Norway Car Rental Guide
The current page provides you with information about car rental in Norway and gives an overview of the car rental and driving restrictions valid in the country.
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 Bosnia, 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 age of a driver is 18 years. All passengers are required to use seatbelts. The legal blood alcohol is 0.5‰ and fines for drunk driving are extremely severe.
When driving, headlights must always be on. 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.
The use of a mobile phone while driving is illegal unless you have a hands-free system.
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.
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 Norway
Norway is a beautiful country and its nature is clearly the most important attraction: a dramatic mix of mountains, seas, forests and fjords. The country has tidy cities, many historic buildings and great artists and is the prime tourist destination in Scandinavia. The nature in Norway is astonishing in its variety: the rural landscapes around Oslo are nothing like the fjords on the western coast, and the countryside along the roads to Bergen is very different from the barren land around Alta or the sunny regions of the south coast.
Oslo is the capital city and a major port.
Population: 4,574,560
Area: 307,860 sq km
Capital City: Oslo
Language: Norwegian
Time Zone: GMT + 1
Monetary unit: Norwegian Krone
