Trondheim

By train

There are four daily trains between Oslo and Trondheim on the Dovre line (http://www.nsb.no/getfile...). These are the quickest ground transport between the cities, and you may find cheap discount tickets on the NSB website.

There are no longer direct trains on the Røros line (http://www.nsb.no/getfile...), but there are two daily connections with Oslo, with changes in Røros and Hamar.

Three daily trains make their way northwards on the Nordlandsbanen (http://www.nsb.no/getfile...) towards Mosjøen and Mo i Rana, with two of them continuing to Fauske and Bodø. Fauske is the main hub for buses northwards, for instance to Lofoten. Incidentally, the night service passes Hell station just before midnight...

Local trains (http://www.nsb.no/getfile...) between Trondheim and the airport, continuing to Steinkjer, depart every hour on weekdays, roughly every second hour on weekends. Trains for Oppdal and Røros depart a few times per day.

The Nabotåget (http://www.nsb.no/getfile...) service runs twice daily to the Swedish border at Storlien, continuing to the ski resort Åre and the city of Östersund. There are connections to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo.

By plane

Trondheim Airport Værnes (http://www.avinor.no/Nors...) serves international and national flights. There are plenty of flights every day to Oslo, and several to places including Bergen, Stavanger, Bodø and Tromsø, as well as the short-field airports of Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, Brønnøysund, Namsos and Rørvik. International destinations include London Gatwick, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Alicante Spain, Murcia Spain, Malaga Spain, Riga, Warsaw and Prague.

To get to the city from the airport, grab the Flybussen (http://www.flybussen.no/t...) service, departing every 15 minutes on weekdays single NOK 100, w/return NOK 170, student NOK 70, children NOK 50, the tickets are valid for a connection ride with the city's bus system. You can also take the train (http://www.nsb.no/interne...) to the centre, as well as to the north. Local trains depart every hour for the centre passing Hell station just 2 mins after the airport... did you really land that close?, every hour for the neighbouring towns of Stjørdal, Levanger, Verdal and Steinkjer, and three times a day for Norway's northern train line towards Fauske and Bodø. Both the Flybussen and the train pass the centre, with several stops, and end up close to the football stadium at Lerkendal. There are also local buses to Stjørdal and the areas between the airport and Trondheim. The travel time to the centre is approx. 40 mins.

By ship

If you have the time and money, you should definitely take the Coastal Steamer Hurtigruten (http://www.hurtigruten.no/). It runs from Bergen to Trondheim, and on to Bodø, Tromsø, Hammerfest and finally Kirkenes, just on the Russian border. The trip from Bergen takes 36 hours and costs about 750 NOK if you are a student be sure to check for updated prices on their home page. This trip takes you through one of the most magnificent parts of coastal Norway, even popping by the famous Geiranger fjord during summer. Travelling north, Bodø is reached in 24 hrs, while Tromsø takes 50 hrs. All the way to Kirkenes takes another two days from Tromsø...

There is also a twice a day catamaran passenger boat-service to Trondheim from Kristiansund.

By bus

From Oslo, Nor-way Bussekspress (http://www.nor-way.no) runs the Østerdalsekspressen (http://www.nor-way.no/wsp...) via Elverum and Tynset. No prebooking needed. This bus is painfully much more slow than the train, but convenient if you are going to/from some of the destinations the train don't serve.

Also from Oslo, the Lavprisekspressen (https://lavprisekspressen...) budget bus line runs along the E6 all the way. Tickets must be booked and prepaid on the internet site. They are infinitely cheaper than Nor-Way, and are the cheapest alternative if you get discount tickets. However, the train is more comfy and quicker, even if the buses are okay.

The Mørelinjen (http://www.nor-way.no/wsp...) express, operated by Nor-Way, runs down the coast towards Kristiansund, Molde and Ålesund.

Other Nor-Way lines from Trondheim include the Namsos line (http://www.nor-way.no/wsp...) the Røros line (http://www.nor-way.no/wsp...) and the useful Bergen line (http://www.nor-way.no/wsp...), passing the fjord areas of western Norway on the way and connecting these with Trondheim. All the way to Bergen, it takes a whopping 14 hrs.

By car

The Norwegian north-south highway E6 passes Trondheim. The coastal highway E39 has its terminus at Klett, 10 km south of Trondheim. The eastbound E14 forks off from E6 near the airport.

Parking in the city centre is easy, but expensive. Useful parking spots include the central station, the garage under the main square, the garage in Fjordgata, the Central Park garage, the garage in Sandgata ALWAYS empty spots here.