Train destinations from Skien in 8h
Stockholm
SwedenWander Gamla Stan’s cobbled lanes before stepping into the Vasa Museum to see its preserved 17th-century ship.
1 connection · 7 hr 49
Bergen
NorwayBryggen’s colourful wooden houses line the harbour, a reminder of Bergen’s Hanseatic past.
1 connection · 7 hr 54
Gothenburg
SwedenWander among the ships at Maritiman, then browse the stalls at Feskekörka.
1 connection · 5 hr 55
Fredrikstad
NorwayWalk Gamlebyen’s star-shaped ramparts and take in the 17th-century fort town beside the broad Glomma estuary.
1 connection · 3 hr 25
Oslo
NorwayWalk up the sloping roof of the Oslo Opera House for a broad view across the fjord.
Direct · 2 hr 05
Tønsberg
NorwayClimb Slottsfjell for a look around the medieval fortress ruins above the harbour.
Direct · 55 min
Lillehammer
NorwayAt Maihaugen, timber farmsteads, town houses and a stave church trace five centuries of Norwegian life.
Direct · 4 hr 15
Sandefjord
NorwayBy the harbour, the Whaling Monument turns slowly, a reminder of the town’s Antarctic whaling era.
Direct · 34 min
