Das Thon Hotel Wergeland ist eine Katastrophe. Wir waren im Juli 2006 dort, hatten ursprünglich für 3 Nächte gebucht, sind aber nach einer Nacht wieder weiter gefahren. Das Zimmer war eng, ungemütlich, laut und auch die Sauberkeit war enttäuschend. Ich kann das Hotel absolut nicht weiterempfehlen!

I stayed here for one night in December 2005 on the first night on land of a short touring holiday also taking in Oslo, Stockholm, a night on the Baltic sea, Helsinki and Tampere. I checked in very early after getting off the overnight ferry from Newcastle at about 7:30 and the staff, who spoke excellent English, managed to get a room ready for me in the 20 minutes it took me to get back from a walk down to the train station and get my ticket for the next days journey to Oslo so good service there. The hotel is very well located near the cathedral so it was very easy to find my way back after walking around town. It's inside an old house so there's no elevator and the lobby is fairly small but the room I had was a fairly decent size for such a building and included a rather comfy double bed and a small sitting area with a 2 seater sofa instead of the usual chair. The bathroom was a nice surprise, a very clean and functional modern Scandinavian-style affair with surprisingly high quality fittings and a walk-in shower that's a lot nicer to use than most. I didn't eat at the hotel, which seems to be attatched to some kind of eating establishment that breakfast is served in, and there was no room service that I can recall but there was a minibar in the room and an abundance of places to eat around the hotel. I booked direct with the hotel using the Skanplus card, (well worth it, the cost of the card was covered several times over by the saving), discount and the rate was fairly reasonable for a hotel like this. A perfectly agreeable hotel for its price and status, definitely not a big American chain style hotel so look elsewhere if that's what you want.

We stayed overnight at this beautiful town on the south coast of Norway. The neighbourhood is quite nice but the Hotel Wergeland is a complete disaster. We got exactly the room shown on the website, but the difference is that the furnitures are outdated and used. The room was dusty and there were electric & TV cables running all around the room without beadwork. There is no lift but just a dirty staircase so good luck for the luggages if you are on the top floor. Breakfast was ok but served in the hotel restaurant who provides dinner service as a stand-alone restaurant. We were the first to arrive in the morning and there were still bread crumbs from the diner on the floor. No clerk was there for the checkout (it was a Sunday morning). So the breakfast attendant helped us to do it. I wanted to get credit for an airline milage card, the breakfast attendant (kind of part-time job student) didn't really understand but prentended to do so and refused even to note down the card number. I had to give up as people were queuing up behind me for the check out. This is the most expensive hotel we paid during our two-week trip in Norway, however, there was no return neither for the equipment nor for the service. What a disappointing experience!