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  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    spankygoodtime

    5 Stars Life on the ocean wave 11/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A chance to view beautiful artic scenery

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You could be very seasick

    Norway has some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in the World. The rugged beauty of the fjords whilst good to look at, are the shorelines to an impassable landscape. The intrepid Norwegians needed to link up their communities and ensure adequate supplies to them, so in 1893 the D/S Vesterålen made the first sailing between Trondheim and Hammerfest. Then in 1908, longer voyages from Bergen to Kirkenes began. Today there are eleven working vessels that sail both ways between Bergen and Kirkenes carrying supplies and post to the many communities along the route. All the boats take passengers ... more
  • 9 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 gard

    Member since 26/06/2003

    Reviews written: 51

    5 Stars A short tale about Stavanger Review with images 26/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great nature and scenery, long summer days

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be a bit expensive, weather can be unpredictable

    I have a confession to make: I have not travelled to Stavanger in Norway...I live here. But I hope that I can contribute with information that will help you if you come to visit. Stavanger is located in the area Rogaland in the south-west coast of Norway. The people that live here are still debating wether we belong to the south of the country or if we can regard ourselves as true westeners. SO far we have not been able to reach a conclusion. The history of the city is long…the cathedral in the middle of Stavanger (Domkirken) dates back to 1125 if I’m not mistaken. The cathedral today is one ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    K

    4 Stars A land of natural beauty 10/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages amazing scenery

    Disadvantages Disadvantages can be expensive

    Last summer I was given the oppurtunity to visit Norway to attend an International Environmental Conference on the small island of Vega. Living in a rural part of England I am used to beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains and valleys of lush greenery but nothing could prepare me for the breath taking scenery carved through the rocks by ancient glaciers leaving sheer drops, long lakes and spectacular landscapes. Arriving in Oslo airport we were shocked by how warm it was. We had prepared ourselves for Norway being a cold country but we were greeted by warm sunshine. During the few hours we ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    fam6

    4 Stars Pining for the fjords 02/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Breathtaking scenary, good train system, everyone speaks English if you need it

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Locals a little unfriendly to young travellers, quite pricey

    This summer I couldn't decide where to go on holiday. So, my boyfriend and I bought interrail passes, again, and just went. Sadly, when we got to Geneva, he looked in an English newspaper, saw the footie scores and decided that he absolutely had to see his team#s next match. They had won a match, a rare occurance, and seen as it was the first week of the season, were top of the league. This meant that our journey had to be severly edited. We had planned to have a nice relaxing time, travelling slowly and taking in the sights. WEl,, with the rush to get home, I insisted that we go up to the ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gervase

    5 Stars God's stomping ground 19/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful breathtaking countryside

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Dull cities. Expensive

    Norway is a wonderful place to visit. It has a huge feel to it, an immense landscape, space and light. This is no prissy little English countryside, all cordoned and divided, this is God' stomping ground, this is Viking World. A place you can really relax and breath. The weather is wonderful, snow and ice for four months solid and then a mad blossoming of spring and summer when the whole place comes alive to long sunny days and fits a whole years living between June and September . The countryside is fantastic. In summer there are the immense, ubiquitous forests, clear lakes to swim in ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    muppet88

    5 Stars Nordkapp ( or The North Cape ) 29/10/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful scenery, friendly people, lots of daylight (in summer)

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Food, Lots of driving, lots of darkness(in winter)

    After travelling to Bergen on the ferry from Newcastle - nice calm crossing, Important to someone who gets travel sick - my family and I planned to drive north along the west coast of Norway in our motorhome until we reached Nordkapp. This is the most northerly point in Europe and somewhere my husband had always wanted to go. I was rather less enthusiastic, I do like the sun! but was pleasantly surprised. Once out of rainy Bergen, (is it true it always rains there?) we turned left and headed to the fjords. The scenery was absolutely stunning and after the rather wet start the sun appeared and ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Shazzy

    5 Stars Breathtaking Beauty 30/09/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Freedom of movement, breaktaking beauty

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expensive

    If you love wil, breathtaking beauty, Norway is a MUST VISIT! I spent many years in the country, and never tired of it's scenery. Around every bend there is something that will surprise you! From snow-topped mountains, to calming lakes, and roads where you'll most likely meet a sheep or twenty, calming roaming along, reminding you to stress down, take things slowly and enjoy the calming effect the natural beauty will have on you. The water is clean, compared with most other places, and mountain water can be drank straight from the streams. Infact, some mountain hotels actually serve this water ... more
  • 5 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mushroom34

    5 Stars Chasing the Northern Lights in Tromso 30/08/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful scenery, snow capped mountains

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Very expensive and a lack of sunlight

    In January of this year we set off to Norway in search of the ethereal Northern Lights. Tromso is known as an execllent place for viewing the lights - you have a 50% chance of seeing them on a clear night - but make sure you go in the winter when there's a lot more night time in which to see them! We flew to Oslo first and then changed to take internal flights to Tromso itself - a mere 150km journey between the 2 airports! Tromso is a small university town surrounded by mountains that lies in the Arctic Circle. It has several 'most northern' claims including brewery and Burger King! We stayed ... more
  • 12 of 12 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    nano.nsr

    5 Stars Norway, a great travel... 20/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages beautiful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages without

    Well, hello everybody ! That's my second "op" as all you write, and I'll try to explain my travel in Norway in 1992... oo0oo Oslo oo0oo Well, we began in Oslo, the capital. A great city with a lot of buildings... I'll tell you something which surprised me... I was waiting with my mother and my father in order to cross the street... Suddenly, a man, in his car, stop his car to let me and my family cross... In France, nobody would stop his car in order to let you cross the street... oo0oo Bergen oo0oo After OIslo, we went to Bergen : a beautiful town where "culture" is very important : you've ... more
  • 6 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    kingcod

    5 Stars Walk the Niggardsbreen Glacier 03/07/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages breath taking, photogenic

    Disadvantages Disadvantages some physical exertion

    For a great day out in the Southern fjords, the mighty Niggardsbreen Glacier icewalk is an unforgettable experience. For the uninitiated, actually walking on this huge blue and white expanse, and exploring its hidden and everchanging landscape is not as daunting as it might sound. Accompanied by experienced multi-lingual guides a group crosses the meltwater lake at the glacier's base and then begins the rather hair-raising climb to the top surface of the glacier. But fear not! Crampons - shoes with metal spikes, and an ice axe, are part of the guided visits cost. The wonderful thing about a ... more
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