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Norway Itinerary Feedback

Posted by (Angers, France) on

My husband and I are taking our 18 year old daughter to Norway for 13 days in June in celebration of her high school graduation. Our daughter has been actively involved in planning the trip, and wants to try and see everything, so accommodating her travel plans has proven rather challenging. We have a tentative itinerary, which I know will be very busy, but I am curious to hear feedback from the forum about the viability of the plan.

June 13 - 16: Oslo
June 17: Fly to Harstad, drive to Svolvær, flight departs 8:55 a.m., arrives 10:35 a.m.)
June 18 & 19: All day in Svolvær
June 20: Early morning flight to Bergen (depart 6:35 a.m., arrive 11:35)
June 21: Take 4:30 p.m. express ferry from Bergen to Balestrand arrive 8:30 p.m.
June 22 - 23 Exploring the Sognefjord region
June 24 - Drive from Balestrand to Lom
June 25 - Catch late flight from Sogndal Airport back to Oslo (depart 9:10 p.m., arrive 10:00 p.m.)
June 26 - Return home

I appreciate any feedback or suggestions you can offer. Thank you!

Posted by
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Wow. After you complete this trip, please come back to the Forum and relate your experiences outside Oslo. In all sincerity, I'd like to know how this works for you. The only suggestion I will offer is this: it appears that you will be picking up & dropping off a rental car in different locations - don't be surprised if there is a fairly hefty fee. I'm sure you will enjoy wherever you go, Norway's coastal and fjord country is at least pretty and often spectacular.

Posted by
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Thank you for the feedback.

We found a car rental location in Balestrand (http://leigebil.no/) that we thought would work for that portion of the trip, allowing us to avoid one way drop off fees. So far they have not responded to my emails so I don't know if they are actually a viable option or not.

We realize that the ferry from Bergen to Balestrand may not be terribly scenic, but were using it as a means to an end simply to get to Balestrand.

We thought that the half day in Bergen on the 20th and most of the day there on the 21st would be enough since everyone seems to say one day is sufficient. Will we need more time?

Based on the suggestions here, we are likely going to take Lom out completely.

We have really been struggling with the logistics of how to best make this trip work and are certainly open to suggestions.

Thanks again.

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