From Sola Airport
15 minutes by taxi or rental car. Public bus route 9 (Flybussen) connects Sola → Stavanger city centre with onward connection to Forum. Free shuttle bus details published in the brochure closer to the event.
Hotels & Travel
How to get there, where to stay.
Stavanger is small enough to walk most of, well-served from Sola Airport, and home to the partner hotels you'll want to be in for OTD Energy week. Free shuttle buses connect Sola, the partner hotels and Stavanger Forum across both days.
Last mile sorted.
From Stavanger city centre
City bus route 5 stops at Stavanger Forum. 10-minute ride, departs every 15 minutes during exhibition hours. Use the Kolumbus app or contactless card. Free shuttle buses run between partner hotels and Forum across both days.
Parking at Forum
P-Forum (covered, paid, walking distance to the entrance) and P-Siddis (open-air, walking distance) handle most of the visitor traffic. Charging stations available. The exhibitor manual carries reserved-spot codes for stand teams.
Where to stay in Stavanger.
October is busy in Stavanger — book early. Both partner hotels are within walking distance of Stavanger Forum and DNB Arena. Booking links and partner-rate codes land closer to the event.
Walking distance to Forum + DNB Arena
Clarion Hotel Energy
OTD Energy's primary partner hotel. Modern Nordic design, large lobby with informal meeting space, and a reliable place to find your peers between sessions. Most international visitors book here.
Adjacent to Stavanger Forum
Thon Partner Stavanger Forum
The closest hotel to the exhibition entrance — useful when you've forgotten something on the stand and need to be back in 5 minutes. Solid Norwegian breakfast included.
Stavanger taxi options.
For a direct ride from Sola Airport, your hotel or anywhere in the city, two main operators cover Stavanger 24/7. Standard taxi fare from Sola to Forum is around NOK 350–450.
- Stavanger Taxi +47 51 90 90 90 · stavanger-taxi.no
- Norgestaxi Stavanger +47 08000 · norgestaxi.no
Three ways in.
Air · Sola Airport
Direct flights from Oslo (45 min), Bergen, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, and most major European hubs. Sola is 15 minutes from Stavanger Forum by taxi or rental car.
Train
Direct trains from Oslo (8 hours, scenic), Bergen (via Oslo) and the Sørlandsbanen line from southern Norway. Stavanger station is 10 minutes from Forum by city bus or taxi.
Car
E39 from Bergen via the Boknafjord tunnel (~3.5 h) or from Kristiansand (~4 h). Plenty of parking at Forum (P-Forum, P-Siddis) and the partner hotels.
20–21 October 2027 · Stavanger Forum