I want to visit Norway and plan the trip economically, but still have fun. I am 61 and a veteran, and will travel alone. I would like to see the Northern Lights, experience true Norwegian culture and cuisine, and visit their history. I am seeking any and all suggestions. I would like to speak with someone who has been there and done that.
Thank you.
I can’t help you too much as we were there in July. But if no one here can help, then you could speak to Brekke Travel in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They specialize in Scandanavia and helped us plan an amazing trip to Norway. Just google, they have a 1-800 number.
Thank you. I would like to hear about your trip, what you saw, any suggestions on things to see and do, and thing s that I should not waste my time with. Would you mind talking privately with email? Thank you. Bill
I did a trip report on our trip which you can read here
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/10-nights-norway-for-family-of-4
If you still have questions feel free to private message me
Hey Bill.
There is a Portland/SW Washington travel group that meets the third Saturday of each month (next one is December 15th) at Panera Bread - 7149 SW Nyberg Road in Tualatin 97062 at 10:00 a.m.
Several of us, including me, have visited Norway we can give you our suggestions and reflections at that time.
Hope you can make it.
Doug
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Veteran.
I'm interpreting this to mean that you would be interested in war time events related to Norwegian heritage. The Resistance Musem in Oslo is a must see/experience: https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/norways-resistance-museum/2764/
...experience true Norwegian culture and cuisine, and visit their history.
Unfortunately October is not a good month for ski touring. A great way to eperience Norway, its culture and cuisine is a cross country ski tour with a mixed Norwegian and foreigner DNT (Norwegain Trekking Association) ski tour across the Hardangervidda (high mountain plateau). https://english.dnt.no/guided-tours/
The Hardangervidda is the setting for the WW2 Norwegian commando raid that destroyed the heavy water plant producing matrial for the German atomic bomb project. The commando raid is nicely documented by Tom Gallagher's book: Assault in Norway. https://books.google.com/books/about/Assault_in_Norway.html?id=NzI0vgAACAAJ&source=kp_book_description
And if you enjoy the Gallagher book and are interested in northern Norway, the Howarth book: "We Die Alone" is a good read. https://nerdist.com/book-review-we-die-alone-by-david-howarth/
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Peace being a contrast to conflict, you may also be interested in:
Nobel Peace Prize awarded every December 10 in Oslo City Hall (Rådhuset):
https://theoslobook.no/2016/09/03/oslo-city-hall/
And the the near by Oslo Peace Center:
https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/nobel-peace-center/2862/
Nobel Peace Prize museum with an exciting combination of changing and
permanent exhibitions that promote popular interest in issues relating
to war, peace and conflict resolution.
"Visit Norway" and "economically" are usually not heard int the same sentence. But it's a great country worth a visit, however October is probably not the best month, although you can get some beautiful autumn landscapes. But for the northern lights, consider Abisko ( https://www.heartmybackpack.com/blog/best-northern-lights-europe-abisko/ ) although October might be a bit early.
The same is valid for Sweden :-)
True aswell! But Norway is even more expensive.
