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Welcome to the Scandinavia Branch!

Welcome to the Thorn Tree's Scandinavia branch.

The countries covered by this branch are: Denmark, Faroe Island, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden.

We hope you find plenty of useful information about travelling to Scandinavia here. It is highly recommended that new users check out the Scandinavia FAQ thread before posting a new thread as you may find many of the answers you seek there. It also contains helpful information about how to search the forum, advice for how to post your questions, and obsolete information was deleted as recently as June 2008! If you are a returning user or an Scandinavia guru, please help us keep the FAQ thread up-to-date by adding important information which is absent, or pointing out information which is no longer being represented accurately.

You may also find these... more »

Iceland trip - motorhome/campervan

Hi,

we (four friends) are planning a 2 week trip in Iceland late July 2010. We are wondering if it is possible to rent a motorhome/campervan in Iceland? Does anyone have any experience with exploring Iceland this way?
We realize that without a 4x4 we won't be able to head inland, but we would consider joining a one-day 4x4 tour.

Any tips/suggestions for a 2 week itinerary are welcome.

Thanks,
Chris

Goteborg -food

Hey Guys--We're coming for a short visit to Goteborg in about 10 days. I 'd love some suggestions of good, inexpensive places to eat. We like trying new stuff and are hoping to find someplace with good husmanskost. Also any recommendations of where to go for a good smorgasgord/Julebord. We'll only be there from Thursday--Sun., but any suggestions would be great. Cheers Bruce and Suzon

tromso and northern lights

Hi,

Myself and some friends are visiting Tromso in early January. I am wondering if it's possible to take public transport outside the city at night time, i've read on here that if you travel away from the city lights you have good chance of seeing the lights without need for a guide. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Uisce

Arty/boho Stockholm?

Hi there,
I am travelling to Stockholm for only 3 days at the beginning of Jan. I would like to see some of the obvious tourist sites but also want to explore the arty/creative/musical side of Stockholm. Could anyone out there please recommend areas and places to visit?!!
Thank you!

Winter trip - late Jan

Hi All
Planning a trip for last week in january and was wondering if someone could give some pointers on what can be seen/accomplished in 4 days. We (couple) arrive at 1pm in Reykjavik on a thursday and leave on sunday evening.
I thought 1st night in Reykjavik and then in a hotel south for the other 2 nights. What is there to see in Reyk? Not massive museum goers etc, would rather be out in the snow or wilderness.

I was thinking:
day 1: arrive, rent car, drive to Blue lagoon, spend the night in Reyk

day 2: drive the golden circle, check into hotel (Hella, south iceland), watch the aurora (hopefully!!)

day 3: would like to travel down the south coast to skogafoss, glacier, black beach (here?) and futher down to Kvíárjökull glacier, is this possible in winter in one day?

day 4: not sure but have to leave in the evening

I realise the light hours are short and its winter... more »

Copenhagen by night

I'll be arriving in Copenhagen on a flight on Friday the 18th of December around 23:00 and would like to hit the town straight away.

Therefore, I have a few questions:

• how much time does it take to get from the airport to the city centre?
• what time do the bars close in Copenhagen?
• any bars you can recommend I can get in without paying an entrance fee?
• looking for a bar where the play some music and might even have a small dancefloor - any suggestions?
• what is the place to be on a Saturday night?
• anything I must do on a Sunday morning - like a must see/must do?

ATMs in Copenhagen?

Hi,

Anybody who has been to Copenhagen know if there are any ATMs that don't charge fees? If not, any idea which ATMs charge the least amount of fees for withdrawing cash?

Thanks so much!

Tour company in Scandinavia that does Northern Lights/Ice Hotel/Wilderness

Hi peeps, I had a look through the FAQ's and couldn't fine what I was looking for - apologies if I missed it.

Basically, I am looking to take my wife away in Late Jan/Early Feb 2010. We'd like to do something in Scandinavia but not entirely sure where, although from reading Sweden looks the most likely choice.

We would like to stay in an Ice Hotel, see the Northern Lights and I found some info on Google about Wilderness Tours which sounds interesting - travelling by huskies etc into the middle of nowhere and 'camping' out in cabins!

A lot of companies seemed to be in Sweden and did tours, but they seemed very high end luxury travel companies - some topping £1000UK which is over our budget. We have used overland / backpacker type companies in the past but can't find similar for in the area we are looking.

Ideally what we would like is a company that does packages for 3 - 5... more »