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Travel stories from Norway

Collection of 47 travel stories from Norway. Written by your friends on the road.

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Inga Lami 15K
2008-03-06, LILLEHAMMER, Norway. By: jodifoster

Lillehammer was home to the 1994 Winter Olympic games at which Nordic skiing was the primary attraction. The pre race mood for the Inga Lami was very interesting. Into the starting pen we went. I ...

 
Traveler ethann

Last few days
2007-12-20, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

Just got back from a week-long trip through Norway and Sweden with Teddy and Dustin (in Sweden). First went to Stavanger, Norway. They call it the cultural city in Norway, and it was very quaint. The ...

 
Traveler ethann

Last of November
2007-11-30, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

Well friends, it's the last of November. To usher in the new month is a bantering of fresh snow on the tree limbs. Though it is hardly the first snow of the season, we inhabitants wonder if this is th...

 
Traveler ethann

New installment
2007-11-14, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

Quit my job at the kitchen. Left on good terms. Now I have more free time. Classes are winding down too. 2 ten page term papers and a final report left to go. 5 1/2 weeks left in Oslo. Played a sh...

 
Traveler ethann

brief update
2007-10-22, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

Another week has thus begun. Ethan looks forward to London on Thursday, and the prospect of a Vooredoms show to boot. With a group report due and a solo presentation to give, our hero faces an intense...

 
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A worthy update***
2007-09-31, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

Well friends, it seems as if September came and went in an instant. October is here tomorrow morning, and fall weather is fully underway in Oslo this year. Already have the leaves changed to yellows a...

 
Traveler ethann

negativland
2007-09-05, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

The end of August was quite eventful for our cunning protagonist. The tug of adventure was in full force, and on a bright Thursday morning Ethan and Dustin headed down E18 on foot. Thumbs were stuck i...

 
Traveler ethann

Njal's Saga (has nothing to do with this entry)
2007-08-25, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

After printing five copies of his updated resume from the Blindern Campus library, our hero strikes out on the town in search of work. Accompanied by his flatmate Asia, they enter Hard Rock Cafe on Ka...

 
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Life so far. . .*
2007-08-20, Oslo, Norway. By: ethann

With heavy bags and a train ticket I stepped through the gates. Once on the train to Oslo Central Station, my comrades from the plane and I talked excitedly on an otherwise silent car. The train moved...

 
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Tj; The Changing Of The Guard...Or Not
2007-06-14, Oslo, Norway. By: tjtunes

This is a place I have been many time due to the numerous amount of Norwegians who studied with me at Leeds College of Music in the UK. Life here is geared towards the outdoors and the beautiful harb...

 
Traveler marc

Spontaneous - Sorry if this story is confusing.
2007-01-18, Bergen, Norway. By: marc

So, on Friday afternoon we were playing a bit of soccer. Afterwards, I though I should go to a grocery store to buy some food for dinner, but this german guy, that I don't know, tells me that he want...

 
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Norweigan Drinking Games
2007-01-12, Bergen, Norway. By: marc

On Friday night the exchange committee believed it would be a good idea to teach us a whole bunch of drinking games so we could be socially accepted by Norwegians. They tooks us down to the campus ba...

 
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So Much Shrimp
2007-01-10, Bergen, Norway. By: Marc

For dinner the international exchange committee decided to treat us to a wonderful shrimp dinner. They ordered 50 kilos of shrimp for the exchange students to devour. We first needed a little lesson...

 
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Where am I?
2007-01-07, Bergen, Norway. By: marc

So the first day some of us decided to meet up and take the bus into town. It's about a 10 minute bus ride into town. Since it was Sunday everything was pretty much closed, except for McDonalds of c...

 
Traveler wywroota

Sweet, sweet Scandinavia
2006-12-05, Oslo, Norway. By: wywroota

[Person appearing in my journal before as my Girlfriend, from now on, is going to be marked by me as X. I hope it's understandable. I hope it clarifies.] It sometimes gets very lucky, when you work...

 
Traveler aw80sa

One last WooHoo!
2006-09-18, Torp, Norway. By: aw80sa

Well, it's that time again. Taking off on another adventure. This time it's India. Let me catch you up on a few things since I've been in Norway. As you can see on the homepage, I made the picture ...

