An Oslo Weekend on a Student Budget!
Since I am currently living in sweden, getting to Oslo can be fairly cheap. I suggest the overnight train from Stockholm to Oslo - it is only 200kr each way which is less that $100USA, and the bus is even less, but takes much more time. The other option,... more - travel report by
lafalott
Lofoten - natures home
what a beginning, its cold and rainy in norway and i left my most important cloth at home. but as a boy from the coast i never give up and jut out the 4hours travelling from bodö to moskenes without complaining. we entered moskenes at night and where pick... more - travel report by
bertison
Life around the Karl Johans Gate and Aker Brygge
Oslo is a very small city especially if you are living in Istanbul that has a population of around fourteen millions of people. Oslo has a main street called Karl Johans Gate, at one end Royal Palace is standing, and at the other end Central Station is st... more - travel report by
madness
Westernmost town in Norway (and amusingly proud of it)
Tiny town (pop. 10,000) by the western coast a few hours boatride north of Bergen, Florø has no major attractions, but is surrounded by beautiful islands, has some good fishing and is a cutie of a town in itself. more - travel report by
kirikou
Trip to Preikestolen (The Pulpit rock)
Preikestolen is one of Stavanger's most popular tourist attractions. In the following travelogue I will give some details about my trip to Prekestolen on the 25th of May 2003. Preikestolen is know as the Pulpit rock in English by the way (which is a trans... more - travel report by
gardkarlsen
Growing out of the shadow
Only 40 kilometers with motorways, the roadstretch with the most dense traffic in Norway, separates Oslo and Drammen. Here the traffic separates into traffic turning west towards Kongsberg and the Haukeli Mountain Pass, and the traffic turning southwest t... more - travel report by
terje
Closest you get to urbanism in Norway
Capital city, way less of a typical tourist target than more famous capitals, but has it's charms. The building mass is relatively new, and so the city downtown overall doesn't give the most attractive impression, but if you venture into the old working c... more - travel report by
kirikou
Going to ride a rollercoaster
We decided to go away for the weekend so we got into the car and drove from Stavanger to Oslo to visit the themepark Tusenfryd and to try the rollercoaster Thundercoaster more - travel report by
gardkarlsen
The North Cape
When I first went to the North Cape it was not as sophisticated as it is now. The Cape lies on an island, Magerøya. To get there you had to take the ferry from Repvag to Honningsvag. Since 1999 the island is connected to the mainland by a sub-sea tunnel.... more - travel report by
lonewolf
Going to Dyreparken (zoo)
We continued our weekend getaway (the one that started in Oslo and the visit to the themepark Tusenfryd) and we drove to Grimstad to visit some friends of ours and then we went to Kristiansand to visit Dyreparken. Dyreparken is a zoo/themepark. more - travel report by
gardkarlsen
