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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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This bridge marks the border between Finland land and Norvegian land. There is a little country where the people has the features as the eschimese with long and little eyes.I had the impression that there the people to protect it to cold, drinks so much!
I love the fact that in the north, you can see the midnight sun and six months later experience the aurora borealis in all its glory. Both experiences are highly recommended. Eating and walking. My favorite thing to do in a new town is find the bakery (the epicenter of any good community), fuel up, and start walking down alleys and around corners. If I'm lucky, I'll get lost, and have to walk my way out of it. Then I find another bakery, and start all over again.
Kristiansand is a relative small town about 300 km south of Oslo. The great family atraction there is the Zoo wich is a little more than just a zoo. It's called "Kristiansand dyrepark" and has a great variety of animals. But it also has an amusement park zone with some very fun activities. There is also a pirate town there where you can take a trip on a "real" pirate ship. There is a water world with some swimming pools where you can spend hot summer days. And so on and on.The highlight of it all is a town which they have built to fit a story written by Thorbj?rn Egner called "Kardemomme by". It is a famous tail in the Scandinavian countries and tels the story of three robers and the townfolks of Kardemomme wich they harass. For childre wich know this story this is direct hit. Three or four times each day the play is performed there in the town. If you are interestet to see the play you...
Lillehammer is an ex-winter olympic town but there is more to him than that. Near by there is a family park called "Hunderfossen" wich offers a varaity of entertainment for young and old, mostly young thou. ( http://www.hunderfossen.no )There is a Roadmuseum there which is serves good for everyone interestet in cars and other vehicles and how they get about.Just outside the town there is a place called "Lilleputthammer" where a part of the town is build in miniature houses. It's a fun thing to see if you are going by.And then of course there are the olympic atractions. I strongly recomend the bobsledride. You can go down the original olympic bobsledtrack on a socalled "hjulbob" during sommertime. It's a bobseld with wheels but you reach a speed of over 100 km/h. The problem is that it's quiet expensive . ( http://www.lillehammer.de/hjulbob.htm )One more thing I noticed when I last was...
To understand the length of Norway (about 1,770 km), you can do the following experiment:You go down to the southern tip of Norway and place a solid pin in it. Then you wander up to the north tip and give it a good kick so it swings all the way down through a 180° arc and the north tip is hanging down from what was the south tip. You will now observe that the north tip (that now is a south tip) will be resting very near Rome in Italy!NB: Children: Do not try this without parental supervision!!
Well, I only know the Southern part of Norway so far. As mentioned before, my family does own a cottage there. This cottage is located in the 'Setesdal' - one of the most beautiful valleys in Norway - so we have been told! And believe me - I am convinced, that's true. Don't miss out the Hardanger Fjord, Geiranger Fjord, Bergen, the 'Preikestolen' not very far from Stavanger and the Lysefjord. The costal line west of Christiansand is absolutely gorgious! Its not easy to tell, what is NOT beautiful! Mountains, woods, grandiose waterfalls, very narrow valleys (like the Neroey Fjord), glaciers, the flora and fauna - all this makes this country an outstanding wonderful peace of world. Someone, who knows both, Canada and Norway, told me, that Norway is a 'small Canada' with different landscapes changing much quicker than in Canada as everything seems so very 'squeezed in' (in the best...
Many tourists that come to Norway go straight for the fjords. The fjords are one of the things that are unique for Norway. Many come also for the nature and mountains, and some come for the sole reason to see the North Cape. Norway is a long country with diverse nature and culture. It is an old kingdom though it has for periods belonged to both Denmark and Sweden. Today it is a modern high-tech society and one of the largest oil producing countries in the world. It is also a seafaring nation with traditions back to the Viking days. The picture above is from the lighthouse at Lindesnes, the southernmost tip of Norway. From here the distance to the North Cape is about the same as the distance to Rome in Italy.Here is an interesting link to Medieval Scandinaviawww.medsca.org The people and the nature that formed them.
So much to see and not enough time! We saw some of the well-known sights in Oslo, Bergen, Maihaugen and don´t forget to take a ferry tour on one of the incredible fjords like Geiranger- and Sognefjord and explore the famous and still hair-raising Trollstigveien road - do you have nerves of steel? Okay, then this road is for you ;-)But if I'll get the chance to go for a third time to Norway, I'd like to do some kind of backpacking trip off the beaten path.You´ll find some details on the seperate pages of the visited cities. So plz check therefore the menu of 'world travels' on the right side. Oh, it's not exactly the best memory, but when we went to Norway for the first time in 1995, I've had some unpleasant experience with heights and since that time I'm afraid of heights ;-)
Norway in a Nutshell - Its is a must for every tourist to Norway. Firstly, the scenic view of the country. We went on a drive to this waterfall and glazier and we had to pass thru 26 mountains – big and small, in order to get there. On the way, there were smaller waterfalls and that was the day in my life where I see more than 8 waterfalls within 10 hours. Secondly, the water that we drank while visiting Johannes’s friend – in one of the smaller towns. The water was so smooth and refreshing as it came from the waterfall. The whole town had their water supply from the waterfall.
Stop at the Artic Polar Circle. At the North of this line, there is no complete sunset during a part of the Summer. The number of days during which one can see the midnight sun increases as far as one goes to the north. The landscape at this point is amazing : a large naked plateau with the eternal snow in the far. The museum is expensive and without any interest.MORE ON THE TRAVELOGUE
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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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