 
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Fjord by Boat
2006-09-14, Bergen, Norway. By: cmcr49

W had thrilling and relaxing last 2+ days. Our very early departure from Billund, Denmark, took us to Oslo airport, then by train up the fjord country. Most of this 6 hour train trip was pastoral Norw...

 
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Rural Denmark
2006-09-14, Flam, Norway. By: cmcr49

I've spent the last two days in Jutland — this is the rural part of Denmark out to the west. Jutland is a peninsula, the lower portion of which is Germany. We visited our host/trainer's friend who is ...

 
Traveler aw80sa

I don`t see any Vikings around...
2006-09-06, Kristiansand, Norway. By: aw80sa

Well, I made it to Norway, finally. It took a full day longer than expected but I am here. I ended up spending a full day in Denmark after finding out that there was no bus to the city that the ferry ...

 
Traveler lizzdailey

klem og kyss (hugs and kisses)
2006-08-01, Oslo, Norway. By: lizzdailey

Although sleeping in the airport in Amsterdam was not the most fun thing I have done, I survived. I have since arrived safely in Norway, and have been having the most wonderful last few days. The weat...

 
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Funny Times in Norway......:)
2006-06-09, Voss, Norway. By: gertjonnys

Now with any kind of adventure, some funny stories always exist, so here are a few from my travels in Norway: CRAZY SHOWER --- On arrival at the Voss Lakeside Hostel, I decided to go hiking in the ...

 
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Mountains...Glaciers....Water...New Friends
2006-06-09, Voss, Norway. By: gertjonnys

One of the things that I have found about the Norwegian people is that they tend to be reserved. Not many say "Hello" if you pass them on the street or are sitting next to them on the subway....but i...

 
Traveler gertjonnys

Green....Trees....Water....It's Practically Perfect!!!
2006-06-05, Oslo, Norway. By: gertjonnys

Arriving in Oslo on Monday, June 5, I was not expecting to find a sister city similar to the major cities in the Pacific Northwest. The first afternoon and evening was pretty mellow due to travelling...

 
Traveler Indreboe

Hi!
2005-09-13, Bergen, Norway. By: Indreboe

im loocking forward to the 5 of October :)

 
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It starts..
2005-06-01, Oslo, Norway. By: bluesunray

So... I touched down in Oslo just a few minutes ago. Last time I flew with Ryan Air. The plane might be cheap but it costs a lot to take the bus to the airport and back both ways and its especiall...

 
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Acion Friday
2005-05-27, Bergen, Norway. By: margrete

Thank you Captain Krok and KTV for giving us a great action weekend at Askøy. Had a fantastic day, with a lot of new expericens as, scooter, rhodeo,paintball,shooting and so on.... A great day,...

 
Traveler stormat

The plan
2005-02-22, Bergen, Norway. By: stormat

In less than 48 hours we will finally be on our way to New York City. After just a couple of days there we are heading up to Whistler to ski in two weeks (we're praying desperately to the snow Gods fo...

 
Traveler flaktveit

Worst case scenario, at least pretty close
2005-02-10, Bergen, Norway. By: flaktveit

Went to the bank today. To get som dollars I can spend in New York, but when I was there I found out that my Visacard is broken. And since I'm leaving on monday, it's not possible to get a new card! T...

 
Traveler flaktveit

Here you can see where we are and when we are there!
2005-02-09, Bergen, Norway. By: flaktveit

Places and dates for our upcoming journey: 14/02 - 19/02 : New York 19/02 - 10/03 : Mexico 10/03 - 24/03 : Cuba 24/03 - 25/03 : Mexico City 26/03 - 28/03 : Sao Paolo 29/03 - 29/04 : ...

 
Traveler flaktveit

One week to go
2005-02-07, Bergen, Norway. By: flaktveit

Today, Monday Feb. 07. One week to departure. New York here we come! New Yorkers, start prepare yourselves

 
Traveler DUBGYPSY77

ERIC FABER shoot
2003-09-13, OSLO, Norway. By: DUBGYPSY77

6am I get up with ketil to go to a music video shoot for norwegian pop singer eric faber. the location is a dirty old house right outside of oslo. the location is lush and green. and itis raining and ...

