Travel Info

Walking to and from Hånes Lutheran Free Church 

Getting around the community of Hånes is easy. If you are staying in a private home, your host family will help you with directions.

Taking the bus to and from Kristiansand

We recommend using this app for the bus system in Kristiansand, since bus tickets are 40% cheaper than by paying on the bus. Download this app from your app store and connect your credit/debit card to the app:

If the banking system in your home country is difficult to access in Norway, you can always purchase a ticket by using your credit/debit card or by using Norwegian cash. Enter the bus at the front and tell the bus driver that you want a ticket to downtown Kristiansand.  A one-way adult ticket costs kr 66 (kr 39 in the app), while a child/senior ticket costs kr 33 (kr 19,50 in the app).

You can read more about tickets and pricing here.

From the church:

There is a bus stop to downtown right outside the church parking lot, on the same side of the road and just a little bit down the hill.  Get off the bus at Markensgate, which is the city’s pedestrian street. 

From downtown / Thon Hotel Kristiansand:

From Markensgate, walk to the corner of Henrik Wergelandsgate. There you will see a busy bus stop (busy for Kristiansand, that is), at the southwest corner of the intersection. There is an electric sign informing when the various buses leave. You want to get on M2, and/or A2 which runs during rush hours:

Then get off the bus at Grovikheia, which is just up the hill from the church and on the other side of the road. 

Bus stops

• Use the designated bus stops. On most major stops you will find information and timetable for each bus line serving that bus stop. On the larger stops you will also find line maps which shows a simplified overview of the bus services in the area. On selected bus stops, electronic boards will display departure times for the next buses. When it’s more than 10 minutes until departure, the time of departure will be shown. When it’s less than 10 minutes until departure, the board will show the number of remaining minutes.
• Most buses do not stop automatically at the bus stop, but at a signal from you. When standing at the bus stop, stretch out your hand and give a clear signal to the driver that you want to be with. Queue in a normal manner.

Enter via front door:

• Please keep your bus card, money or credit card ready before entering the bus. Pay to the driver, or validate your bus card on the validator. Bus card must be validated on each embarking. If you are traveling with a mobile ticket, the mobile ticket must be presented to the driver when boarding the bus (and the ticket inspector if necessary). Always keep your ticket or bus card ready for inspection.
• Let disembarking passengers leave the bus before you enter the bus via the front door. In Kristiansand it is allowed to enter the bus via the back door, if you have a pre paid ticket.
• Please keep your bus card, money, credit card or mobile ticket ready before entering the bus. Pay to the driver, or validate your bus card. Bus card must be validated on each embarking, also on connecting buses. If you are traveling with a mobile ticket (Kristiansand area), the mobile ticket must be presented to the driver when boarding the bus (and to the ticket inspector if necessary). Always keep your ticket or bus card ready for inspection.
• In Agder you must enter all buses via the front door.* It is not possible to enter the bus via the back door and validate the bus card here. When traveling with baby carriers or wheelchairs, please approach the bus driver first for payment and assistance. It is then common to enter the bus via the back door

 * In Kristiansand it is allowed to enter the bus via the back door, if you have a pre paid ticket.

Leave the bus preferably via the back door. 

Traveling with a baby stroller:

• You can travel with baby strollers on local buses as long as space is available. Unfortunately it is not possible to predict whether there is space available to you and your baby on a specific departure. If there is no free space, you must wait for the next departure. The driver is responsible for your and the other passengers safety and therefore it is the driver who determines whether your stroller will fit or not.
• When traveling with baby strollers or wheelchairs, please approach the bus driver first for payment and assistance. It is then common to enter the bus via the back door. Some buses have separate buttons on the outside, which you have to press to make the driver aware that you are traveling with baby stroller or wheelchair.
• You can ask other passengers for help with boarding, if the driver is occupied with other passengers. When the vehicle has come on board, make sure it’s safe and with the brakes on. In typical city buses there are allocated separate room for baby strollers and wheelchairs in the bus’s middle section.
• Secure the stroller. Baby strollers must under no circumstances be placed at the front door or in the aisle. Baby strollers must always be attached to the security straps on board, or held safely.
• Remember that children under 6 years of age travel free, when accompanied by a paying adult. It is also free to bring a baby stroller on the bus.