Friday 3 to Wednesday 8 January 2025
The main attractions of Norway are the varied landscapes that extend across the Arctic Circle. It is famous for its coastline and its mountains, ski resorts, lakes and woods. Popular tourist destinations in Norway include Oslo, Ålesund, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Kristiansand, Arendal, Tromsø, Fredrikstad, and Tønsberg. Much of the nature of Norway remains unspoiled, and thus attracts numerous hikers and skiers. The fjords, mountains and waterfalls in Western Norway and Northern Norway attract several hundred thousand foreign tourists each year. In the cities, cultural idiosyncrasies such as the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo and Saga Oseberg in Tønsberg attract many visitors, as do landmarks such as Bryggen in Bergen, Vigeland installation in Frogner Park in Oslo, Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Fredrikstad Fortress (Gamlebyen) in Fredrikstad, and the ruin park of Tønsberg Fortress in Tønsberg.
Norway produced the very best and my muck-up with the rental car turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
A late arrival into Oslo with Rianna having to do all the driving through snowy conditions, followed by a snowy park run the next morning then seven hours to drive 345 km to Odda. Mountain passes snow and tunnels without end.
The next day – 12 hours snowshoe hiking 27 km to Trolltunga and back. Rianna you are a legend.
A day recovering and looking for a replacement laptop.
Icy roads meant we couldn’t drive to the ferry home – just spinning and slipping. Eventually discovered a longer coastal route, more ferries and a very slippery exit to the ferry the next morning – where we nearly needed Rianna as the human airbag to protect the adjacent Tesla.
