Trøndelag · Norway
Where to stay in Trondheim
Trondheim is a city in Trøndelag, Norway, home to about 199,000 people. This guide covers 9 hotels in Trondheim, with about 1,412 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 9
- Nearest airport
- TRD26 km · Trondheim Airport, Værnes
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
- Language
- Bokmål, Norwegian, Nynorsk
About
About Trondheim
Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 218,460.
Trondheim is the oldest of Norway's major cities, and its rich cultural heritage can still be traced in and around the city centre. It's a scenic city on the southern shore of the Trondheimsfjord, which is the third longest in Norway. Even if the size is modest, there is a lot going on in Trondheim. Music, arts, culture, alternative politics, nightlife and student life — all combine to make Trondheim one of the most exciting city centres of Northern Europe. The city centre is roughly the area inside the meandering Nidelva.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Trondheim
See
Stay close to the Nidelva The river is a good place to take a break and relax Marinen just behind the cathedral. Behind the cathedral, there is a park with a children's playground. There are a lot of wooden mansions in and around the city centre. Stiftsgaarden, the King's local residence, is the biggest together with the Singsaker summer hotel, but the small, wooden houses in parts of the city like Bakklandet, Hospitalsløkkan, Ila and Ilsvikøra are even more picturesque. Wooden harbour buildings can be seen along Kjøpmannsgata, Fjordgata and Sandgata. The best view is from the Old Town Bridge across Nidelva river, leading from close to the cathedral to Bakklandet.
- Nidelva
- Marinen
- Stiftsgaarden
- Bakklandet
- Hospitalsløkkan
- Ila
- Ilsvikøra
- Old Town Bridge
- Nidaros Cathedral
- Vår Frue Church
- Torvet
- Tyholt tower
Do
- Rosenborg BK
- Pirbadet
- Sjøbadet
- Lade
- Rotvoll/Ranheim
- Havet
- Trondhjems Turistforening
- Vassfjellet
- Bymarka
- Estenstadmarka
- Skistua
- Minimalen Short Film Fest
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Trondheim
9 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Clarion Hotel® Trondheim hotel | 400 |
| Comfort Hotel™ Park hotel | 128 |
| Comfort Hotel™ Trondheim hotel | 195 |
| Home Hotel Grand Olav hotel | 106 |
| Quality Hotel™ Augustin hotel | 134 |
| Quality Hotel™ Panorama hotel | 327 |
| Quality Hotel™ Prinsen hotel | 122 |
| Thon Hotel Nidaros hotel | |
| Thon Hotel Trondheim hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Trondheim to stay in
If you have an early morning flight or a layover, it is possible to stay overnight in the airport. The arrival and departure halls outside of security remain open 24 hrs a day. It is not comfortable but it's warm and there are benches and outlets on the lower level next to the Starbucks. Additionally, there is free Wi-Fi in the building. Check-in and security lines reopen typically around one hour before the first flight of the day. Be sure to have a valid flight ticket ready to present to any security guards. There are several managed camp sites, some with huts. If you want to go free-camping, get the tram to the terminus at Lian and walk into the forest from there.
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When to go
The best time to visit Trondheim
Trondheim has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; December is the wettest, with about 116 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 Trondheim: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ørland Airport (OLA, 49 km) and Røros Airport (RRS, 107 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
If you want to find locations in Trondheim, try the Yellow Pages website. The maps have more detail than popular map websites, and are very useful if you've heard the name of a place, but don't know where it is. Trondheim has a well-developed bus network, covering nearly all of the city. Buses are operated by the company AtB. There are frequent departures during the day, and less frequent during evenings.
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TRD · Trondheim Airport, Værnes
OLA · Ørland Airport
RRS · Røros Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Trondheim
Eat
Trondheim has food spots to suit every taste, though remember that eating out is generally very expensive, just like elsewhere in Norway.
Drink
Trondheim has a rocking nightlife. However, everything closes fairly early, meaning that there's a well-developed culture for after-parties in homes. To find one, the northern end of Nordre gate is the best bet, or befriend someone working at the Studentersamfundet, that can take you into the private quarters of the house. They are only allowed one guest each. Learn the customs if you want a good time: essential words are "Vorspiel", referring to the pre-parties people have before they go out, and "Nachspiel", the after-parties.
Stay safe
Generally considered to be the sort of city where little old ladies can walk safely in dark alleys. It is also not terribly uncommon that regular people will go to great strides to give you back your wallet if you drop it, with cash and credit cards intact. The only "danger" you might encounter is the occasional youths stumbling around in large groups on Fridays/Saturdays. The same goes for Trondheim as anywhere else; leave drunk people alone and it's a good chance they'll leave you alone as well. There are some beggars and rough people.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Trondheim
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Questions
Trondheim: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Trondheim?
Trondheim has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 17 °C; December is the wettest, with about 116 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Trondheim?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Trondheim Airport, Værnes (TRD), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ørland Airport (OLA, 49 km) and Røros Airport (RRS, 107 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Trondheim?
5 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Trondheim?
Norwegian krone (NOK).
Nearby
Destinations near Trondheim
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.