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Excellent Single Source for Travel to Norway
No one travel book can hope to capture all that might be useful or interesting to know about Norway, but the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Norway may come closest.Compact and portable, the guides are packed with information.Supplemented with some local maps, this guide may be sufficient for most visitors' needs.
Beautiful pictures throughout the book
I am planning my trip to Norway this May and have found this book to be very useful. I have other reference books I have used but none of those have the format of this book. It is very easy to find information and I find the maps and pictures very helpful. I would recommend this book if you are planning a trip to Norway or just interested in learning more about the country.

Bad book, go to your room.
I enjoyed the Eyewitness Travel Guide for Istanbul, although I used the Blue Guide to fill in the many information gaps. However, where the ETG finds success when providing information for a city, it fails when trying to cover an entire country.
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The worst Longly Planet I have ever bought
After traveling in Norway for two weeks and staying at more than 5 cities, I have to say this is the worst Lonely Plannet I've ever had. Many unforgiveable mistakes. For instance, the opening date and hour of National Gallery, one of Oslo's major highlights, is wrong. It is close on Monday instead of Tuesday. I met a number of people holding this book standing outside National Gallery on Monday, and, unfortunatly, my wife and I were two of them. Other mistakes includes the business hour of some restaurants and background information of certain cities. For instance, the population of Voss is 13,000 instead of 5,500 (p.189)....

A daunting task...
Norway's a deceptively large country with many, many small towns and interesting regions, all of which are separated by large distances.This book scratches the surface of all of them. Good guide, altought with some weak points
I've been recently travelling all around Norway, from South to North, including the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. I found this guide generally very useful, but weak when it comes to talk about the Nordland, the Far North (Troms and the Finnmark) and Svalbard. For example, Lofoten is surely a fascinating place especially for hikers - like I suppose the author is - but many description are exhagerated and you might be disappointed once there - like I was. The Nordland is not sufficiently covered and the information sometimes might be poor in contents. Same about the Finnmark. The Svalbard part of the guide could be more exhaustive, altought I agree is a surely less touristic place than Bergen as a matter of fact is. There is space for improvements, but you cannot find anything better packed. ... Read more

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Travel Advice without the Sell Job
Most travel guides consist of lots of photographs taken on the best weather days, bumper sticker location descriptions, a few travel hints, and listings of high-end accomodations.The Rough Guide to Norway (2006 edition) aims at a somewhat more demanding audience, those readers who have already decided to visit Norway and want honest and substantive travel narrative, along with practical details about a range of accomodations and travel possibilities.
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A perfect guide to plan ahead and take along
This guide is great for reading ahead and taking along. This guide contains a fair amount of in depth information about the customs, practices, manners, etc. of the country and can be read while in the plane or a few days ahead. The guide also contains a lot of detail about what to do, where to go, and how much it costs to do if you are in certain cities for a day or a few days. I like the fact that they have current hotel and restaurant reviews as well as maps indicating where they are.This allows for being able to plan financially ahead as well. I have visited Norway several times and I have purchased updated Frommer's Guides every time because is well worth it.If you want pictures, this is not the book.If you want useful information in an easy to find format this is the book for you.

DON'T BUY THIS IF:
If you expect any pictures to give you a feel for the place, then don't buy this book.The picture on the cover is the only thing you'll get.
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Subjects:  1. Europe - Scandinavia    2. Guidebooks    3. Norway    4. Reference - Guides (General)    5. Travel    6. Travel - Foreign    7. Travel Guides    8. Travel & holiday guides    9. Travel / Europe / Scandinavia   

