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.

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Midsummer- Best place to go!

Hello folks,
I am flying to Schweden, more precisely Stockholm, this June to experience a good midsummer festival somewhere out in the nature. Which place can you recommend?
I heard that there should be a good, traditional event, where also strangers can join easily, at one of the smaller lakes near the big lakes Vänern and Vättern, but this was the precisest Information I got. If you have any more detailed idea, please let me know!
Thank's in advance!

Edited by: viajero22

Four day quick circuit in the north

Hi all,
I am thinking to get a Scanrail Pass- four or five days travel between July 13th-18th. I want to travel north from Umea in Sweden crossing into Finland through Haparanda up through Inari and cross into Norway to Alta then up to Nordkapp and then back down to Stockholm. Has anybody done a similiar journey using a rail pass and is it feasible to accomplish this in four or five days. I know it is a very long distance and I will have to take some bus trips in the far north, stay in a hostel or hotel two or three nights while having a sleeping berth on one or two overnight trains, especially from some town in the north back down to Stockholm. I need to be back in Stockholm for a flight to Canada by the 18th mid-morning.
Any tips or suggestions about this trip will be greatly appreciated especially in terms of using a Scanrail pass to maximise the distances and possible discount... more »

weather conditions in June (hiking / camping in mountains)

Hi folks,

In less than 2 weeks, my boyfriend and I leave for a 4 week roadtrip to Norway (we're from Belgium). We will drive to Tromso and back and we'll mainly go wildcamping. We're planning to stop a few days for hiking in Jotunheimen, Hardangervidda, Lofoten and Lyngen Alps. We are very much looking forward to experiencing the midnight sun and wildcamping (which we never did before) in this beautiful country.

I was thinking June would be the perfect period for us to go, because of the long days, not yet too crowded, lots of flowers and green and still snowy mountains (and the weather would be not too bad in general?). But maybe I was a bit too optimistic. Of course we're worried about the recent floods in southern and central parts of Norway, but we hope the effects will have decreased by the time we get there (unless it keeps on raining...). And we expect to get our fair par... more »

Oslo to Bergen - Road Trip!!

Hello Lonely People!,

I am planning to rent a car for about 3 Days in the third week of June. Oslo to Bergen is the route I have in mind.

Now can you suggest me the best route I can take on this journey? I would prefer something really scenic, adventurous, with a lot of sight seeing (but not too touristy).

Also, as I am completing this road in a span of 3 days, which would be best places to a spend a night at? Camping near by a fjord mountanious region or something of that sorts.

and the last question, how much would the fuel cost for this entire trip?

Thanks,
VNM

Credit Card Usage in Copehagen

I am going to be spending a day in Copenhagen next month enroute from the U.S. to Russia. Normally, when I spend only a short amount of time in a city, I try to get by without exchanging any money and just using my credit card. That brings me to the point of this post:

How widespread is credit card usage in Copenhagen? Do most places such as trains between the airport and city center, entrance fee to places of interest such as Tivoli Gardens, restaurants, etc. accept credit cards? In other words if I am only there for one day, can I get by using a credit card only or will I be forced to exchange some of my USD for DKK?

If I do have to exchange money in CPH, does anyone know if I can exchange DKK for RUB in St. Petersburg, Russia? I am asking because that is my next destination and so it doesn't make sense to exchange leftover DKK back into USD - I will need RUB when I depart C... more »

guide of greenland

Hello !

Can anyone advise me a good guide of Greenland? (tha lonely planet guide is out of stock/print).

Petrol price consistency across Northern Norway

Does anyone know if petrol prices are consistent across Northern Norway at all (i.e. little variation) ? As this is what i found in Iceland last year with prices being the same almost everywhere. I know of course its expensive, but hopefully not like the UK with so much variation between town and rural. Thanks, Lee.

Looking for some itinerary ideas...

Hello all,

First i wanted to go to slovenia, because wildcamping is prohibbited over there i've bin doing some research about Norway and i fell in love!

The last week of July my mate and i will go to south Norway for two weeks. We will travel by airplane to Gardermoen airport Oslo in morning. From airport to Oslo bij shuttlebus. Walk a bit in Oslo and take the awesome train ride Oslo - Bergen. Wildcamp around Bergen for 2 nights but then things become blurry.. We have a list of things we want to see and do.

• pulpit rock Stavanger
• flam railride if possible..? Or maybe Oslo- Bergen is enough...?
• geiranger fjord
• Jotunheimen NP
• fishing while wildcamping
• canoeing