Which region should I choose for players in Sandnes?

London for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Frankfurt is the next closest to Sandnes at an estimated 20 ms.

Is the free server available from Norway?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the United States and Spain nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Norwegian Krone?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Norway works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Norwegian Krone prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Sandnes?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Sandnes?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in the United States and Spain and rents capacity in London, Frankfurt, Bengaluru and Singapore. This page is here to tell you honestly which of those is closest to Sandnes and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Sandnes

Sandnes (Rogaland, Norway) is about 897 km from Enzonic's London region in London, United Kingdom. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 20 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Sandnes looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Sandnes to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
LondonLondon, United KingdomNearest	897 km	~20 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany	990 km	~20 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SpainCanary Islands, Spain	3,806 km	~65 ms	Free Minecraft · Paid plans
US EastKentucky, United States	6,529 km	~105 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
BengaluruBengaluru, India	7,736 km	~125 ms	Paid plans
SingaporeSingapore	10,342 km	~165 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in the United States and Spain. From Sandnes the closer of the two is Spain, an estimated 65 ms.

Local details for Sandnes

Language: The panel and this site are available in Norsk; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars. The Norwegian Krone figures below are approximate, converted at the European Central Bank rate of 2026-11-10. Your bank sets the final rate.
Local time: Sandnes is on Europe/Oslo (UTC+01). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Norway. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 85,000 people live in Sandnes (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Norwegian Krone

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Norwegian Krone figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)	About
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00	—
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.69 first month	≈ NOK 9.37
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$2.65 first month	≈ NOK 35.88
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$3.84 first month	≈ NOK 51.97
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$4.89 first month	≈ NOK 66.17
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$6.29 first month	≈ NOK 85.10
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$7.48 first month	≈ NOK 101
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$9.79 first month	≈ NOK 132
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month	≈ NOK 161
Modpack XL 20	20 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month	≈ NOK 161
Modpack XL 24	24 GB	$19.99$13.99 first month	≈ NOK 189
Modpack XL 32	32 GB	$26.99$18.89 first month	≈ NOK 255

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Java or Bedrock from Sandnes?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Stavanger13 km away
Kristiansand153 km away
Bergen173 km away
Sandefjord259 km away
Drammen272 km away
Asker288 km away
Fredrikstad300 km away
Oslo307 km away

Cities in Rogaland

Stavanger

Other servers from Norway

Nearby countries

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Questions from Sandnes

Our estimate is about 20 ms to the London region, based on the 897 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

Start a server for Sandnes

Free in about a minute, no card. Pick London as the region and invite your friends.

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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