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Suitable for information only - not for a travel guide
I purchased this book as a travel guide however it is more suited for those arm-chair readers.Having just returned from this region on an Artic cruise, many of the landings on my itinerary are not covered in this book.And many of the destinations in this book are rarely visited so I would not recommend this book as a travel guide to Svalbard.You will find more useful information on the search engines.
Reliable Info on Northernmost Landmasses on Earth
This book is a great source for curious minded people who wonder about those hidden Islands within 500 miles of the North Pole!
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Happy Days!
For part of our honeymoon, my wife and I decided to tour Norway and the rest of Scandinavia.For Norway, there was no better guide than this little book.It gave us all the info we needed - baring accommodation.But that can be seen to easily by popping into Norway's myriad tourist offices and booking ahead. Good, but too old pictures
I bought this book as a gift for my Host Family in Minnesota, USA , when I went there as a foreign exchange student. The book is good, and tells a lot about Norway, but for a book being marked as printed in 2000, the pictures are really old. I would say some of the pictures in this book looks like they are from the 80's. One example is the Royal Family, where the Crown Prince looks like he is around 11-12 years old. He is now in his 20's and engaged. But the nature still looks the same, so if you don't care too much about pictures, you can buy this book.

Excellent overview of Norway, people and places to visit!!!
I have just returned from my second trip to Norway. My husband and Itravelled there last year for almost 3 weeks.I had purchased your bookover 3 years ago, as I knew that we would be travelling there in theupcoming future. We have friends that live in Nesoddtangen, its mentionedin your book, they do not get many American visitors there its a verybeautiful area to visit. Its a 20 minute ferry boat ride from the AkerBrugger.I just returned from a 2 week visit to Nesodden again. This timemy friend and I travelled to Lardner, building the longest tunnel in theworld, stayed two days, but on the trip over, visited the Stave Church,over 1000 years old. Left to Bergen on a 3 1/2 ferry boat ride on theSonjefjord, the longest and deepest of the fjords. It was absolutelyBEAUTIFUL.We then travelled by car to Bergen and stayed for 3 days, whata charming city. What I love about your books, I have Iceland also, is theyare so informative and when I visit a town or area that I have read about,I feel so informed about geography, politics, weather, etc.Keep up thegood work.I was in Iceland three days before travelling to Norway, andyour books are right on the mark.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! LOVE YOURBOOKS!!! ... Read more

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An Introduction to Living in Norway
"Culture Shock Norway" is designed to be an introduction to customs and etiquette in Norway.Norway is a distinct society, far more diverse than its relatively small population of five million people might suggest.Any guide to a country at least as diverse as Norway is, must inevitably offer a great many generalizations from the author's necessarily limited point of view.That said, this book provides a useful overview of the experience of living in Norway.
Somebody's been joking with the author
As a former bookstore employee I sometimes took the time to check out the books we had. Reading travel books about my home country was fun because there will always be many incorrect facts and also stereotypes about the country. (You know, like "all Norwegians are blonde") This book somewhat captured the essence, the mentality of a Norwegian, but had, by far, the highest number of incorrect facts. Som much so, that I believe the author has been asking local Norwegians for facts and they've been trying to see how many strange things they could make her believe. And she did.
Culture Snooze
The book had alot to do with bringing kids to Norway, which is a book in itself. That being the case, it should have been another title and not so saturated a subject in this book. Read more