 
Traveler DUBGYPSY77

1st time in Oslo
2003-09-11, Oslo, Norway. By: DUBGYPSY77

WOW. First time in Oslo. So clean. Coming through the airport i instantly felt the modernity of the city. Hardwood walkways and thick glass walls. Ketil claimed that there is no homelessness in Oslo ...

 
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bygdoy
2003-09-18, oslo, Norway. By: DUBGYPSY77

walked to bygdoy this morning. So much history so fascinating. ketil stayed on teh phone th entire time. funny how we never really see what is in our own backyards but everyone else backyard is vivid

 
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Kristiansand
2004-09-27, I guess we were out for six days!, Norway. By: dilleybug

Well, we survived the epic journey across the landscapes of Norway. When we started out on this expedition, we failed to account for the massive distances that are Norway and Sweden. Every train ride ...

 
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In the Lap of Luxury
2004-09-23, Oslo, Norway. By: dilleybug

Okay, norway is by far the most expensive place i have ever seen. Today we had a delicious pizza - 20 dollars one (repeat one) norwegian beer - 6 dollars ... an outrageous bill for a meal that didnt f...

 
Traveler lomotravel

new years in norway
2003-12-31, stavanger, Norway. By: lomotravel

after the most frightening landing in my life (apart perhaps from the first landing in the faroe islands with the wind throwing the plane closer to the cliffs than i would care for) we made it safely ...

 
Traveler celind73

The Norwegian Fiord Theory
2003-09-05, Oslo, Norway. By: celind73

The guy has a theory. ”There are no fiords”. Even though the cruise ship gracefully sails up the fiord leading to Oslo, the Swedish guy is convinced. He tries to convince some American tourists to acc...

 
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Kjerag
2003-06-01, Stavanger, Norway. By: gard

Kjerag has become a quite popular hiking destination in the last few years. Some go there because Preikestolen has become too crowded, some people go to jump onto Kjeragbolten and quite a lot of BASE ...

 
Picture from story Hiking to Preikestolen (Pulpit rock)

Hiking to Preikestolen (Pulpit rock)
2003-05-25, Stavanger, Norway. By: gard

Preikestolen is one of Stavanger's most popular tourist attractions. In the following travelogue I will give some details about my trip to Preikestolen on the 25th of May 2003. Preikestolen is know as...

 
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A short tale about Stavanger
2002-07-01, Stavanger, Norway. By: gard

I have a confession to make: I have not travelled to Stavanger in Norway...I live here. But I hope that I can contribute with information that will help you if you come to visit. Stavanger is loca...

 
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We travel home - via Gothenburg
2002-07-20, Oslo, Norway. By: kingseany

Packed our wet things, minus the tent, which we purposefully left behind. Met some birds, who posed for a few photographs before we got the early bus followed by a train to the Centre of Oslo. Went in...

 
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The tent floods again!
2002-07-19, Oslo, Norway. By: kingseany

The rain had stopped, but we were still wet from the rain during the night. The morning continued with Sean doing the dishes, and Karolina washing her hair in the Lake. Once again we packed up the ten...

 
Picture from story We tour Oslo by Bus, Train and Boat

We tour Oslo by Bus, Train and Boat
2002-07-18, Oslo, Norway. By: kingseany

We decided that we would go and see some of Oslo today, so we made the journey by bus and train back to the Central Station, and put or rucksacks into lockers, although it was quite unclear how much t...

 
Picture from story We make it to Oslo

We make it to Oslo
2002-07-17, Oslo, Norway. By: kingseany

Tent packed up again, we walked a while. Again getting a lift proved to be difficult, perhaps as we were now in Norway, but still an hour or so from Oslo, around 70km to go. We gave in to a passing bu...

 
Picture from story We camp in a pea field

We camp in a pea field
2002-07-16, Orje, Norway. By: kingseany

We stood by the road again, and after 20 minutes an off duty postman told us we were in the wrong place again, so took us a few km to a busier road. We managed to leave the Oslo sign in his car, not t...

 
Traveler jimi

Norway tour
1999-01-01, Norway tour, Norway. By: jimi

We travelled with my family through Norway with trailer. Beautiful views and quite expensive food and on... We tried to catch some fish, but we were not very luckily. Really worthseeing place!

 
Traveler temppu_

Fishing trip
2002-08-08, Norway, Norway. By: temppu_

I've been in norway few times, quite cold place, but nice views ;)

 


 
 

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