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Prices Bergen
3 Reviews Otherwise Bergen is extremely pleasant and safe town, except for one thing... Yes, the prices! What ever stories you have heard about the huge prices in Norway, they all are true ;) Well, if you...
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Expensive/taxes Trondheim
2 Reviews IMHO this is the most stupid way to collect money from foreign cardrivers, stupid for them and stupid for us: The Toll-system for cars is fully automatic and an invoice will be sent to your...
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Weather Bergen
5 Reviews Rain, rain, rain... Fortunately, the Sun was on rendez-vous, when I was in Bergen. I was suprised to see an umbrella distributor machine in the street (I read that it was the world's first umbrella...
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Driving Bergen
5 Reviews You can not drink and drive in Norway.....And you can not just go out on the streets to call on a taxi...They live in some places... and if you want a taxi you have to go there or call on the phone....
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Walking Bergen
3 Reviews There is a park up the hill of Bergen (quite close to the center), that should be really avoided, especially in the evening or night. One of my friends lived there while studying and was attacked by a...
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If you're non-Caucasian visiting Oslo, it is less likely that you will encounter racism as 1 out of 5 in Oslo is immigrant. Thus people are rather open minded. But, the farther you're from Oslo, the more likely you will encounter unpleasant racism. I've lived in 4 countries, and I must say that it's in Norway I encounter racism almost daily. I've met some nice open-minded Norwegians. However, I'm often mobbed with "Cang cing cong" words that sound like Chinese/Arabic/Indian language in the bus, ferry, stores, etc. Sometimes, I am met with utmost-hateful look. At one point a gang of 7 teenagers waited for me in front of a local grocery store in Molde to mob me with their "Cang cing cong" and racist remarks. They had often racially harassed me, but this time it had gone to far. I called their school's headmaster to report the problem. After that the gang leader never mobs me anymore.Some...
Stepping up the Zig-Zag-path is easy and not very exhausting, but at some places you really have to be very careful, where to step to and I would not recommend elderly people to take that path. For them one of the bustours that are organized by the cruiseships might be better, they take you the easy way to these viewpoints
NEVER cross this line unless you want to enter russian territory AND have a valid Visa and your passport handy ! The gates are almost all the time open, but as soon as you get intothe are behind the gate in front you are touching the russian ground and the russian authorities there dont understand any jokes of the tourists. Most of the time there is a norwegian guard standing in front as well, but sometimes not.
It is really very hard to say how long a drive will take in Norway. You take a look at the map and see it is just 80 km, but then you might need to take a ferry that runs only every 30 or 60 minutes and maybe you are late for just a few seconds and will loose a full hour at a spot where you cannot do anything, except waiting. Many such places at the ferry-ports will have at least a small shop with newspapers and some fast-food, coffee, sausages, icecream etc.Most of the norwegian roads are good for a speed of not more than 60 or 80km/h, you will find a lot of narrow passages and the oncoming trafic might be a big truck or tracktor, so it is always best to drive slowly.
Norway is such a wondferful country with a wide landscape and only quite a few inhabitants for its giant size, so that would normally make such a place a paradise for owners of motorhomes to go around and park their cars where-ever they like and save a lot of money on camping-fees.Unfortunately that is possible only at some very few good places, but mostly it is forbidden to stay there overnight, or you never know what will happen at night.I heared various stories about young norwegians making extreme noises right in front of motorhomes with german licence-plates in the middle of the night close to Hammerfest and in a certain way that comes from the fact that the german troops had completely burned down all of the town of Hammerfest when they had to leave the place after WWII.With an austrian car my situation was a bit better, but not much. I always felt uncomfortable parking in a place...
hiwe came back from a cruse along the western shores with the norwegin jadei booked with a local taxi comany in alesund phone:95 22 77 22and at kristiansud :93 66 16 78it was always half the price then the ripoff price from the ship.for us it was worth because we were a group of 8.there may be taxis but remmber that even when one ship arrives all is taken.
If you travel in south Norway and consider staying in Tønsberg, avoid the tourist trap called MARITIM Hotel.The rooms were not clean and they offer very poor breakfast, probably the worst I have experienced in Norway.My advise: even if other moderate-priced hotels are fully booked it best to pay a bit more and at a more decent establishment; you may also travel half an hour extra and stay in Larvik or Sandefjord that offer more options.The service from the reception can be described as almost... hostile! The great surprise was when we asked to talk to the director and the chinese receptionist told us that he was the owner...It is a pure tourist trap, fortunately we did not see any other guests at the breakfast room, so hopefully not so many tourists choose it.
IN august 2007 I rented a car on-line with Sixt , central reservation in Germany. The rental was for an economy car for 8 days, pick up and return at the Torp airport in Sandefjord, south of Oslo. The price confirmed in writing by Sixt in Germany was Nok. 2.934,05. The invoice I got from National - AB- Bilutleie AS , representative of Sixt in Norway, has been Nok, 3.025,00 instead.I asked for explanation by e-mail first and then by regular letter, copy to Sixt Germany some 9 days ago but so far I received no answer.The amount difference is actually very small but I intend to pursue other official ways in oder to have a satisfactory explanation.It is quite clear that I will never make a reservation with Sixt or National.
Although experiencing the midnight sun is wonderful, many tourists have difficulties adapting to permanent daylight and can hardly sleep. And, indeed, when the weather is nice, you really never want to go to bed.This picture shows the sun at its lowest level above the Arctic Circle Line.
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica Oslo Oslo
9 Reviews and 119 Opinions The hotel is located close to a popular hiking and cross-country ski area and in walking distance...
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel Bergen
6 Reviews and 146 Opinions Situated at the very center of the town. All tourist attactions are 300 meters around. Very good...
Rica Nidelven Hotel Trondheim
1 Review and 138 Opinions Unbelievable, astonishing, great, surprising, delicious, unique, wonderful, outstanding......
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