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Buildings, streets and Alleys Bergen
19 Reviews I found the old building beautiful and interesting. They are all around, in the city centre, in the Brygeen and even when getting further up the hill to the Floyen direction. So I added here few...
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Prekestolen & Kjeragbolten Stavanger
3 Reviews We where not in Stavanger but we make a great walk to.. Preikestolen.towering 604 m above the Lysefjord .is by far the best know tourist attraction in the Ryfylke region.The platau at the top.wich...
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Bakklandet, gamle bybro and the wharfs Trondheim
9 Reviews Trondheim is a seaport located at the mouth of a river. Buildings sit right on the waterfront. I recommend renting a car. The city is just big enough to make it difficult to get around but not big...
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Hansa Bryggen Bergen
11 Reviews An important part of Bergen's identity is the old wooden warf buildings called "Bryggen" Bryggen was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1979 and is now one of 4 sites on that list from...
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City center general Stavanger
5 Reviews Stavanger city centre is covered by free wireless internett access. Send an SMS from your mobile phone to 04005 with the code word WIFI and your mobile number, you will be sent a password. then choose...
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Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim
6 Reviews Visit the cathedral, the resting place of St. Olav. Trondheim used to be Norway's capital - it was called Nidaros at the time - and the cathedral was the coronation place for Norway's kings.
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Surrounding areas Bergen
20 Reviews The snow has laid a blanket over the landscape. It really lightens your mind as it lightens up the dark months of winter. Some times I feel it's a shame the snow doesn't last longer, but on the other...
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Ullandhaugtårnet Stavanger
1 Review This TV/Radio tower is the highest point in Stavanger (199 meters above sea level). From here you can see Stavanger and the area around. There is also some trails around here through the forest that...
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Torget Trondheim
3 Reviews A central meeting point in Trondheim. From this point most attractions are within easy reach, included the charming pedestrian street with lots of good book shops. The statue on the middle of the...
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City centre / Waterfront / Parks Bergen
18 Reviews This is the central square and pedestrian street in the city centre. It seems that everything starts from here with crowded people, shopping, eating or just hanging around. Not sure how lovely it will...
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Stavanger kulturhus Stavanger
1 Review Stavanger is a great city. I like it a lot. The city centre is quite pretty, especially the old part with its little white house built all close to each other. In the centre of Stavanger is the...
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Tirpitz Trondheim
2 Reviews Here are some pictures of the area of Trondheim.This one shows a part of a little Picnic area behind a Store at the Trondheim-Fjord. We went inside, and buy a cup of coffee and at the walls inside of...
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Tourist Information Bergen
8 Reviews Bergen is a rainy town in southern Norway, spectacularly set on a peninsula amid 7 snow-capped mountains. The long row of austere timber buildings and cobblestone streets that line the waterfront and...
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Stavanger domkirke Stavanger
1 Review The cathedral in Stavanger is a nice place to visit. They started building this church back in 1125 if I'm not mistaken and it took quite a while to finish it (and it burned a couple of times). The...
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Kristiansten Fortress Trondheim
5 Reviews We went here and had a great view, I could even see the tower where we had dinner. It's quite interesting but the fortress is undergoing some restauration so there are fences and stuff disturbign the...
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Tours and Activities Bergen
12 Reviews The Bergen Card Could be worth to buy after a quick estimation of your visit planning. Free entrance or discounts on most of museums and tourist attractions. Free travel on Bergne public transport...
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Swiming Stavanger
1 Review If you come here during the summer and if it has been warm for a while, it will be worth going to the beach. It might sound strange but we do have very nices beaches here but the water can be pretty...
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History Trondheim
2 Reviews The picture shows Tordenskiold, who was born in Trondheim in 1690. His real name was Petter Wessel and got the name Tordenskiold after he was knighted for great service at sea as an officer in the...
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Fish Market Bergen
8 Reviews I just enjoyed this fantastic part of the world. My ship was Trollfjord, I understand similar to Midnatsol. My trip was from June 23rd to July 4th.,Bergen to Bergen. It was summer, yes, but we still...
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Tourist information Stavanger
1 Review In this place you can get information and guidence about more or less everything that can be done in Stavanger and in the area. They have brochures, information about activities, souvenirs, maps,...
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City Square Trondheim
1 Review Look at the statue of the King Olaf Tryggvasson who chose Tromdheim as his capital. He was the first christian king of the Wikings. He has a dove on his hand. At the bottom of the column, there is a...
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Mount Fløien Bergen
10 Reviews This is a view of the city of Bergen from the top of Mount Floyen...there are some great views up there...I totally recommend it! It was quite windy when we were up there though, enough that I even...
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Oil installations Stavanger
2 Reviews One of the major industries of Stavanger is that of servicing the off-shore oil industry. A major need is that of safety training. In the event of emergency evaquation of an oil rig workers need to...
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Skiing Trondheim
1 Review The most wonderful thing is skiing around moutain area, you can go there by free bus in the morning, it will take you to the top of hill then you can ski across country. Take some lunch by yourself...
