Ferries from Molde kystrutekai

Molde kystrutekai is the coastal-liner berth in Molde, the administrative centre of the Romsdal district in Møre og Romsdal. This is not a car-ferry slip – it is the quay where the ships of Norway's classic Bergen–Kirkenes coastal route tie up, and it sits right in the middle of town at Hamnegata, a short walk from Molde's hotels, waterfront and centre.

Molde is a scheduled port of call on the coastal voyage now shared between Hurtigruten and Havila Kystruten. These are working coastal ships that keep a fixed year-round schedule, carrying local passengers, freight and cars between ports as well as cruise-style travellers, so the call at Molde is a functioning transport stop rather than a leisure-only cruise berth. Both directions call in the evening: northbound ships typically arrive around 22:35 and sail near 23:05, while southbound ships call earlier, arriving about 21:15 and departing around 21:45, giving passengers only a short window ashore.

The town earns its stop. Molde is known as the "City of Roses," sheltered and sun-facing, and from its waterfront you look straight across the fjord to the Molde Panorama – a sweep of 222 named peaks of the Romsdal Alps rising beyond the water. In the light summer nights the late calls can still be spectacular, and the town's rose gardens are at their best from midsummer into late August.

Because this is a coastal-liner call, there is no AutoPASS car-ferry billing here; cars and cargo are loaded on the ships' own vehicle decks and passage is booked as a coastal-voyage ticket through Hurtigruten or Havila rather than paid at a ferry booth. If you are meeting or leaving a ship at Molde, plan around those fixed evening slots – the vessels do not wait, and the stop is deliberately brief.