Hello! My fiancé and I are trying to plan a trip to Norway for our honeymoon at the end of October 2025 (yes, it's coming up quickly!). Do any of you have any recommendations other than Norway in a Nutshell for the best things to do/places to stay? We love to travel and be in nature, but would also like this trip to be relaxing (any maybe a chance to do something like a spa day or fun dinner?)
Thanks for the recommendations! Any itinerary help would be amazing.
"Norway" is an entire country. Do you know what city you are arriving in?
A fairly "standard" easy trip would be fly into Oslo or Bergen, do NiN to the other city perhaps with an overnight or two at a NiN town. I don't know October demands, but you might need to check if there is availability at any of those smaller towns. Check the NiN website - they show hotel booking options.
Bergen has very easy hiking from the central city. Take the Floibanen funicular to the top of Mount Fløyen with hours of possibilities for hikes. There are fjord day trips from Bergen harbor - recommended over similar options in Oslonwith less dramatic shoreline.
Others rent cars and drive farther north off the NiN route.
You'll need to be careful when deciding activities and locations as some places start shutting down for the summer season and others are not yet open for the winter season.
Here is a link that might get you started.
FjordTours things to do.
Are you planning to use mostly public transportation: trains, buses, ferries, planes? Or will you be renting a car?
If you decide to do the Norway in a Nutshell, try to overnight along the way so you are able to see the scenery during daylight hours.
FYI, Oct 26 Flåm Sunrise 7:42 am Sunset 4:48 pm
Hopefully someone with experience traveling in Norway late fall will chime in.
My trip to Norway was May/June 2023. We traveled from Kirkenes to Bergen on the Hurtigruten Coastal ferry. Then we spent a few days in both Bergen and Oslo traveling a DIY NIN in between with an overnight in Flåm. Then we flew to the art nouveau city of Ålesund for 3 nights where we cruised the Geirangerfjord one day and took a day tour to Trollstigen the next. Trollstigen usually closes sometime in October when the first heavy snows fall.
If you head north of the Arctic Circle you may have an opportunity to see the Northern Lights or do some whale watching. Maybe head to Tromso. Or spend the night in an ice hotel. Kirkenes has the Snow Hotel.
Hopefully, this will get you started with your plans. Congratulations!
In Flam the Fretheim Hotel does a Romantic Package. It isn't a Spa Hotel but they do have a floating sauna (the Fjord Sauna) on the Fjord, close to the hotel. That could be an interesting experience.
For a fun dinner in Flam maybe the Aegir Brew pub and it's Viking Dinner might be an idea?
Not exactly a fun dinner, but a good restaurant IME for traditional Norwegian cuisine is the Bryggeloftet, on the harbourside. It is fun in the context of meat and fish dishes you may not be familiar with.
Yes I'm staying on the familiar Norway in a Nutshell trail here.
How long is this trip?
We recently did the fjord sauna in Flam that isn31c mentioned. I had never been in a "real" sauna before, it was quite an experience! So much hotter than I had anticipated! You can go in and out onto the deck as much as you want, which we did every few minutes. We rented the private one, but you can book seats in the communal one for much cheaper. You can bring in snacks and play your own music on the speakers. After some serious heat and courage, we jumped into the fjord water a few times. This was a highlight of our trip.
