- Norway: Where is Midnight Sun's Edge?
- How to get to Norway?
- Holidays in Norway
- Norwegian beaches
- Souvenirs from Norway
Where Norway is located - it is important to know for those who are going to make acquaintance with the polar exotic, Norwegian ski resorts, hearty and delicious cuisine. The main flow of tourists goes to the country of Vikings and fjords in December-March (ski holidays) and May-September (summer travel). For a beach holiday, it is better to go here in July and until mid-August. As for the fishing and cruising seasons to the fjords, they last from April to September.
Norway: Where is Midnight Sun's Edge?
Norway has an area of 385,186 sq. Km. As a northern European state, Norway with its capital Oslo occupies the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Spitsbergen archipelago, Bear Island and Jan Mayen Island (Arctic Ocean). In addition, Bouvet Island is also an overseas Norwegian territory.
On the eastern and southeastern sides, Norway is bordered by Russia, Sweden and Finland. From the south it is washed by the North Sea, from the northwest by the Norwegian Sea, from the northeast by the Barents Sea. The coastline stretches for 25150 km.
Norway is subdivided into Troms, Finnmark, Nur-Trendelag, Akershus, Ostfall, Oppland, Aust-Agder, Telemark and other provinces (19 in total).
How to get to Norway?
With Aeroflot and Estonian Air, tourists from Moscow will fly to Oslo for about 3 hours. Those who stopped at the Berlin airport will find themselves in Oslo after 5, 5 hours, Tallinn - after 14 hours, Zurich - after 12 hours. As for the Moscow-Bergen flight, passengers will be offered to fly through Stockholm (tourists will be on the spot 5 hours after the 1st take-off), Copenhagen (the flight will last 6, 5 hours), Frankfurt (7-hour journey).
Holidays in Norway
Tourists are interested in the "Troll Road" (the road is a vertical wall, the ascent of which can be made from May to October in order to get the opportunity to admire the entire valley and the 180-meter Stigfossen waterfall in particular), Oslo (attracts tourists with the Viking Ship Museum, Vigeland sculpture park, Royal Palace, Akershus Castle, Senersen Museum), Stavanger (travelers should look at the Swords in the Rock monument, look at the Voll Ysteri cheese dairy, take part in potato and wine festivals, go kite and windsurf on local beaches), Geilo (for skiers there are 3 ski areas - Vestlia, Slaatta and Geilo Taubane, illuminated slopes (4), cross-country skiing and snowboarding trails; the period from November to May is suitable for visiting), Lysefjord (of interest is the 600-meter Preikestolen rock and favorable conditions for rock climbing, hiking, base jumping, horse riding).
Norwegian beaches
- Sola Stranden: geared towards swimming and sunbathing, as well as kitesurfing or windsurfing.
- Huk Paradisbukta: Beach facilities include bicycle and roller-skating tracks, beach volleyball courts, catamarans and pedal boats, kiosks selling snacks, refreshments and ice cream.
- Helleneset: although the beach (Blue Flag) is rocky, the bottom is covered with sand. Helleneset is equipped with toilets, showers, children's pool, grill areas.
- Hoddevik: the beach is separated from the outside world by rocks. Here you can rent jet skis, water skis, boats, surf schools and tent surf camps.
Souvenirs from Norway
You shouldn't leave Norway without buying knitted sweaters, scarves and socks, silver jewelry, watches, horned helmets, apple cider, aquavit, porcelain, pewter dishes, troll figurines, Norwegian Brunost cheese, cheese slicers, and Viking ship models.
