Norway, the great tour
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Oslo ?
The map of your stay "Norway, the great tour"
Detail of the stay : Norway, the great tour
How to get there - Oslo
Arrival in Oslo
Steps: Oslo
Drop off your luggage at the hotel. Buy the Oslo Pass (at the tourist office). Visit the city's museums, led by the Munch Museum. In the afternoon, walk in Karl Johan Street.
Places of interest : MUSÉE MUNCH (MUNCH MUSEET)
Visit of the city
Steps: Oslo
Early in the morning, take a walk in Viegland Park and visit its museum. Lunch not far from there, in the former working class district of Oslo, Grünerløkka, today the Mecca of shopping, designers and the student district of the city.
Places of interest : PARC VIGELAND (VIGELANDSPARKEN)
Discover the charm of Kristiansand
Steps: Kristiansand
Departure from Oslo to Kristiansand. Visit of the old quarter with its charming white houses. Museums are numerous and very interesting.
Baneheia Park
Take a walk through the fish market (where it's good to have a fiskekake!), then through the small harbour. In the afternoon, take a walk from the huge park behind the city.
Joining Stavanger by train
Steps: Fredrikstad
Visit of the old quarter of the city, from the museum to the oil. The old town is simply charming. A good night's sleep is required for tomorrow's day.
Places of interest : VIEILLE VILLE (GAMLEBYEN)
Hiking in Preikestolen
Discover this amazing rock that descends down to the sea. It takes about 3 hours walking around to go, but the effort is clearly rewarded.
Heading west
Steps: Bergen
Take the train to Bergen where it is also necessary to spend two days. Leave (your Bergen Card in your pocket) to visit the city's museums, including the Hanseatic Museum. Take the funicular to get a panorama of this small pearl surrounded by 7 hills. Enjoy a fish dish on the Bryggen Wharf and stroll between its amazing wooden buildings, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bergen and its surroundings
Steps: Ålesund
Stroll through the fish market and then, in the afternoon, take a boat trip to Hardanger Fjord. Embark on the Express-Côtier, for a departure around 22h30, direction Ålesund.
Arrival in Ålesund
Put your bags and go visit the city. The Art Nouveau Center, the Museum of the City, the Museum aux Poisson and all the delightful streets of this city, showcase of Art Nouveau. The city is a set of small islands in the middle of snow-covered mountains. Dine in one of Norway's best fish restaurants, the Sjøbua in a warm setting and with beautiful views.
Escapade in the most beautiful fjord of the country
Steps: Geiranger
Go on a day trip to Geiranger. Back home, climb up to Mount Aksla for a breathtaking view of the city, the jewel of the fjords.
Places of interest : BYRAMPEN VIEWPOINT
Cape Town in the north
Take the Hurtigruten boat again at noon. Follow the excursions to the far north.
Arrival in Trondheim
Steps: Trondheim
Breakfast on board the ship and departure for the city tour, the third largest in the country, the cradle of Norwegian history. Visit the Kristiansten fortress, Nidaros Cathedral and the Ringve Museum.
Places of interest : CATHÉDRALE DE NIDAROS (NIDAROSDOMEN) RINGVE MUSEUM
Svartisen Glacier
Arrival by boat to the glacier, Norway's second largest glacier. Also take advantage of the zodiac excursion that takes you to discover the fish-eating eagles.
Stopover in Tromsø
Steps: Tromsø
We will not miss the seals of the Polaria museum/parc d'attraction, a mandatory stopover to discover the local fauna and its problems. The Arctic Cathedral (Ishavskatedralen) also deserves a stop.
Places of interest : CATHÉDRALE ARCTIQUE (ISHAVSKATEDRALEN) POLARIA
North Cape, impression of the end of the world
Steps: Honningsvåg
The boat stopped over at Cape North. You leave him here. Visit the North Cape Museum. Go to the famous cliff that rises to 307 m above the water. This is the northernmost point on the entire continent, you've never been so close to the pole! Spend the night here.
Places of interest : MUSÉE DU CAP NORD (NORDKAPPMUSEET)
In the heart of the Lappish lands
Rent a car (it's the best, to be independent) and go to the heart of the desert plains, to the Norwegian Lapland.
Direction Karasjok
Steps: Karasjok
Head towards Karasjok, the administrative capital of the Saami. On your way (E6) you will find an interesting museum about Norwegian culture and nature in Stabbursnes. Arrival in Karasjok in the evening.
Immersion in the Saami culture
Visit the Saami cultural center where you will learn the basics of Saami culture and the daily life of these northern people.
Snowmobile Safari
Steps: Kautokeino
Arrive in Kautokeino early in the morning in time for a snowmobile safari, with French-speaking guides. Soak up the nature (harsh in this part of the country but sumptuous!) and the Saami traditions, which will no longer hold any secrets for you.
