My Scandinavia trip is shaping up and I'd like some feedback on some of the items. It is my husband and I (traveling light with backpacks); first trip to Scandinavia.
Fly-in at Noon to Stockholm Sept 4, 2024. (I will use the English version of dates mm/dd/yy).
9/4 - 9/7/24 - Stockholm 4 Nights (3 Full Days) - booked Hotel Esplanade
9/8 - Train to Oslo (5.5 Hours)
9/8 - 9/11 - Oslo 4 Nights (3 Full Days) - booked Scandia Victoria
9/12 - Train to VOSS - this is where I am not sure where to stop on the Oslo-Bergen train to 'break up the trip'. Voss looks like a good stop with things to do. I found an AirBNB for $80 (a room). Any other suggestions for an overnight between Bergen and Oslo (for a number of reasons I do not want to do the NiN so am looking for alternatives). I also want to keep this part of the trip EASY for figuring out transportation, so places on the line of the train are preferable.
9/13 - Train/Bus to Bergen - first night Bergen
9/13 - 9/15 Bergen 3 nights (2 Full Days) - Booked Thon Hotel Orion
9/16 - 9/27 (Havila BKB - Disembark 9/27 at 3 pm)
9/27 - One more night in Bergen at Hotel Park Bergen (note I tried to change my airline tics to fly out on 9/28 but couldn't find a substitute, so staying one more night in Bergen after the cruise ends). What would you all do in this case? Where to stay, go further south of Bergen at this point for something diff, then come back to the airport hotel? Or just relax one more night in Bergen. I think we will both be ready to go home at this point!
9/28 - Overnight at Clarion Hotel near Bergen Airport
9/29 - Fiy out 6:20 am from Bergen Airport
Thank you in advance for great advise and feedback!
Betsy