Molde Car Rental Guide
The current page informs you of the car rental possibilities in Molde and introduces the main car rental and driving restrictions valid Norway.
Rental Restrictions
To rent a car in Norway, you must be at least 19 years old (age may vary by car category) and have held your license for 1 year. Drivers under the age of 25 may incur a young driver surcharge.
Cars rented in Norway are not allowed into the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and republics of the former Yugoslavia.
Driving Restrictions
In Norway, traffic is on the right and passing on the left. The minimum driving age is 18 years. All passengers are required to use seatbelts. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰ and fines for drunk driving are extremely severe.
When driving, you have to have the headlights of your vehicle on at all times. The excessive use of the horn is illegal. Trams should be passed on the right; on one way roads, they may be passed on the left.
Unless you have a hands-free system, you are not allowed to use a mobile phone.
Parking is not allowed on main roads in Norway, but there are many municipal lots. Parking metres are categorised by color: yellow permitting parking for 1 hour, grey for 2 and brown for 3. Parking regulations are strictly enforced.
If you violate the traffic laws, the police are authorised to collect fines on the spot.
Speed limits:| Area | Speed |
| City | 50KM/H |
| Open Roads | 80KM/H |
| Highways | 90KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police: 112
Ambulance: 113
Fire: 110
Road Tolls
In Norway, there are toll highways.
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Norway
Car rental agency - bilutleie firma
Parking – parkering
About Molde
Molde, known as “The city of roses” because of its numerous flowered gardens, is an attractive town situated on the west coast of Norway. It has been a popular tourist destination already since the 19 th century. You can enjoy a magnificent view of many mountain peaks from the viewpoint Varden. Another famous attraction is the King’s Birch at Glomstua.
Molde offers you various possibilities for practising outdoor sports. There is also a good choice of restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the town. Culturally, the city is best known for hosting the oldest jazz festival in Europe – Moldejazz.
From Molde, you can visit some of Norway’s most famous tourist attractions such as the Trollveggen, the highest sheer mountain face in Europe, and Mardalsfossen, the highest waterfall in Northern Europe.
Population: 24,000
Country: Norway
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Telephone Area Code: 72
Monetary unit: Norwegian Krone
