Scandinavia Travel Forum

Hi, I have planned 34 day - itinerary traveling in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. However I am not sure about amount of days in any particular place. For example is it enough 2 days in one place or maybe 2 days is too long? Did I allow enough time to travel between places? Could you please take a quick look and have some suggestions for improvement. Also I am not sure how to get from one place to another; we are thinking train, bus, car combination. If you have any suggestions could you copy and paste my itinerary into your reply box and make changes there? Thanks a lot.
Tania

Day

1-4 Stockholm
5 Leave Stockholm go to Uppsala/Sigtuna
Night @Uppsala (or Sigtuna, or Stockholm - make just a day trip to Uppsala)
6 Leave Uppsala (or Stockholm) drive to ferry Nynashmn to Visby (check ferry times)
Night @ Visby
7 Explore Visby by car
Night @ Visby
8 Leave Visby – ferry to Oskarshamn (check ferry times), drive / car? To Kelmar
Night @ Kelmar
9 Leave Kelmar – drive/train? To Malmo/Lund? Or stop 1 day @ Ystad?
Night @ Malmo/Lund or Ystad?
10 Malmo/Lund explore
Night @ Malmo/Lund or Copenhagen
11-12 Copenhagen
13 Leave Copenhagen, go to Roskilde car/train?
Night @ Roskilde or drive /train? To Odense
14 Leave Roskilde go to Odense drive/train?
Night @ Odense
15 Odense (too much time in Odense?)
16 Leave Odense , go to Svendborg car/train?, ferry to Aero (check ferry times)
Night @ Aeroskoberg
17 Explore Aero, Leave for Helsigor car/train? (too little time on Aero?) (check ferry times)
Night @ Helsigor
18 Helsigor, car/train? To Gotenburg
Night @ Gotenburg
19 Gotenburg
20 Leave Gotenburg, go to Mariestad car/train? Or take Goto canal to the lake and back to Gotenburg
Night @ Mariestad or Gotenburg
21 Leave Mariestad go to Fredirecshtad car/train?
Night@ Fredirecshtad
22 Fredirecshtad
23 Leave Fredirecshtad go to Oslo train/bus?
Night @ Oslo
24-25 Oslo
26 Leave Oslo, go to Bergen fly/car/train?
Night @ Bergen
27 Bergen
28 Leave Bergen drive to Voss
Night @ Voss
29 Voss Balestrad fiord, how? Boat, car, walk, tour?
Sognefiord
Go to Balestrad car?
Night @ Balestrad
30 Leave Balestrad goto Fjaerland car?
Night @ Fjaerland
31 Leave Fjaerland, goto Stryn/Loen/Olden which one or all 3? Car?
Boar to Geirangeford
Night @ Geirangeford
32 Leave Geirangeford drive all day scenic route to Aldasnes or Alsund?
Night @ Aldasnes
33 Fiord @ Aldasnes, Romsdals, got o Alesund car? or drive to Trondheim?
Night @ Alesund or Trondheim
34 Flight to Helsinki and then train to St. Pet or fly directly to St. Pet

Hi, VT members, I need your help. We are planning to go to Scandinavia next late spring, but I do not know which hotels I have to book. We are looking for the centrally located hotels with a price range ~ $180-230 per night/ per room. We are looking for a certain comfort, but I do not want to overpay. Would you please suggest the names of the hotels and provide your opinion about them. Thank you very much in advance.

Good day Vters,

Can I have a piece of advise, if it is alright to join a tour on scandinavia for 12 days,
which will cost me 1,700 US$ for the duration of the tours, or will I be able to do it on our own via eurail or the like. do you think it will be possible? if so,then how about accommodations? will it be hard to get a hotel near the train station for two.and will it be safe. thanks a lot for the help.Am running out of time since we plan to leave 1st or 2nd week of October..

thanks a lot.

Hello!

We will travel to Norway, Sweden, and Copenhagen at the end of September.

It makes financial sense for us to purchase railpasses. We are debating purchasing a Scansaver pass, or else a Select pass (first class).

Are many/most of the trains in Scandinavia second class only? Is second class comfortable for longer train rides (e.g. greater than 4 hours).

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hi VT members, we will be flying out of Manila to Paris,1st week of October, and we plan to take the train to Lourdes,France,
Berlin, and the scandinavian countries, from there we go to Thun, Switzerland.any help on this itenerary and how many days will it be.Will it also be easy to find a budget hotel during the month of October. any help will be much appreciated. Thanks

Interested in a 7 day scandinavian cruise which includes St. Petersburg. Not a lover of cruising, but seems to be the best way to get around this area. Any opinions? Looking to travel next August and need a locale that is not a hot climate (can't take Rome or Paris anymore during a heat wave). Want to be with a "middle-age" crowd....not too wild but not on a weeklong nap! Would love to hear about experiences on Regent Seven Seas or similar line or alternatives.

Thanks.

Hi All:

A friend and I will embark on a trip that starts in Helsinki and ends in northern Norway this coming July. The stops are:

Helsinki, FIN
Stockholm, SWE
Oslo, NO
Trondheim, NO
Bodo, NO
Lofoten Islands, NO

So, if anyone has any helpful, money saving tips on trains and hostels that would be very helpful info. I also love trying new beers so whatever advice you have on that matter is greatly appreciated!

Chris