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Prices Bergen
5 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
4 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
10 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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Walking Bergen
4 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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Driving Bergen
7 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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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...
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.
Although, stadistically this is one of the rainiest parts of the European continent, the weather in Norway can change in just some seconds. On the very same night when we enjoyed a glorious midnight sun, it started to rain, and afterwards, wow, an amazing "midnight rainbow" appeared behind the buildings of the town.
Many streets in the Fjord region are carved into the mountain and quite narrow, mostly two-lane. Be extremely careful when overtaking and respect the speed limits. In rural areas you might encounter sheep on the road ... usually a car does not distract them, so sometimes you have to shoo them from them road.
I think it was our trip to Hardanger that made me fear heights more than ever. The winding roads, several thousand feet up with only a metal rail between you and the valley below, have never been forgotten after more than 50 years!
Norway is as safe a place as you'll ever visit. You are very unlikely to encounter any kind of crime. The most dangerous thing for tourists tends to be lack of respect for the nature, eg when whitewater rafting, rock climbing, diving, basejumping.
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica Oslo Oslo
9 Reviews and 221 Opinions The hotel is located close to a popular hiking and cross-country ski area and in walking distance...
Rica Travel Hotel Bergen Bergen
3 Reviews and 204 Opinions Having no advance bookings due to traveling without set itinerary and during peak summer season, we...
Rica Nidelven Hotel Trondheim
1 Review and 157 Opinions Unbelievable, astonishing, great, surprising, delicious, unique, wonderful, outstanding......
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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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