Norway

Norway, in a few days

Oslo, Bergen, the Geirangerfjord and the Lofoten Islands, by road and by boat: the map, what is worth booking, everything that costs nothing, and where to sleep at three budgets.

Day by day

1

Oslo

Days 1-2

A capital at the head of its own fjord. Viking ships, an opera house whose marble roof you are meant to walk on, and the Munch collection.

🎟️ Worth booking

• The Viking ships and the Munch museumHalf day · from €30
  Ninth-century burial ships raised from the clay, then the painter who gave the country its most copied image.
• Cruise on the Oslofjord2h · from €35
  Two hours among the islands the city goes to in summer, with the skyline getting smaller behind you.

✦ Free to visit

• The opera house roof
• Vigeland Park and its two hundred sculptures
• Aker Brygge waterfront
• Akershus Fortress

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2

Bergen

Days 3-4 · 🚆 Bergen railway 7h

A Hanseatic trading post from the fourteenth century: the coloured wharf of Bryggen is UNESCO-listed. It is also the way into the fjords.

🎟️ Worth booking

• The Floibanen funicular and the view2h · from €20
  Eight minutes up Mount Floyen and the whole harbour opens below. Walk back down if the weather holds.
• Cruise on the NaeroyfjordHalf day · from €60
  The narrowest fjord in the country, barely 250 metres across at one point, and UNESCO-listed for it.

✦ Free to visit

• The Bryggen wharf, UNESCO-listed
• The fish market
• The painted timber houses
• Walking trails

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3

The fjords, around Geiranger

Days 5-7 · 🚗 Car + ferry 4h

Sea arms cut deep into rock. The Geirangerfjord is UNESCO-listed, with waterfalls dropping straight off walls a thousand metres high.

🎟️ Worth booking

• Cruise on the Geirangerfjord1h30 · from €35
  Ninety minutes past the Seven Sisters falls and the abandoned farms clinging to the rock face.
• The Eagle Road and the TrollstigenFull day · from €0
  Eleven hairpins up from the fjord, then the troll road down the other side. A day of driving, and the point of the day.

✦ Free to visit

• The Seven Sisters waterfall
• The Dalsnibba viewpoint, 1500 metres above the fjord
• The farms perched on the cliffs
• Walking trails

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Worth sorting before you go

A car, and the ferries · The fjord roads are driven; the arms of sea between them are crossed by ferry. Ferries run to a timetable, so plan the day around them rather than the other way round.

📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly

🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta

🚗 Car hire
Compare the agencies before you land.
Compare · Booking

💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut

🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer

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Flavours & local habits

🍽️ Worth tasting

• Salmon and smoked fish: the quality is the reason people talk about it.
• Brunost: brown cheese boiled down to caramel, cut in thin slices.
• Kjottkaker: meatballs in brown sauce, the weekday dinner of the country.
• Prawns and shellfish, bought off the boat at the fjord quays.
• Skillingsboller: cinnamon buns the size of a fist, taken with coffee.

⚠️ Best avoided

• Everything costs a lot here, alcohol most of all. Buy it at the Vinmonopolet, not the bar.
• Book the car and the beds early in high season, above all in the Lofoten.
• Mountain weather turns fast. Check the forecast and take a layer you do not think you need.
• Pay by card everywhere, including on ferries. Cash has almost disappeared.

Words that help

English ↔ Norwegian

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The practical page

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