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History and facts Bergen
2 Reviews I could not find any information as to the significance of the design or colors, except that it was designed in such as a way as not to be that similar to the Danish Flag. Denmark ruled Norway for a...
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Day 1: After our encounter with the Trollefjord, the MS Lofoten, and the MS Nordkapp, we stayed on deck. We were well north of the Arctic Circle, so we stayed awake eagerly awaiting our chance to see the Midnight Sun. Tonight, it was cloudy, so we didn't get our wish. The views were quite nice anyway.
The MS Lofoten, the oldest ship in the Hurtigruten fleet, was on a special voyage around the Trollefjord, an especially scenic fjord just north of Svolvær. Our ship arranged to meet the Lofoten inside the Trollefjord. It was quite amazing to see both ships in the narrow body of water. It was also incredible how close we got to the waterfalls!
That's Hval chocolate!It's a small, fairly obscure chocolate factory in the town of Sandefjord, Vestfold county. They do not export their goodies and they are not in the hands of global concerns like Kraft etc that has bought up most Norwegian chocolate and rediced the good ingredients in what used to be Freia and other companies good chocolates.You may have to search a little to get Hval's chocolate, as the global giants grab the sales and advertisement space as well. I especially like their dark chocolate hval (=whale) chocolates filled with pure marzipan....Check out www.hval-sjokolade.no and www.sjokoladeriet.no
One of the most noticable things about your arrival in Oslo (especially if coming from the U.S.) is that the city is very clear and there are no signs of poverty and homeless people. Crime is minimal so you feel very walking around at night - something you don't do in most American cities. Being able to drink tap water straight from the faucet was a nice change - I can't remember the last time I did that in any U.S. city due to pollution.
When preparing my trip to Norway, there were a couple of links that I found quite helpful. Let me share them with you:http://www.norway.nohttp://www.visitnorway.com/http://www.virtualtourist.comto be continued
Part of the Norwegian history also deals with the Vikings. They were explorers, pirates, traders and settlers and are believed to have "discovered" America as early as 1000 A.D. When visiting Norway you will always hear references to the Vikings and believe me, their history and sagas are truly fascinating!
According to Wikipedia - The Free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/) "a STAVE CHURCH is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. The load-bearing posts (in the Old Norse stavr) have lent their name to the building technique. The churches are grouped into two categories:- the first without free-standing posts, often referred to as Type A, - the second with a raised roof and with free-standing internal posts, usually termed Type B.Those with the raised roof, Type B, are often further divided in two subgroups:- the Kaupanger group with a whole arcade row of posts and intermediate posts along the sides and details mimicking stone like capital, giving an impression of a basilica- the Borgund group with cross braces joining upper and lower string beams and the posts, forming a very rigid...
According to Wikipedia - The Free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/):"a FJORD is a glacially overdeepened valley, usually narrow and steep-sided, extending below sea level and filled with salt water. Fjords are found in locations where current or past glaciation extended to sea level. A fjord is formed when a glacier (carving its typical U-shaped valley) meets the sea and melts. This leaves a narrow, steep sided valley into which the sea floods. The flood creates a narrow, deep lake (sometimes as deep as 1300m) connected to the sea. Fjords are found all along the coast of Norway, Iceland and Greenland, in the southwest corner of New Zealand, and on the south and west coasts of Alaska. The largest fjord in the world is Sognefjorden in Norway".
Heard on a cruiseship: "Stewart: When does the midnight sun rise?"Norway has compulsory military training for all boys over 18. Or rather had - the military doesn't have the budget it once had. I did my service in Nothern Norway, and experienced the midnight sun. I actually had a little trouble with it. It never got dark, so I had trouble sleeping at night. The midnight sun is visible above the artic circkle, which is an imaginary line around the earth on 66,5 degrees arond the poles. It's only visible during the summer, and the further north you go the better your chances are to see it. The weather isn't really predictable in Nortern Norway, so the more days you have the better your chances of seeing the sun.A word of caution: Do not look directly at the sun without sunglasses (or even with sunglasses).
The romans saw it and named it after the godess of the morning. The latin name is therefore the same as the godess: Aurora Borealis. Nothern lights (it's common name) has several myths associated: The old Norwegians believed that you'd be kidnapped by the lights if you wave towards it with something white. I've heard that the Japanese think that babies being - eh - made - under the lights it will be a genius. Aurora borealis is a phenomenon that happends all over the globe, but more at the poles because of the earth magnetic fields. It's made up of particles from the sun that enter the earth atmosphere. You're best chanses of seeing it is as far North as possible, and as close to midwinter as possible (daylight deminishes your chances). The further you're away from disturbing light the better, so: No cities.
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Q: I am wondering which is the best period for a 1-week ski mountaineering holiday in the Lofoten Area and I would like to know if...
A: The Lofoten (and Vesterålen) islands never have that huge amount of snow, they are out in the Gulf stream. Mind you, they weren't even covered by the ice cap that covered...
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