Region · Norway
Where to stay in Telemark
This guide covers 6 destinations in Telemark, a first-level administrative division of Norway, with 9 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Skien, Notodden and Dalen. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF).
- Destinations in this guide
- 6
- Places to stay
- 9
- Main airport
- TRFSandefjord Airport, Torp
- Currency
- NOKNorwegian krone
- Time zone
- Europe/Oslo
Destinations
Destinations in Telemark
Every destination in this guide in Telemark, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Telemark
7 places to stay in Telemark from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Where | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Comfort Hotel™ Grenlandsporten hotel | Langangen | 87 |
| Comfort Hotel™ Porsgrunn hotel | Porsgrunn | 134 |
| Dalen Hotel hotel | Dalen | 49 |
| Home Hotel Bryggeparken hotel | Skien | 154 |
| Quality Hotel™ Skjærgården hotel | Langesund | 161 |
| Thon Hotel Høyers hotel | Skien | |
| Thon Hotel Notodden hotel | Notodden |
Where to stay
More hotels in Telemark
2 hotels in Telemark recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Fjære | Skien | |
| Lifjellstua | Notodden |
When to go
Best time to visit Telemark
From the climate of 6 destinations in Telemark with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 6 | -1 °C | 91 mm |
| February | 0 of 6 | -1 °C | 71 mm |
| March | 0 of 6 | 4 °C | 67 mm |
| April | 0 of 6 | 9 °C | 60 mm |
| May | 0 of 6 | 14 °C | 80 mm |
| June | 0 of 6 | 18 °C | 83 mm |
| July | 0 of 6 | 20 °C | 92 mm |
| August | 0 of 6 | 19 °C | 130 mm |
| September | 0 of 6 | 14 °C | 106 mm |
| October | 0 of 6 | 9 °C | 138 mm |
| November | 0 of 6 | 3 °C | 111 mm |
| December | 0 of 6 | 0 °C | 89 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Telemark
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Telemark name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
TRF · Sandefjord Airport, Torp
KRS · Kristiansand Airport
OSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport
SVG · Stavanger Airport, Sola
Good to know
Public holidays in Telemark, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Norway
Nearby
Regions near Telemark
Other regions of Norway with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.