How to plan a trip to norway
Norway Travel Guide: Travel Tips For Visiting Norway 2023
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what's going on everybody this is island
hopper tv today we're going to talk
about the things to know when visiting
norway let's do this
all right let's talk about the
affordability and the cost of visiting
norway as you would imagine as you've
been told it is expensive uh the
accommodation though i've seen can be
anywhere between 120 a night all the way
up to 250 300 even here in the winter so
it's much more affordable for the hotels
than i even suspected or i even thought
all right here let's talk about the
currency the krona if you're coming to
norway to spend your euros you're not
going to get very far most of
scandinavia
keeps their own currency they don't use
the
euro but here it's definitely the krona
k-r-o-n-e
also there is 5.2
million people living in norway
some other interesting things to know
about norway it is a long country
that extends north to south but also has
a width that is largest
with is in the south
but it is a tale of two different
countries in the south they get a warmer
climate in the east
they get a flat land with uh forest
in the west they have the fajords
and then in the north they have the
arctic climate so it's a very diverse
climate you can get four seasons here so
i just wanted to point that out that
bird is really talking
next up let's talk about the nature some
of the things that people come here for
are the polar bears or the northern
lights let's talk about those or even
the fjords
so
there are no wild polar bears on the
northern part
of norway's mainland but they are on
islands so norway has them they're just
not on the mainland of norway so you're
not going to get a polar bear walking
across the street
up in tromso or something like this now
if you're coming for the
northern lights you're going to get
those up in lofoten or tronzo in the
north
further south they're rare but they can
be seen also you're not going to get
those in the summertime so if you're
coming for the northern lights you need
to come
in the winter in particular if you
really want the good luck but late
fall
or early spring is when they kind of
start fading
so the summertime remember the midnight
sun right now it's 10 p.m and you can
see it's still sunny
that's norway for you in the
summertime and when it comes to the
fujords those are on the west coast here
in bergen is a great place to go even
oslo you can get some
so checking around there is a great way
to do that now when it comes to food i
would say that food is pricey definitely
taxis are expensive there is no uber
there is no lift they do have a ride
sharing application in oslo but i
haven't tried it here in bergen so
overall i would say
the cheapest way to get around public
transportation
staying outside of the city center in
hotels
uh you know those are the kind of ways
to save money but eating out in norway
it will get you taking taxes in norway
will get you
so be mindful of that
all right let's talk about safety a lot
of people want to know about this
subject now when it comes to safety in
norway it is considered one of the
safest countries in all of the world
you will definitely feel safe here
even at 10 o'clock as i'm walking around
right now
i don't really feel like there's a
threat anywhere around me if you go
hiking in the forest or in nature
there's no real threats out there
um even in the waters here not a lot of
threats
so it's overall a very relaxing
experience in terms of safety you don't
have much to be concerned about
like i said petty crime
not really a thing violent crime
very rarely happens and when it does
people are like very devastated and
shocked by it
so yes you can be a solo traveler solo
female traveler even walking around at
night and not really have
too much to be concerned about other
than just basic precautions
here's a look at some of the living
quarters here these apartments
now when it comes to planning your
vacation or your trip to norway you're
going to want to make sure you book your
train travel ahead of schedule also your
hotels in the small towns make sure you
also book those ahead of schedule
because
they do book quickly in the small towns
where the footy awards are so make sure
you get ahead of schedule on your cruise
and ferry tickets your train tickets
especially to the smaller
more hidden gems
and your hotels in those small towns you
don't want to get to the small town and
then find out that it's already booked
by the time you got there and there's no
place for you to stay
now when it comes to what to wear in
norway it's really going to depend on
the season if you come during the summer
time i would say you should pack clothes
that resemble four seasons style packing
that means a sweater and a raincoat
along with shorts and sneakers okay
because the weather can do what they say
all four seasons in one day in any given
place in norway now in the winter time
skip the shorts you're not going to need
shorts obviously we're talking way up
here in terms of latitude in fact if you
look at a map they're even higher up
than the uk scotland it's up above all
of that we're in scandinavia so up here
we're close to the arctic and in the
winter time it's going to get bone
chilling cold especially as you get
closer to the arctic it gets very cold
so you're going to want to pack for
extreme cold temperatures but because of
the midnight sun in the summertime i
would recommend bringing some sort of
eye mask
also in the winter time expect a lot of
darkness because
it's the polar opposite of what they get
in the summertime
lots of sun in the summer lots of
darkness in the winter time so prepare
and some more important facts about
norway there is 5.3 million people in
the country altogether now they do have
an island way up in the arctic circle
also that is considered part of norway
called svalbard and this is actually
where you'll see the arctic foxes the
walruses and the polar bears
now when you are talking about the
language that they speak here that's
important to know because it's an old
germanic language but it is known as old
norse so this is an old norwegian
language and the whole language of in
and of itself is called norwegian but
have no fear they do speak plenty of
english almost everyone i encountered
spoke english that is basically the
universal language all across
scandinavia now why do they call it
norway well it's an old english word for
the north way the way to the north
that's why they call it norway you could
also say northway norse norse is north
so a norseman is a northern man makes
sense right they're way up here in the
north near the arctic circle
and when it does come to food expect
lots of fish to be available because
they have the
north sea the norwegian sea and they
also are close to the baltic so plenty
of different fish varieties for your
palate also they do eat reindeer up here
i had a reindeer sausage
they also love bread and dough products
i noticed that everywhere i went in the
morning there was plenty of croissants
lots of pizza at every 7-eleven or any
corner store so people live off of dough
up here quite frequently as well as fish
and with that being said they do say
that norwegian salmon is among the best
in the world
let's talk about the vikings because
this is something that's become very
popular over the years with all the
movies about odin and thor
let's talk about this so scandinavia in
and of itself is where the vikings are
said to have come from this was before
100 a.d
now the place they lived was mostly
sweden norway they made it all the way
to iceland and greenland where they set
up new settlements some have even said
that they discovered newfoundland and
called it vinland this was the explorers
leifer ericsson and his father eric the
red who were responsible for the
norsemen going in that direction towards
the west
and some areas around denmark but they
also went into scotland now with that
being said you would almost think that
norway appears to be the epicenter of
where the vikings were located and you
could probably say that is true but it
seems like between sweden and norway
most of the vikings came from there and
they do have museums that go all the way
back in time to the viking era overall i
would say that norway is definitely a
place that you want to visit
if you can try to do a cruise that seems
like the best way to see norway but if
you're not going to go on a cruise ship
because that's not your thing you would
probably start in oslo and i would spend
48 hours in oslo it's a nice place
then i would take a plane to bergen i
would spend 24 to 48 hours there and
then i would go north and i would
probably spend a couple days exploring
around the fjords up in the north
around the arctic circle especially
lofoten tromso that whole area right
there and with all that being said
thanks everyone for watching this
episode of island hopper tv about things
to know when visiting norway we also
made a couple travel guides from bergen
and oslo as we head now east towards
sweden and finland and if you enjoyed
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