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Prices   Bergen

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

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

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

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

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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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Seacoast raw winter cold

by Saagar

Coastal coldBecause of the warm ocean currents from the Gulf of Mexico(!) the Norwegian coast is ice free. Open water means less cold, but a much more humid climate during winter. This raw, coastal winter cold feels much colder than it actually is, so do not be fooled by the thermometer. On the other hand, if you are used to dry inland cold, just expect the coastal cold to be less cold, but more muggy and intense. Shell wear is good on the coast.Do not catch a cold by being inappropriately dressed.

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Dangerously narrow roads

by evaanna

The roads in Norway meander, go up and down, often quite steeply but this is not the worst: if you go slowly and are careful you can negotiate all the bends without an accident. The situation becomes dangerous when the road suddenly becomes extremely narrow - just one lane - often without any warning sign. Then you may have a precipice on one side and a rock on the other with just that one lane for you and the traffic going in the opposite direction. Sometimes there are lay-bys where you can wait for the other car to pass, often there is nothing - and you must manage somehow. We nearly had an accident this year (2005) when the road in Telemark suddenly became narrow approaching a narrow bridge. All of a sudden, a lorry appeared from beyond the bend at the other end of the small bridge. We didn't hear it coming - the sound of the mountain stream muffled the noise it made. It was going...

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Glaciers kill tourists every year

by Saagar

Glaciers are dangerous; many tourists seem not to acknowledge this. The accessible glaciers (near roads and tourist facilities) tend to be well marked with unobtrusive danger-signs and symbolic fences. Many times I have seen tourists pass this signage and climbed onto or even underneath the glaciers. There is just no way to know when a glacier cave or ice towers will collapse. Likewise, many tourists venture out on glaciers without necessary safety equipment and without being roped together. It is important to understand that glaciers are moving and are plastic. They do not move with a sudden crash, but slide and move over uneven rock and down slopes with different speed in different parts of the glacier. That's why crevasses develop and close, ice towers up and ice blocks are pushed over rock edges. Locals will know how the glacier behave, and tell you where to go and how. Moreover,...

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Norwegian State Railways Oslo to Gjøvik

by Saagar

If you ask for travel advice you will be informed that there are trains about every second hour between Oslo and Gjøvik and buses also every second hour. What they do not tell you is that the departures incongrously are about the same time !!! What's the use????

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Specific warning - Norwegian State Railways

by Saagar

Norwegian State Railways (NSB) - rarely will I be this clear in my warnings:Suburban trains in the Oslo region are notoriously late, delayed and broken down. According to NSB's own fine print (did you ever see that?) they do not guarantee the transfer times they themselves suggest on the internet time tables. If you are connecting in Oslo, make sure you have at least one hour's time in-between train arrival and next departure. Be extremely careful if you are connecting by train to a plane out of Gardermoen airport - especially by local trains.Be extremely aware that even if a train may look nice and fine, it's doors may not be open, and it may depart in front of your nose. This happens frequently. Half of the train may be locked up in order to save maintenance and ease staff work or whatever, and they may not bother to tell you, and as you try in vain to get in the train moves off. No,...

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Credit Cards

by Naokico

Well, Norway is not dangerous at all, but one of the most important tips is that they have some strange problem with credit cards. Me and other travelers that I met had problems drawing money from ATM machines (they call them Mini Bank), and some time stores can not make a transaction with a credit card that was not issued in Norway. So my advise is take a little bit more money out from the ATM when you are in a big city and carry some foreign money, you can always just go into a bank and convert it.

Cost of traffic violations

by Saagar

It's costly to violate traffic regulations in Norway. These are the current rates for some violations (1 EUR = NOK 8):- Driving against red light: NOK 5200- Ignoring traffic signs: NOK 4200- Driving across dividing lines, sidewalks, bike paths etc.: NOK 3200- Illegal overtaking: NOK 5200- Ignoring right-of-way NOK 5200- Ignoring giving proper light signals, faulty lights: NOK 2000- Use of hand-held mobile phone: NOK 1300There are various regulations other than these, including for accounting for multi-violations of traffic regulations. Don't try wringing your hands, saying you have no money - the police takes cards, too - on the spot!

Terrible travel days Part 1: January - May

by Saagar

Certain days are just not good for travelling in Norway, mostly by bad weather, some by public decree. The public decree ones are these:Januar 1st: New Years Day. Nothing happens, and public transport is very limited.Mid/late February: One week's winter holidays in schools. These are not always staggered, so that everybody gets out on the road on the Friday in question and on the one-week-after Sunday. Mountain resorts will be chocke-a-block. Changeable dates, check first.Late March - Mid April: Easter Holidays on changeable dates. The main religious event of the year, people here tend to head for the mountains or for the first sea coast trip of the year instead. Roads will be clogged on the first Friday and Saturday -depends partly on the weather, and then 10-11 days later on the 2nd Day of Easter (a Monday). Public transport nearly ceases to exist on the Easter Thursdday, Good Friday,...

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Strong Winds

by munki

Strong Winds can be a pain for drivers (specially if you are driving a lorry, caravans or campers on one of the several bridges you will have to cross in Norway. When driving in strong winds, you should reduce your speed and be very careful when overtaking lorries.

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Railroad crossings

by munki

Be aware of the train when crossing the train tracks in roads without railroad crossing traffic lights to warn of an oncoming train or automatic gates.It is unlikely you will come across with train tracks crossing like this in Norway, but you could find them in mountain roads like the Flam valley. If you do you will see this road sign advance warning. Look, listen and slow down your speed and remember never to race a train even if you are tempted to do it..

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Questions and Answers

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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... 

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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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