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 »

Migrating to a new server

Hi all,

The whole of lonelyplanet.com, including Thorn Tree, is changing hosting providers in the following days. While this change takes place, Thorn Tree and the Lonely Planet website will be unavailable for a short period of time. We will communicate the exact time nearer the date. This migration will hopefully be a matter of hours but we have a lot of Thorntree content to move! We will do everything we can to cause minimal disruption to users. You will be able to chart the progress of the work while the site is down through our Twitter account.

Thanks,

Zabba

Iceland, 10 days in June itinerary advice

Hi, I am going to Iceland for the first time from June 2 to June 10. I'm going to spend the first three nights in Reykjavík and then I have one week to tour the country (I have a car hire).

For that week I'm trying to decide whether I should use it for a trip to the Westfjords and the North (Akureyri, Grimsey, Eyjafjorour) or if I should skip the Westfjords and complete the Ring Road?

For the Westfjords, does anyone have advice on whether it's best to go to Isafjorour and then head toward the SW or toward the NE?

Also, if I decide to visit both of these areas and I hired a compact car, is it possible to take Route 35 through the interior back to Reykjavik if I drive slowly so that I can avoid going all the way around the Ring Road or driving back the way that I came?

One other question on accommodation: Do I really need to book ahead for all of my accommodation e... more »

Göteborg - Oslo by bus

I'm looking at how to travel from Göteborg - Oslo. Train is an option, but the direct train do not appear to have discounted tickets, while the cheaper train tickets need a change and take 6 hours.

So, I'm considering bus. I looked at https://www.nettbuss.se and it seems that tickets are cheaper if you book just a day or two in advance. Tickets for tomorrow are 109 SEK compared to 259 SEK for early June. Is this normal or not? If I book with that site, will I get tickets sent by email? Will I need to print out the tickets, or can I show a 'code' on my mobile?

Thanks

Appears that the tickets need to be printed out unless sent by sms - probably need a Swedish phone number.

Edited by: drumbrake

Under the Bridges of Stockholm - Discount with Stockholm Card?

I understand the Under the Bridges boat tour is not included in the Stockholm Card, but is it at least discounted? I know the Royal Canal Tour is included (which is 160 SEK), so could you use the Stockholm Card to take the Under the Bridges tour instead (220 SEK) and only pay the difference of 60 SEK (220 -160)?

hiking boots or just good walking shoes

Since I pack really light so I don't have to check luggage and since hiking boots are quite large (of course, I could wear them on the plane but would rather not), I am wondering if for regular sight-seeing of lava, glaciers, coasts, etc. but not real hiking trips, are walking quality shoes good enough or do I really need my hiking boots for such places.

Thanks for input as I am packing my suitcase today!

The Island of Papey

I read about this Island and i wonder if it's worth to visit there because all the tour is taking 4 hours. The papins i'm sure i'll see in other places in the island. I'm touring to the direction of the watch for 19 days. I intend to visit also Westman Island so i know that there will be also a lot of papins.

What do you think about this tour?

Rahel Lavon

Stockholm Archipelago - Visiting More Than One Island

Hi,

Sorry, this is actually a follow-up question to my last post concerning visiting the Stockholm Archipelago. Someone mentioned visiting more than one island within the same vicinity in a day trip. I was wondering how i would buy a ticket to do this. Would i need an island-hopping ticket, or is there some way i can make stop-bys with a one destination ticket? Just exploring options.

Many Thanks

O'Leary @ Ryanair - 5 More years!

Yes, folks, it's official...the beatings are scheduled to continue until morale improves...Michael O'Leary intends to stay on for another half-decade to guide Ryanair to the next level...

http://www.independent.ie/business/michael-oleary-vows-to-stay-at-ryanair-for-five-more-years-29262368.html

All together now - 5 more years, 5 more years, 5 more years...

(Cross-Posted)