Activities in Norway
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Norwegian Evening Cruise on the Fjord
3 hours (Departs Oslo, Norway)
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Journey through Oslo’s beautiful fjord on this Norwegian evening cruise. On board a traditional wooden sailboat, you’ll see Oslo’s waterfront sights. Munch on a…Not LP reviewed
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Oslo Toget
More organised summer activities include taking a Thomas Train City Tour or the Oslo Toget, which both do a half-hour loop around the city centre in cheerfully painted open-air trains. Tours begin every half-hour in front of the Paléet shopping centre and Aker Brygge shopping complex. There is a Christmas train in December.
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Narvik Golfklubb
The fjord-side journey to the Narvik Golfklubb at Skjomendalen is wondrous (follow the signs to Skjomdal just before the Skjomen bridge on the E6, about 18km south of town). Sheer, treacherous faces will leave you guessing how there could possibly be a golf course here. Yet nature works wonders, and there’s a valley hidden amid the peaks.
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Valldal Naturopplevingar
From Valldal you can experience a four-hour white-water rush (Nkr590; 11am daily May to September) down the Valldøla River. Contact Valldal Naturopplevingar, whose headquarters is 200m from the tourist office. It also offers kayak hire and a variety of other outdoor activities such as wilderness camping and, in winter, moonlight ski trips.
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Briksdal Adventure
Briksdal Adventure also known as Briksdal Breføring, is based at Briksdalsbre Fjellstove, the end of the blacktop road, offers guided glacier walking on Brenndalsbreen (around NOK600), the next glacial tongue north of Briksdalsbreen. Treks last between six and seven hours, including around 2½ hours on the ice and depart daily between June and August.
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Touring Boat
From May to September, the tourist office sells tickets for a boat that leaves Kinsarvik at 10:25 and returns at 15:55, with three hours in Eidfjord. Given that you pay an extra around NOK200/around NOK110 if you want to take the sightseeing bus to the Hardangervidda Natursenter and Vøringsfossen, it's only worth doing if you don't have your own wheels.
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Thomas Train City Tour
Organised summer activities include taking a Thomas Train City Tour or the Oslo Toget, which both do a half-hour loop around the city centre in cheerfully painted open-air trains. Tours begin every half-hour in front of the Paléet shopping centre and Aker Brygge shopping complex. There is a Christmas train in December.
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NSB
The famous 'Norway in a Nutshell' tour, normally done between Oslo or Bergen, also works as a day tour from Voss. It involves rail trips from Voss to Myrdal and from there to Flåm, the boat to Gudvangen and the bus back to Voss (6½ to 8½ hours). Book through the tourist office, any travel agency, or directly through NSB at the train station.
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Veteran Steam Train Tour
From early June to early September, another popular excursion is the Sunday tour by Veteran Steam Train Tour between Garnes and Midtun. It begins at 09:00 on the historic ferry M/S Bruvik from Bryggen to the railway museum (%55 24 91 00) at Garnes and from there the teak-panelled train inches 18km to Midtun. The whole trip takes four hours.
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Hummelfjellet Alpine Centre
Hiking (and, in winter, nordic skiing ) possibilities abound across the semiforested Røros plateau; ask the tourist office for advice. Note, however, that many areas remain covered in snow well into the summer. Hummelfjellet Alpine Centre, 16km south of Røros, has two lifts and six slopes.
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Geilo Aktiv
Geilo Aktiv offers glacier trekking on Hardangerjøkulen (1862m) three times a week from July to mid-September. The standard 10-hour tour (including train to and from Finse) costs Nkr650 per person. The company also offers a variety of rafting tours, riverboarding and a two-hour moose safari that occurs once a week.
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Sukkertoppen
A more challenging hike leading to an even wider-ranging view leads to the summit of Sukkertoppen (314m). It begins on the street Sukkertoppvegen, on the hook of Ålesund's peninsula. The track follows the easiest route, right up the east-pointing ridgeline. Take bus No 618 from town and ask the driver to stop at Hessla school.
