victim of one of these crimes are low as long as you refrain from provoking anyone, especially drunk people. There are no areas in Skien that need to be avoided; however, it is important to take certain safety measures while walking in the low-income areas of Gulset and Klyve. Also watch your back around midnight when walking through the city centre or the neighbourhood of Moflata, as those areas might have a few drunk people.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Skien
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Skien: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Skien?
Skien has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; October is the wettest, with about 138 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Skien?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF), about 37 km from the city centre in a straight line; Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL, 138 km) and Kristiansand Airport (KRS, 142 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Skien?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Skien
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.