15 Best Oslo Tours
With a history dating back to the Viking era nearly 1,000 years ago, Oslo was originally established as a small coastal fishing and trading village. Now, it’s Norway’s capital and …
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15 Best Norway Tours
Norway – a country rich with mountains, deep coastal fjords, and glaciers – is a famous tourist attraction. The country has many things to explore and is a must-visit holiday …
15 Best Day Trips from Bergen
Bergen is situated on the peninsula of Bergenshalvoyen. It’s Norway’s second largest city, covering an area of 180 square miles. This beguiling city is engulfed by a chain of steep …
15 Best Things to Do in Sandnes (Norway)
Hugging the southern point of the Gandsfjord in Rogaland County, Sandnes is a city in the Stavanger/Sandnes conurbation. Stavanger, Norway’s Oil Capital and fourth largest city, is a stone’s throw, …
15 Best Things to Do in Drammen (Norway)
Tight against the banks of its namesake river, Drammen is in the Buskerud County, half an hour by car from Oslo. If you know Drammen but haven’t been here for …
15 Best Things to Do in Skien (Norway)
A former lumber city in Southern Norway’s Telemark County, Skien is surrounded by water bodies, with lakes, fjords and island idylls close by. The playwright and poet, Henrik Ibsen was …
15 Best Things to Do in Tromsø (Norway)
In Northern Norway, Tromsø is a city that can’t be compared to anywhere else in Europe. High in the Arctic Circle, the city is on the island of Tromsøya, ringed …
15 Best Things to Do in Fredrikstad (Norway)
Norway’s first Renaissance city, Fredrikstad was born in the 16th century on the orders of King Frederick II. The Old Town is inside a bastion fort at the mouth of …
15 Best Things to Do in Trondheim (Norway)
Although bite-sized by European standards, Trondheim is in fact Norway’s third largest city, and lies in the Trøndelag county where the Nidelva River empties into the Trondheimsfjord. The city was …
15 Best Things to Do in Stavanger (Norway)
The undisputed oil and energy king of Europe, Stavanger’s fortunes were transformed when Norway discovered the Ekofisk oil field 200 miles off the coast in 1969. True to its title …