Norway
Fjords and Lofoten
11 days
Norway is long. Bergen to the Lofoten is the same distance as Madrid to Prague, which is why it pays to decide whether you want the southern fjords or the northern islands. This route does both, with a flight in the middle, and uses the summer, when the sun never quite sets.
Day by day
Day 01 · Spain / Bergen
Direct flight or one stop. The afternoon in Bryggen, the Hanseatic wharf of wooden houses.
Day 02 · Bergen
The funicular up Fløyen, the fish market, and Grieg’s house at Troldhaugen, on the lake, where he composed in a four-metre hut.
Day 03 · Flåm
Train from Bergen to Myrdal and down the Flåm railway, eight hundred metres of descent in twenty kilometres.
Day 04 · Nærøyfjord / Geiranger
Across Norway’s narrowest fjord, two hundred and fifty metres wide, and on to Geiranger over the Trollstigen.
Day 05 · Geiranger
The fjord by boat, with the Seven Sisters falling straight into the water, and the Dalsnibba viewpoint at fifteen hundred metres.
Day 06 · Ålesund / Bodø
Ålesund burnt to the ground in 1904 and was rebuilt in art nouveau in three years. Flight north in the afternoon.
Day 07 · Lofoten
Ferry or flight to the islands. Red fishermen’s houses at the foot of mountains that drop straight into the sea.
Day 08 · Lofoten
Reine, Å and Hamnøy by road, and the climb up Reinebringen for anyone who wants the view from above.
Day 09 · Lofoten
A boat out to the Trollfjord or kayaking between the islands. In summer you can do it at midnight in daylight.
Day 10 · Tromsø
North. A university town inside the Arctic Circle, with the Polar Museum and the Arctic Cathedral.
Day 11 · Tromsø / Spain
Flight home via Oslo.
Usually includes
- International flights and internal flights
- The Bergen and Flåm railways and the fjord ferry crossings
- A hire car or private transfers, whichever you prefer
- Hotels and traditional rorbu cabins in the Lofoten
- Breakfasts
- A travel document with every detail and a direct phone number
This trip, your way
Length
11 days
Route
Bergen · Flåm · Geiranger · Ålesund · Bodø · Lofoten · Tromsø
Format
Private and tailor-made, on your dates
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