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Fish Market Bergen

4 Reviews All of the guidebooks said you had to visit the fish market but our first reaction upon seeing it was that we weren't at the right place. But of course we were and what we found was a lot of vendors...

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Souvenirs Bergen

2 Reviews There are many places to purchase sweaters in Bergen and the Fish market is actually the best place. Be careful of the shop at the end of the wharf that sells windstop sweaters. These are designed in...

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Food / drink Bergen

1 Review McDonalds - they seem to be everywhere these days. The prices in this branch are considerably higher than in the UK. The range of products is the same so why not do yourself a favour and sample some...

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the excursion to Saltstraumen

by globetrott

The tidal current in Saltstraumen is an excursion that was offered as well by Hurtigruten from Bodoe but hoever I talked about it afterwards they said it is nothing special at all and it was a waste of money !Maybe that applies only to certain times of the year, maybe they had been there in a bad time, when the best part of it was over already.Saltstraumen is a tidal currant that makes a special suface on the water, like it would be boiling and this effect comes by the high tide of the ocean flowing into the fjord, that is what the brochure explained. take a look here first for some pics and more infos about Saltstraumen!

Waiting to watch the midnight sun

by Rachel972

The midnight sun was disappointing. The night without darkness is fascinating, but as for the sun itself, it doesn't dip down and up again like a V. It rather gets lower and closer to the horizon, then higher again, but most of the slow motion is from north-west to north-east. We saw it in the far north in May, over the sea. So there was no point of reference we could mark as the true north, or notice the lowest point.At the point were we watched we were far east in north Norway – the longitude lines get narrower until they meet at the pole – we were told that midnight is at 3 AM. So we sat on the deck of the ship from 2:30 to 3:30 AM, and decided that it was long over, without us noticing anything impressive.It probably is more dramatic at a time and place where the sun just dips under the horizon and comes out again. But for that you need the right place, the right date and no clouds....

Norway - Yes, but No Way in a car!

by USSwede

Most roads in Norway are insufficient for drivers. This is due to the landscape being full of mountains/alps and rivers/seas. Tunnels are not unusual to be several miles long and bridges are common. The landscape is absolutely astonishing. BUT, the roads are narrow--and when I say narrow I mean NARROW. For instance, travelling on the "highways" (like E39 from Ålesund to Bergen) it is common to have to stop for oncoming traffic and speeds VERY seldom exceed 40 MPH/70 KMH. Thus a distance that is covered in 1 hour in the rest of the western world takes twice that time in Norway. Driver's are not used to passing and will be upset if you try to make up time--also ferries are common and that's where you meet the people you passed so there's is very litte point in trying to get anywhere in less time than half a day. On top of this there are several cameras that will photograph you if you speed...

DO NOT EAT WHALE !!!

by DanielF

Norway is one of the few countries in the world where wahling is permitted. It is officially justified on 'scientific purposes', but fact is that you can find whale meat in the menu of many restaurants and even in souvenir shops. Support instead the developping whale watching industry in the Vesteralen islands and other areas. In spite of the long, freezing journey by boat to the place where sperm whales were feeding themselves (not apt for people who get sick on boats), it was an amazing experience.

Prices

by MichaelFalk1969

Norway must be one of the most expensive countries in the world ... even in rural areas, you can expect to pay a fortune while shopping for the basic necessities in the supermarket. Prepare for outrageous prices when eating out. That said, you can find decent accomodation at a reasonable price, and driving/gas is not overly expensive, too. The same prices go for Norwegians, too, so it is not a tourist rip-off but a general thing. The high cost of living should not keep you from going to Norway. Think that you pay for the wonderful location. Try to live on fresh fruit for some time, it is good for your health!

Briksdalsbreen glacier

by Saagar

Briksdalsbreen is a snout of the Jostedalsbreen glacier between the Sognefjord and Nordfjord. There is a road up from Olden that takes you to a parking lot and tourist facility with stunning views all around. From here you can walk or take a horse cart pulled by a Norwegian breed Fjording horse up to the glacier lake in front of the snout. Absolutely beautiful, but there will be many fellow tourists. Yes, a tourist trap, but a beautiful one.I happened to visit some friends working there, and we ate at the turist-geared restaurant there. They told me they were a bit tired of the menu's plackard-sized advertised "today's special", pan-fried Olden lake trout simmered in sour cream and with lettuce and field-fresh potatoes. Apparently, the restaurant had found out that tourists only came for the day, so why change the menu? The fish was good, and it is a stunning, genuine tourist trap... Go...

Speed Limit

by Tobias_Plieninger

In Norway there is a speed low speed limit.Don`t drive faster! It will be very expensive if you are caught.A collegue had to pay 800,- € for driving 20 km to fast! Bad for you! Nothing helps! ALWAYS LOOK THE SPEED LIMIT

Don't be taken in

by evaanna

This roadside sign can be encountered all over Norway and is supposed to mark natural and man-made wonders. While in many cases it does, in even more it means a long detour to see something like a small zoo or a path across the country that you would normally enjoy to take a walk along but not when your destination is still hundreds of kilometres ahead. In such cases it becomes just an annoying and unnecessary diversion that could have been avoided be it not for the sign. Be critical, don't follow all the signs, learn in advance what there is to be seen along your route and keep to the plan. You will still come across the unexpected, but it's for you to decide if you want to spend your precious time on it or not.

Cheap air tickets to/from Norway

by Saagar

Note that cheap airlines flying in and out of Norway may use peripheral airports, and if transiting to another flight you may have to travel to another airport to do so. Haugesund (for Stavanger og Bergen) and Torp/Sandefjord for Oslo airport are the key cases.Myself I wound up with a domestic ticket conncecting to an international KLM flight once, the ticket reading "arr. Oslo (OSL) time x, dep. Oslo (SDF) time y". There was an allowance of one hour transit time, sufficient you'd think, hadn't it been for the fact that these airports are three hours road travel apart. Check carefully if you are prepared to pay for the transit cost and the time it takes from the peripheral airports to where you are really going. Neither Haugesund nor Torp are particularily well served by regional transport, so come prepared for eventualities. Returning from Aberdeen to Torp recently I had to wait nearly...

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