Hi fellow travellers,
My wife, 2 kids (2.5 yrs and 7 months) and I are travelling
to Helsinki (4days), Stockholm (4 days), Copenhagen (4days)
and Norway (8 days).
As we are travelling with kids, we don't plan to stay in
hsotels but would like to get recommendations for
moderately priced hotels/pensions/b&bs in the heart of the
cities we are visiting.
In Norway, we would like to see Oslo and Bergen and if
possible go up to Arctic circle. is that possible in 8
days? How cold is Arctic circle in the first week of July?
Thanks.
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I found a wonderful sounding apartment in Bergen I'll be
staying at in early September. 65kr/night for 2, sleeps 6
and has a kitchen... Near the Aqaurium - a great cheap kid
place
Look at Amund's Apartment in this site>>>
http://www.bergen-guide.com/amunds.html
Have fun!
I used to live in Oslo, now live in Bergen, but since I
live here, I don't use hotels very much and don't know much
about them, might be able to give some other tips, though.
About your planned 8 days, I would say it is possible but
somewhat short, if you plan to use any other transportation
than plane up north, to short.
What do you mean by the arctic circle, do you actually want
to stay on the circle or what? (no airports close by and
not much else either except for a few souvenir shops, just
an imaginary line like the equator) I would say pick a
destiantion north of the circle, there are plenty of nice
towns and beautiful nature up there.
About the temperature, well, Norwegian weather is quite
unpredictable, anything between 5 and 30 degrees pluss
(Celsuis) might be possible.
To start with, here are some links
http://www.hurra.no/
http://www.flytoget.no/cgi/ft_reiseplanlegger2.cgi
http://www.museumsnett.no/nasjonalgalleriet/
http://www.sporveien.oslo.no/
http://195.18.197.14/1_e.cfm
http://www.oslo.com/
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/oslo/
http://www.vg.no/kamera/oslo_full.hbs
http://www.vg.no:80/vg/oslobilde/middels.html
http://www.oslopro.no/whatson.html
http://www.vg.no/vg/oslobilde/oslomid.jpg
http://www.bebygg.no/beweb/bewebcam/bewebcam.html
If you want to go up past the artic circle in order to see
the midnight sun, you might consider taking a train up as
far as you can. Try visiting www.nsb.no to find out about
train times and prices. Oslo is also very "bright" in
summer. At the moment we have daylight until about 10.30 PM
and then again from about 3 AM.
If you are into museums of different kinds, you will have no
problem spending 8 days just in Oslo. There is a fun park
outside Oslo (busses from downtown) called Tusenfryd - and
next to it you have Vikinglandet (The Viking Country) which
has a nice flavour to it with "real vikings" wandering
around and showing different things they did "back then".
The kids would probably enjoy that a lot. It is quite
expensive to get in the first day, but you get very reduced
rates if you come back the next day.
There are lots of parks and such to "hang out" in here. As
for hotels/hostels, there is a nice one at Haraldsheim.
I don't think staying there with children is any big
problem, really. There are several good places here (with
star ratings) for both Oslo and Bergen
http://www.vandrerhjem.no/english/
Wishing you a very nice stay with your family here in our
"fair country"!
Try this service. They rent out flats or just rooms in flats. I used them 3 years ago for subletting my flat for 4 months and they were totally reliable. I got my rent paid every month, no problems at all. You can see examples of prices as well and the homepage is in English and everyone speaks English at their office. They accomodate rooms all over Copenhagen. Hope this will help you, enjoy your stay.
http://www.ebutik.com/hay4u/hay4u.htm
Hi! I'd just like to say that I don't think you should
waste any time going to the arctic circle! The weather in
Scandinavia at that time of year is not cold (maybe not
exactly warm either) and there's really not much to see,
according to my opinion!!!!!