Norway: The Rough Guide

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Rough Guides, 1997 - Travel - 306 pages
This distant land is home to some of the world's most spectacular scenery, has one of its most prettily sited cities, Oslo, and is the northern-most accessible point in all of Europe. The Rough Guide brings is all alive with detailed coverage of the great outdoors, the Same tribes, the North Cape, and all of the lively historic towns along the way. 35 maps and plans.

Contents

from Britain
3
from the rest of Scandinavia
11
from Australasia
17
Costs money and banks
23
PART
59
Central Oslo
64
City transport
68
Oslo Metropolitan Area
75
Roros
128
Kristiansand
136
BERGEN AND THE WESTERN FJORDS 147203
147
The Western Fjords
164
Motorway
173
The Hardangerfjord
174
Path
180
CENTRAL NORWAY TRONDHEIM TO THE LOFOTENS 205244
205

Central Oslo
76
Akershus castle
84
The Viking Ships Museum 87
110
South Central Norway
114
Hamar
116
A Days Hike in the Rondane
122
Jotunheimen Nasjonalpark
123
Stiklestad
215
Ferry route
230
NORTH NORWAY 245273
245
Finnmarksvidda
256
PART THREE CONTEXTS
275
Legends and folklore
292
Index
304

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