Hello, I am planning our first trip to Norway for June 2025. We are wanting to spend about 2 weeks there. I have the Rick Steves snapshot Norway guide, which is great for Oslo, Bergen, and the Norway in a nutshell tour, but there are other places we would like to go as well that aren't covered in that book, like Geirangerfjord and Trondheim (side note-does anyone recommend another travel guidebook that covers more of Norway?)
I saw that there is a Geirangerfjord in a nutshell tour, but I don't know as much about the process of booking each step on our own. Would it make sense to start and end in Oslo, and do Norway in a nutshell followed by Geirangerfjord in a nutshell, but add on Trondheim after Dombas? And what would be the best way to travel from Trondheim back to Oslo? Is there anything special about the first 3 steps of the Geirangerfjord in a nutshell (cruise from Bergen to Maloy, bus from Maloy to Nordfjordeid, and bus from Nordfjordeid to Alesund) or would it be better to just fly from Bergen to Alesund?
I also saw that Hurtigruten might have a cruise from Bergen to Alesund, but when I went to try to check the prices and availability, it didn't look like there were any available for June 2025 (or is it just too much in advance?)
This is a rough itinerary that I have started, but not sure if it makes sense-should I change anything or add anything?
Day 1 Arrive in Oslo
Day 2 Oslo day 1
Day 3 Oslo-Myrdal-Flam (first 2 steps of Norway in a nutshell)
Day 4 Flam-Gudvangen-Voss-Bergen (last 3 steps of nutshell)
Day 5 Bergen
Day 6
Day 7 Bergen-Maloy-Nordfjordeid-Alesund (or flight from Bergen to Alesund?)
Day 8 full day cruise on Geirangerfjord
Day 9 Geirangerfjord-Andalsnes
Day 10 Andalsnes-Dombas (Rauma railway); Dombas-Trondheim (Dovre railway)
Day 11 Trondheim
Day 12
Day 13 Oslo day 2
Day 14 Depart Oslo
Sorry if my random thoughts don't make sense. Thanks in advance for any advice!