I have 14 full days in Scandinavia, not including travel. Flying into Copenhagen, and Flying out of Stockholm. Trip has to finish in Stockholm because attending a Wedding at the end of the trip. Bringing two older teens (college age and senior in high school)
Debate is whether should just do Denmark and Sweden, or add in on way to Stockholm, the overnight ferry to Oslo and trip to Bergen. Is that trying to do too much.
That really depends on what you want to see and do. With 14 days you certainly have time to include to Norway if you want, but you also use the time to see a bit more of Sweden and Denmark.
When is the trip?
Arrive on the 10th of August. Wedding on August 24th. Flying out on August 25. And probably should reserve at least one or two days of the Stockholm days (besides 24th) for visiting with family
What are your main interests?
Any must-haves already?
I think you could add Norway without the trip being too packed. I did 10 days across Denmark (Copenhagen + day trips) and Norway (Oslo, Bergen, and fjords) and would’ve added Sweden if I had 2 weeks. I was also visiting friends in Denmark so I was not sightseeing the entire time.
You can save some time by flying to/from Norway. Especially if you are visiting Bergen, the train from Oslo is spectacular and I highly recommend it, but you can fly the other leg in or out of Bergen and save a lot of time.
If you have a lot you want to see in Sweden (especially if outside Stockholm) then adding Norway could be tight, but if you can add Norway I would say to go for it.
Take the overnight ferry and go straight to Bergen as Oslo is a bit bland.
Then go from there into Sweden.
Enjoy the History Museum gold hoard, the City Hall with its very scenic park and views of the bay, Nordiska Muséet and Skansen in the Swedish capital. Walk the medieval alleys of Gamla Stan and see the worth-wile world-class grandeur of the interiors of the royal castle, which are truly opulent and surprisingly varied (1740-). You could mount a bed in those colossal Parisian chandeliers. Take bus 403 to the terminal stop Östervägen (19 min), alt. bus 401 to Hellasgården, for the Källtorpssjön nature reserve trails by the jetty, and swim in the lake. Take Saltsjöbanan to the seaside beach at Erstaviken. Look up Årsta Havsbad to see if you would like to swim at this seaside Lord of the Rings panorama.
Day trip to Uppsala for the large cathedral, the splendidly situated castle, several botanical gardens that range from quaint to magnificent, and the viking heartland of Gamla Uppsala, where the giant burial mounds will move you back to a time before Christianity. They are Scandinavias frosty reply to the pyramids at Gizeh.
The bread and the pastries are the best and most varied in the world, and you should go to great lengths to sample all the varieties. Purchase kavring, rågkaka and tunnbröd at a good bakery (or even at a supermarket) and get to know a few of the hidden wonders of the northern cuisine. Have fika with cinnamon buns, cardamom buns, sticky chocolate cake, 3 varieties of sponge cake, and a minimum of 5 kinds of biscuit at a confectionery; Güntherska and Landings in Uppsala, Vetekatten, Rosendals Trädgårdar and Grillska Huset in the capital, Taxinge Slottscafé (with a giant-size pastry selection) in Mariefred. Pastries and bread are one of the few things that are a cultural constant, and the bread you choose would easily have been recognized by people, in one region or another, who lived 100 years ago. SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION: The singular Skansen heritage (1870) bakery! All you want is all they've got!!!