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Hurtigruten Mini-Cruise
The coastal ferry passes Torghatten on its way south to Rørvik in Trøndelag - allowing an hour to explore the town and visit its splendid Norveg Centre for Coastal Culture and Industries before hopping aboard the north-bound ferry and reaching Brønnøysund again at 01:00. Book tickets from the tourist office.
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Syklistenes Landsforening
For Norway-wide cycling information and for more detailed maps for the Buskerud region (the area surrounding Oslo), contact Syklistenes Landsforening. It is a local club and not really set up for tourists, but members are happy to help if they can. Ring the bell 10m to the right of the door if it looks closed.
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Veteran Fjord Cruise
Veteran Fjord Cruise runs tours, sometimes under the banner of Stavangerske. It also runs eight-hour ferry-bus-hike tours from Stavanger to the top of Preikestolen that cost Nkr100/50 per adult/child. They depart at 8am daily from Stavanger Fiskepirterminalen from late May to early September.
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Opplev Oppdal
The wild and white Driva promises excellent rafting runs from May to October. The outdoor adventure company Opplev Oppdal organises trips, from the relatively tame Class I-II family trips to full-day Class III-IV trips that provide substantial thrills. Prices range from Nkr590 to Nkr830 per person per day.
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Barents Safari
Barents Safari runs a three-hour boat trip (adult/child Nkr790/400, at least twice daily from June to mid-September) along the Pasvik River to the Russian border at the historic village of Boris Gleb (Borisoglebsk in Russian). Tariffs include a salmon meal with cloudberries and cream in a Sami-style hut.
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Geiranger Fjordservice
Geiranger Fjordservice does 1½-hour sightseeing boat tours (adult/child Nkr 110/45, sailing 4 times daily Jun-Aug). Its kiosk is within the tourist office. From mid-June to August, it also operates a smaller, 15-seater boat (Nkr390/190) that scuds deeper and faster into the fjord.
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Båtservice Sightseeing
If you want to get out on the water, try Båtservice Sightseeing, which does a tidy 7½-hour city tour to the Bygdøy museums, Vigeland Park and the Holmenkollen ski jump, plus a cruise of the Oslofjord for a reasonable Nkr515 (late May to early September only). Shorter tours are available.
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City Sightseeing
City Sightseeing is Oslo’s version of the hop-on hop-off phenomenon. Tickets cost Nkr165/85 per adult/child, are valid for 48 hours, and cover the overwhelming proportion of city sights, which you can explore at your own pace. The tourist office has a list of stops that this tour company goes to.
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Setergrotta
The two-hour trip through Setergrotta is altogether less dragooned and considerably more adventurous. Highlights include a couple of extremely tight squeezes and a thrilling shuffle between rock walls while straddling a 15m gorge. The operators provide headlamps, hard hats, gumboots and overalls.
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Geiranger Downhill
Geiranger Downhill will drive you up to Djupvasshytta (1038m), from where you can coast for 17 gentle, scenically splendid kilometres by bike (Nkr195) down to the fjord; allow a couple of hours. Book at the sod-roofed cabin 50m above the harbour, which also rents bikes (Nkr50/200 per hour/day).
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Lomseggi Hiking Trail
Although the serious trekking takes place in neighbouring Jotunheimen National Park, there are several hiking trails closer to town. A popular route is the 3km return loop up Lomseggi (1289m) to the century-old stone cottage called Smithbue, with some excellent views of Ottadalen and Bøverdalen en route.
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Ice Troll
For a truly original glacial perspective, sign on for a guided kayak outing with Ice Troll. Walking and kayaking tours of seven to eight hours (around NOK750), suitable for first-timers as well as the more experienced, take you where those without paddles never get. It also does overnight sorties (1200).
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Havhesten
If the fjord’s too chilly, visit Havhesten. Plunge into one of its three indoor heated pools and savour the fantastic view of the fjord as you bob up, work up a sweat in the gym, then get all aglow in the sauna. Everything, even the view, is included in your admission.
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Svalbard Wildlife Service
Offering many of the usual and several unusual trips, Svalbard Wildlife Service can take you on three days of camping, hiking and kayaking around the Esmark glacier (Nkr6400), or seven days among the glaciers, seals and walruses of Prins Karls Forlandet island (Nkr13,500).
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