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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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Even if there is no warning sign, you should drive carefully. You can see goats, sheeps and cows quite often on the roads. We didn't see an elk, though. And if you meet a whole herd, you need to have patience. The animals don?t care that you want to pass?
Local custom, tourist trap or danger tip? Not sure yet, BUT...Toilets in Norway are not always what you expect them to be! And I do not mean by this that nature isn't good enough for me. It's only that I was surprised to discover on the beautiful island of Gåsvær, for instance, that toilets had two seats inside the same 'booth'. Even in more 'public' places like pubs and universities, toilets tend to be for both gents and ladies, or if they are not, the Norwegians make them become so. I have seen people 'tresspassing' freely...Well... Maybe it is just another way of the locals to say that ,up here on the world map, people have nothing to hide. Anyway watch out whom you're sharing with! I hope they make it a wonderful and unforgettable 'sharing' experience for you! Enjoy!
Driving in Norway is generally safe, but remember to change to wintertires during the winter. If you don't you may end up in hospital with a rather large bill. The rental firms should tell you about this.If you're going to drive in rural Norway on the winter, consider to buy a sett of wheelchains (norwegian: hurtigkjettinger). They can really save your day on slippery and snowy roads. Ask the people you buy it from how, when and where you should use them.
Watch your speeding. Suddenly reindeers or elks cross the street without paying attention to you. In the south roadsigns like this one indicate areas where those animals live, in the north you have to pay attention everywhere!
Norway is an expensive country. For one night in a hotel in Oslo I can rent an appartment in Zagreb for a month. The ticket for the Oslo airport train costs the same as a train return ticket between Zagreb and Budapest. I had a lunch in Stockholm for a price of a sandwich in Trondheim. The train ride between Oslo and Bergen is 4 times more expensive than a Ryanair ticket between Oslo and London.... If you notice that prices for fruits in some supermarkets are similar to those in your homecountry check again. They are most probably prices per one piece and not per kilo as you would expect.... (It happened to me). In short: you'll need a lot of kroner here. (Bring everything you can carry from your home country). The only thing that I found cheaper than in Croatia is ice cream. Especially if you buy big 2 liter boxes.
One look at the map and everyone sees that with a country situated so up in the North you can expect hard winter weather and lots of snow. But in fact thanks to the Gulf stream it's pretty warm in Norway compared to the places in similar geographical locations. Sure they have lots of snow in Norway. But snow is not something strange in the rest of Europe as well. You have snow, you try to clean it, put some sand or salt on it so that it doesn't freeze.... do everything that you can to make things normal. Everywhere but in Norway! It is not the snow that will surprise you. It is the total ignorance of Norwegians to snow transforming slowly into slippery ice cover on the roads and pavements will amaze you. To clean the snow? But why oh why??? When we can have thick ice cover on all our pavements untill April? If you intend to walk in Norway in the winter be prepared for some acrobatics....
.Français: Camper au bord d'un lac c'est enchanteur. A Jevnaker ces magnifiques cygnes venaient manger le pain dur dans nos mains !C'est quand le pain a été fini qu'ils se sont fâchés et 'la tapette à moustiques' que l'on nous avait recommandée mais dont nous ne nous étions pas servis a été la seule raison pour les convaincre d'aller voir plus loin ! ;-)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =English: Camping by this lake was lovely. In Jevnaker those swans came to eat bread in our hands !...But when there wasn't bread left anymore, they began to get kind of angry and the fly-flap (?) which had been recommended against flies & musquitos was the only thing we had to convince them to see elsewhere ! ;-)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Dutch: Camping bij dit meer was schitterend...(Vertaling volgt later...)
Wonderful Norwegian nature brings out the beast in many foreign visitors. If you really must go skiing in the mountains, fishing in the ocean or base jumping from a cliff, you should be well prepared. In addition to our beautiful nature, we have a wide selection of not-quite-as-beautiful weather conditions, and if you are five kilometers from shore in an open boat, happily filling it (the boat) with codfish when you encounter a storm - you may end up as a wet corpse. Tourists get lost in our mountains all the time. When a Norwegian tells you to be careful - please, PLEASE!!!, listen!
Perhaps when we arrived to Capo Nord the weather was cloudy and very cold!!There was few visibility, so we didn't appreciate completely the wonderful landscape of this place!Above all there was a terrible wind!I had fear to appear me at the railing, in fact there were a lot of signs with the warning of danger!Anyway for me it was a fantastic moment! I felt to be in a unique place!
Be carefull! Norway can be adictive :-)Actually, if you stay too long in the nature, you might see trolls, gnomes and wood nymphs. In any case, you will understand Norwegian folkelore....The real ones are shy of tourists. You only see them in the twilight hour walking alone far from people. You might be lured into the woods by a "huldre", so fair and beautiful. Only a mental image of a cold shower will keep you one the path. Or maybe a forest "nisse" will be up to his pranks and confuse your path so you get lost. Those of us that are used to these creatures just smile and wave to them and they wave back. Can't really blame them for trying. There are so few left.... Their existence is totally dependent on people believing in them.You best not be spotted by the trolls though.... If you are spotted by one you have to keep dodging him till the sun comes up. Not very hard if you are smart,...
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
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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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