Karmøy Tourist Information:
The tourist information will help you with good tips and advice on where to go on the island, they have maps.
Karmøy Tourist information in Skudeneshavn is open in the summer, phone 52 82 72 22.
Karmøy Tourist information in Avaldsnes is open in the summer, phone 52 85 60 66.

Some useful addresses and phone numbers:

• Emergency numbers:
  • Fire - 110
  • Police - 112
  • Medical emergencies - 113
• Skudenes pharmacy.
  Kaigt. 13, 4280 Skudeneshavn.
  52 82 81 52.
• Kopervik pharmacy.
  Hovedgt. 35, 4250 Kopervik.
  52 84 55 60.
• Åkra pharmacy.
  Rådhusvn. 12, 4270 Åkrehamn.
  52 83 61 52.
• Apoteket Havfruen (pharmacy), at Oasen.
  Norheim, 5542 Karmsund.
  52 83 14 00.
• Karmøy Kulturhus
  Rådhusvn. 71, 4270 Åkrehamn.
  51 81 54 05.
• Medical center in Skudeneshavn
  Nylundsbakken 2, 4280 Skudeneshavn.
  52 82 82 05.
• Medical center in Åkrehamn
  Engv. 4270 Åkrehamn.
  52 84 49 66.
• Medical center in Avaldsnes
  Kong Augvaldsvei 50, 4262 Avaldsnes.
  52 85 60 15.
• Medical center in Oasen.
  52 83 05 77.
• Medical center in Kopervik
  Kopparen, 4250 Kopervik.
  52 85 75 20.
• Medical watch (outside normal hours)
  For the middle and south of Karmøy: 52 84 49 50.
  For the northern parts of Karmøy: 52 72 41 00.
• Lensmannen (police) in Skudenes
  Postvn. 25, 4280 Skudeneshavn.
  52 84 42 60.
• Lensmannen (police) in Åkrahamn
  Åkravn. 1, 4270 Åkrehamn.
  52 81 70 10.
• Lensmannen (police) in Kopervik
  Kopparen, 4250 Kopervik.
  52 85 64 00
• Kopervik Postoffice
  Skudenesvn. 1, 4250 Kopervik.
  52 85 32 00

To buy at the tourist information:
Adventure maps for the south of Karmøy. Maps for walks/hikes. Information on nature, sights and places of historical and/or cultural significance can be bought from the tourist information or local bookstores, the price is 75 NOK.
Nature- and cultural-walk. A marked walk from Ferkingstad to Åkrehamn. A pamphlet can be bought.
Areas with freshwater fishing. To be allowed to fish in freshwater you have to have a fish card (fiskekort). The card is free of charge for children under 16. You can buy this card from the tourist information, local post offices and local shops that sells fishing equipment.

How to get to Karmøy:

By Car:

From Oslo: Take the E-134 from Oslo, then onto the Rv 47 and follow this all the way to Karmøy.

From Bergen: Take the E-39 by Stord and onto the Rv 47 to Karmøy.

From Stavanger:

• Mekjarvik: The E-39 from Stavanger to Mekjarvik. Take the Ferry to Skudeneshavn (app. 70 min), the ferry does 6 trips a day.
• By Bokn: The E-39 from Stavanger towards Haugesund by the Mortavika-Arsvågen ferry.
  

By express bus:

From Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger to Haugesund.

The bus from Stavanger connect with the Mekjarvik - Skudeneshavn ferry.

By plane:

Helganes airport have daily flights from Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. Also direct flight to the UK.

By boat:

The Flaggruten between Stavanger and Bergen stops in Kopervik 4 times a day, both ways.