Scandic Haugesund is located near the main shopping street. It's next to the cinema and right up…read morethe street from a pizza place that serves until 4 of morning on Saturdays. How convenient! In other words a great place to stay if your in town for the weekend. H O T E L: Scandic Haugesund offers free wifi, free bike rental and included breakfast as any other Scandic does. Unfortunately the breakfast was rather poor. They didn't refill the food treys and the cheese was totally empty by the time we came down to eat. The coffee was not included in the breakfast but costed 15kr. Breakfast without coffee!? Come on.. The hotel itself was nice, I would say it has a rather normal Scandic style. They try their best to be green and environmental friendly, something I appreciate a lot. R O O M: The room was nice but like a lot of the other scandic's I've been to they lack some light. More window or lamps would be great! The one window we had (in room 203) pointed right to the stairway in the next building. Not that tempting to keep the curtains open, really... The bathroom was the big plus for us this time. It was very nice, and the big shower was amazing! Only thing I was missing was a better mirror, one that allows you to do your makeup. As a little bonus the room had a water boiler (not at all common in Scandic) and a very good iron (so I could go to wedding in a wrinkel-free dress). C O N C L U T I O N: Not super happy this time, still it's really ok. I could be back.

I was always skeptical about Norwegian hotels. Inflated prices, so-so facilities - you know the…read moredrill. I booked this hotel (now it has changed name to Scandic Maritim) through SAS website and got myself a budget room relatively cheap. Hell, I shouldn't complain about much when I got that cheap price. Reason I chose this hotel is because it's only 50m away from the office where I had meetings with - so it's very convenient for once. The other reason is apparently the view. The hotel is right on the dock of Smeasundet, and it's pretty centrally located given the fact that Norwegian's "longest shopping street" is just 300m away. Room is small (hello, budget) but clean. Bathroom is a bit odd without door on the shower cubicle and placement of the shower head, but hey - it's one person room, so I could live with that. There's the gym facility (but no water dispenser??) that you could use for free as a guest and there's breakfast included which is pretty good for the price I paid. The restaurants have apparently few restaurants that are considered the best in town, although I only tried the cafe. Maybe next time :) Overall, I will stay here again due to the proximity to the region office I'm working at.

From the owner: Scandic Maritim er et utmerket kurs/konferanse- og forretningshotell idyllisk beliggende ved…read moreSmedasundet i Haugesund. Stor konferansekapasitet, gode utstillingsfasiliteter, utescene og tilrettelegging av sosiale aktiviteter kan hotellet tilfredsstille de fleste behov i forbindelse med både små og store arrangementer.