Getting a toll tag for Norway: Update (22nd June, 2022)

[leakysump]

Well all sorted now with AutoPASSferje and OresundGo (Oresund bridge)! The Hirtshals ferry prices to Norway in July & August look really expensive and almost double those in September so I guess this summer holidays we will be heading over the Oresund bridge and blasting up the motorways to Oslo with maybe a stop off at Marstrand which I know as a pretty sailing town. If we find this makes getting to Bergen too exhausting we will fork out for a ferry to Denmark on the return leg. Any recommendations for other stop offs up the west coast of Sweden? Or is the northern part of Denmark not to be missed and so making a ferry from Hirtshals better overall value?

 

[vzac]

Well all sorted now with AutoPASSferje and OresundGo (Oresund bridge)! The Hirtshals ferry prices to Norway in July & August look really expensive and almost double those in September so I guess this summer holidays we will be heading over the Oresund bridge and blasting up the motorways to Oslo with maybe a stop off at Marstrand which I know as a pretty sailing town. If we find this makes getting to Bergen too exhausting we will fork out for a ferry to Denmark on the return leg. Any recommendations for other stop offs up the west coast of Sweden? Or is the northern part of Denmark not to be missed and so making a ferry from Hirtshals better overall value?

Top part of Denmark is pretty boring in some ways its flat. But the beaches are big.

 

[March Hare]

It is well worth getting the AutoPASSferje account. When I did it I had to phone them to get a form emailed as they could not handle UK phone numbers online. It then only took a day to get the invoice for 2,000NOK which I paid with a Revolut transfer. You have to ask Oresund PAY for a different number for the Ferry so it can be linked. Very important to do it as you get 50% discount on the ferries. It has been seamless for us. We have been getting 20% on tolls except the two bridges which was a bit Les can’t remember exactly. All road tolls have been by Number Plate Recognition rather then the BIS as have been the ferries. The only time the BIZ beeped was going over the two bridges. It is also important to ensure that on both registrations you put M1 class as you then get charged as a car even if over 3.5 tonnne.
We have done dozens of ferries and tolls. You get no warning they just appear even on a dirt road going across a mountain. See our blog TheOldAgeTravellers.co.uk Norway trip starts in June on the list on the right.
Edit: Only the tolls come off your credit card usually by the morning after. The Ferry charges come out of your 2,000NOK deposit. Any unused will be refunded when you request it after your trip. Make sure you have an International friendly card like Nationwide or Santander Zero. The Visa rate is usually a penny or so better than Mastercard. But can amount to a pound or so on a tank refill.
Oh, if you see fuel cheap top up it varies greatly we have seen it from just over 19NOK to over 25Nok in one place today. 1 NOK is about 7.5p on Nationwide with zero commission.
Have a great time.

Hi OldAgeTravellers

We're just applying for our Toll Tag for our trip to Norway this year, and I've been reading your posts which are very helpful thanks.

We are also over 3.5t (4t) and I am using Oresund Pay which I see is the same as you used. Can I just check please - where you say that we need to enter "M1 class", is that to the question on the form "Weight Class" - the options are either "under 3,500kg" or "over 3,500kg / HGV". Do we need to select the option for "under 3,500kg"? I can't see where we could select "M1 Class".

Thank you.

 

[OldAgeTravellers]

Hi OldAgeTravellers

We're just applying for our Toll Tag for our trip to Norway this year, and I've been reading your posts which are very helpful thanks.

We are also over 3.5t (4t) and I am using Oresund Pay which I see is the same as you used. Can I just check please - where you say that we need to enter "M1 class", is that to the question on the form "Weight Class" - the options are either "under 3,500kg" or "over 3,500kg / HGV". Do we need to select the option for "under 3,500kg"? I can't see where we could select "M1 Class".

Thank you.

I rang them to say it was an M1 so we should not pay the higher rate. We were charged as a car on all the tolls. The ferries go by length but you get 50% discount if you get a ferry pass. All worked seamlessly for us and we used about half of the ferry deposit and the balance was refunded in about ten days when we got home.