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Living in Norway
"Living in Norway" is a pictorial tour throughout Norway of days gone by in quiet solitude between the grand fjords with the majestic mountains on all sides. The book is divided into the four seasons: fall,winter, spring and summer. You can experience the beauty of Norway throughall seasons. Winter time in Norway is long, and the daylight hours few, butthe homes are gaily decorated throughout the dark winter days. When itcomes to antiques, here you can see them in their natural surroundings.This book offers hundreds of color photographs, but don't forget to readthe text, it is a fantastic tour of Norway. The "hytta" or cabinsthe norwegians used in the summer days are featured, many of the old hyttastill exist and open their doors to guests as do American bed andbreakfasts. Some of the hytta remain with the original families, othershave been purchased for private use or for overnight stays. Traditionalrosmalling on the walls and the "box beds" will guide you throughtimes gone by. An intimate tour through the summer home of Edvard Grieg andhis wife will delight you and amaze you to discover that this is also thefinal resting place of the Greig's. But more awaits. The modern Norwegianhomes are smartly represented also, from a simple concrete structure inOslo decorated to please someone with an eye for new-age artwork, theseglimpses inside the homes of Norway and excellent stories about theirhistories may leave you wondering how to find these places. No fear, amongthe last pages of the book are addresses for each of these homes if youwould like to include one of these homes on your next trip to Norway.Nomatter if you wish to visit a Nordland harbor with it's peaceful calmfjord, or a Gudbrandsdalen farm which is linked to the 3 series trilogywritten by Nobel prizewinner Sigrid Undset (The Bridal Wreath, The Mistressof Husaby, The Cross), you will find a rich selection of Norwegian homes,interior and exterior, modern or antique. As you read the book, it willlook handsome on your coffee table. It makes an excellent gift for a familymember who would enjoy reading about days gone by in Norway and living inmodern Norway. If you desire to decorate your home norwegian style, ideasabound in the book. How about a stroll along Karl Johan street in Oslo tofind a excellent restaurant with a historical past? A great book forNorwegian genealogists interested in farm life also. This book is rich intext and photographs, and the book is so inexpensive. Enjoy! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Decoration and ornament    2. Europe - Scandinavia    3. Interior decoration    4. Interior design    5. International Architecture - European    6. Norway    7. Photo Essays    8. Residential Interior Design    9. Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Europe    10. Travel - Foreign    11. Travel Guides    12. Living & working abroad    13. Non-Classifiable    14. TRAVEL & HOLIDAY   

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Long Distance Walking in Norway
"Walking in Norway" is a compact guide to long distance hiking in the mountains and high plateaus of Norway.Norway is blessed with some exceptionally beautiful national parks featuring mountains, lakes, and huge open areas above treeline.Connie Roos has provided planning information to take advantage of 20 selected routes located in the Hardanger, Jotunheimen, Rondane, Dovre, Trollheimen, and northern Norway regions.Her focus is on multi-day hikes, although hikers may choose to do only segments of the routes described.Her information includes a sketch map for each area, terrain profile, and narrative description of the distance and conditions of each major path segment.There is also a small selection of photographs that provide some sense of scale.Roos has provided some valuable information on how to reach the various hiking regions, whether by car, bus, or train, and on how the distinctive Norwegian mountain hut system works.
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Just the Facts about Norway
Fodor's latest tour guide to Norway is, like other editions in this series, heavy on facts for planning and light on wow factor.This edition, a compact 200 pages, provides plenty of information for planning a trip to Norway, especially for the traveler who has already made the decision to go.
DON'T BUY THIS BOOK IF:
If you expect any pictures to give you a feel for the place, then don't buy this book. The picture on the cover is the only thing you'll get.
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Editorial Review

In the 1850s, a wealthy British philanthropist by the name of Lord Dufferin sailed his yacht into the Arctic Circle and wrote the bestselling travelogue Read more

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Brutally self-effacing humor (humour!) of the highest sort
Impossible to read sober, impossibly complex to be reading drunk, I'm still not sure what the author does for a living, but I know it's one of the funniest, most complex travelogues I've ever read.
Whinging and Cringing After Dufferin
It says everything about this book, really, that the title comes from an intensely colloquial joke that is too obscene to repeat here.Frost on My Moustache is a travel humor book that focuses far more on humor and cursing than it does on the travel.But what it lacks in actual information it more than makes up for in laughter - the kind of oh-god-just-let-me-take-another-breath laughter that can lead to hospitalization, insanity, and inexplicable joy.However, Moore - and his book - aren't for everyone. I really wanted to like this book, but...
... I could only suffer through 17 pages before putting it down for good.The prose seemed deliberately obfuscated and gossipy, and the way it was presented was so far from compelling that I had to read the back cover to figure out what he was droning on about.Read more

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