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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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There are over 2 millions sheeps in Norway. Dala is the most seen sheep with approximately 45% of the Norwegian sheep population.Sheeps sometimes like to gather together next to road and to eat the grass and plants of the gutters.In some areas they are used to the traffic but still is advisable to reduce your speed.
Be careful with hidden road gutters by overgrown vegetation when parking your car. After seeing a good photo shot opportunity I parked my car by the road to realize later I was stuck as one of the back wheels of the car was not making contact with the road surface.Luckily one helpful local tried his best to help me by pushing behind the car, after failing to move the car, despite not speaking any English, he told me in a very good Spanish: ‘Tengo un tractor’. Five minutes later the man was back with his tractor and put my car out of the danger zone. He refused to accept a packet of Ducados (Spanish cigarettes) as he was a no smoker.
There are over 2 millions sheeps in Norway. Dala is the most seen sheep with approximately 45% of the Norwegian sheep population.Sheeps sometimes like to gather together next to road and to eat the grass and plants of the gutters.In some areas they are used to the traffic but still is advisable to reduce your speed.
The timber industry is the one to blame for the deforestation of Norway and the decline in numbers of predators such as wolf, bear and lynx. However elks are one of the few mammals which has benefited from it, the cut of the trees allow new pastures for the elks who has to be culled every year.Elks are a great danger on Norwegian roads, many cars have been completely crushed under the impact of this massive animal. In wooded parts of Norway, drivers must be very careful at dusk and night, when the elk tend to move around a lot.
You probably know that beer is expensive. Your looking at between £4-£6 for HALF a litre in bars.In liquor stores, expect to pay about £3-£4 a can, though if you search, I found Tuborg Lager at £1.70 per can.Also, be aware, while you can buy beer at 18, you must be 20 to buy spirits. Also, you may not buy beer from shops after 8pm weekdays, 6pm Sat and NOT AT ALL on Sundays ARGHHHHHH!!!!
This is the cost of speeding on roads with speed limit 60 km/h or less:+ 5 km/h NOK 600+10 km/h NOK 1600+15 km/h NOK 2900+20 km/h NOK 4200+25 km/h NOK 6500(above: confiscation of driving licence)This is the cost of speeding on raods with speed limits 70 km/h or more:+5 NOK 600+10 NOK 1600+15 NOK 2600+20 NOK 3600+25 NOK 4900+30 NOK 6500+35 NOK 7800(above: confiscation of driving licence).
Part 2 of the series of Days Thou Shalt Stay Off the Roads in Norway:June 7th, a 2005 Special: 100th anniversary of Norway as an independent state; expect trouble. But in 2006 again you wouldn't have known - it's not a holiday.June 23rd: St.Hans, it is supposed to be the Mid-summer Festival, but that is actually on the 21st, and plainly forgotten. Public transport schedules are not affected, but everybody is in a party mood and beaches and local transportation may be full. This is a night party, so daytime is fine.Merchants' and city authorities' summer markets and closures of the city centres take place between late June and end of July, only locally advertised and for a limited time. July: 3 last weeks - fellesferien (The Common Summer Holiday). Ouch, don't try to get out on the road the first and last day of this summer holiday period. Those days are terrible for hitchhikers as well -...
The internet booking and generally web pages of SAS are terrible. They are made to have you browse around for solutions and info, not for getting your bookings done. It has always been like this in my experience, and I have never managed to get one done (mind you, I have done it on other airlines, several times). The format doesn't always fit the request, and the numbers from cards don't fit the format, so you are always turned back. If you call them for booking, they slap on a percentage on the price. If you really want to do internet booking, try the airline company Norwegian instead of the SAS maze.Their Eurobonus bonus travel program never worked with online booking. Also, the fax option is ignored.
Coming from Australia I am used to flies and bees and the occasional wasp. In Norway wasps are as common as flies are in Australia, they were everywhere (I didn't get stung though). So just beware of wasps.
if u come around the corner in the forrest u might see an elg like i did on friday....they are not a good thing to crash into , they are heavy and they can damage the car a lot...and not only the car so be careful out there
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 159 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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