Norway - possibly the most beautiful country we have ever visited!
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Day 0 Travel Day
01:16 Day 1 Oslo
05:48 Day 2 Oslo to Bergen
09:17 Day 3 Bergen
14:02 Day 4 Bergen to Aurland
17:05 Day 5 Aurland
20:16 Day 6 Aurland to Sogndal
23:22 Day 7 Sogndal to Hjelle
25:29 Day 8 Hjelle to Bodo
26:55 Day 9 Bodo to the Lofoten Islands
28:30 Day 10 The Lofoten Islands
32:26 Day 11 The Lofoten Islands
36:38 Day 12 The Lofoten Islands to Bodo
37:01 Conclusion and Credits
Hi, Steve here. Thank you for joining me on the Panoramic Travels channel where we discuss our travels whether they’re by RV, river or ocean cruising or independent travel. This video covers our recent twelve day independent travel in Norway. Janet and I traveled with Janet’s brother Steve and his wife Andrea.
I’d like to thank Steve and Andrea for putting the itinerary together along with selecting most of the hotels and restaurants - starting three or four years ago since this trip was delayed by Covid more than once!
Norway might be the most beautiful country I’ve ever been to. OK, I’ve only been to 27 countries, so Norway is the most beautiful so far!
I would describe it as a country of glaciers, waterfalls and mountains. I hope you enjoy the video. Give it a Like if you do.
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I would love to see your comments about your experiences in Norway or any questions you might have about this trip.
Thanks for watching!
I have worked in Norway several of years, on a lot of places. As a swede I can tell I love Norway and yes Norway is beautiful...🇸🇪🇳🇴
Yes, it is! We spent two days in Stockholm on this same trip. I'm working on that video now.
The quality of this upload is just amazing. You must be professional. What a wonderful trip you had. Norway is just an absolutely beautiful country. Thank you very much for sharing this with us. ❤
Thank you! No, not a professional. It's just a retirement hobby - to travel and document those travels. Yes, Norway is beautiful. We also spent two days in Stockholm Sweden after we left Norway. I will publish that video in about a month.
I'm Norwegian - Your video impress me like Hell. You've even seen things I have not. Good job!!!!
Thank you, Frank! You live in a very beautiful country! I would not be surprised if we return some day, maybe during the winter to see the northern lights!
❤️ your video from Norway and tank you for visiting our country, 👍🥰 from a Norwegian sailor who have been in many Americans ports and ❤️ it
It was our pleasure to visit your beautiful country!
Walter Mondale's paternal grandfather was Frederik Mundal from the village of Mundal you visited. So, Mondale is an Anglification of the name Mundal.
Thank you for that information. I guess the Mundal name was not only important in Norway but also in the US!
Wowww so beautiful!!! Your film was phenomenal I just loved it. You must be working with Rick Steves Lol . I just came back from Norway too , and it was stunning I can’t get enough of it Thanks so much I’ll be waiting for your next clips !!! Keep up the good work “ you are the cream of the crop “.
Oslo is a so lovely and so beautiful place to visit 💙
Hi Steve
We are appreciating your videos. One suggestion that would be helpful to us is that you include your travel dates in the introduction section.
Your videos are informative and professional. Thank you very much
Thank you, Ann, I'll make a note of that. I'll either include it in the video and/or in the video description.
I have also been to 27 countries, having added #27 just a few weeks ago. Norway has also been my favorite by a pretty wide margin. In our case, we didn't go to Oslo other than to go to the airport (well outside the city) but we started in Bergen and worked our way slowly up to Alesund over several days and then turned inland to Lillehammer. The whole thing was amazing.
I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Norway, as well! I wouldn't mind returning some day!
Thanks for visiting Norway and for showing it in such a beautiful way. Glad you enjoyed your stay :)
Thank you! We might want to go back sometime. It would be nice to go in the winter to experience the northern lights!
@@panoramictravels
So nice that you got to experience some nice summer days in Norway, also in Lofoten.
If you aim to experience the northern lights, you may be lucky, but also not so lucky. Some rent a car, so they are free to drive themselves to where the northern lights can be found, whether it is in northern Norway, Sweden or Finland - or in Alaska, for sure. Others take the trip on the spur of the moment, and travel when they know that the northern lights have been announced. Not only are you dependent on clear weather, the northern lights must also be present.
I grew up in Finnmark, the farthest north of Norway, and have experienced the northern lights many times. In recent years, there have been fantastic conditions for the northern lights, but since I now live in the far south of Norway, I haven't seen much of it for a couple of decades. If you miss the northern lights, you can experience Alta ice hotel, Polaria/Tromsø Aquarium, dog sledding, whale watching as well as the Sami culture, Scandinavia's indigenous people. Finnmark otherwise has wonderful summer nights to offer, with midnight sun and nights as bright as day. If you're lucky with the weather, sure.
Thank you for suggestions if I travel to Norway again!
We spent the month of July in Norway - and we agree, one of the most beautiful countries in the world! We’ve sub’d and will see where you guys end up next.
Thank you for subscribing! A whole month in Norway sounds great! Future videos will be an RV trip out west, an RV trip down south and a Viking river cruise: the Capitals of Eastern Europe.
@@panoramictravels Oh wow! The river cruise is going to be spectacular. What the heck, all three trips will be amazing!
Professional filming and editing 👏Thanks 😎
Thank you!
Norway is beautiful :) Love it 😊
Yes, it is!
Great video, and the trip looks fantastic. THX
Thank you! I wouldn't mind returning to Norway again some day!
Beautiful✨
Thank you, Norway is a beautiful country. We hope to go back in the future.
Norway have many forest.and beautiful fjord in llist UNESCO world heritage.Temperatur very good,in summer 25™c. Norway have many mother natur,Trollstigen Road,Trolltungga,Pupil Rock,Briksdal Glacier
BEAUTIFUL video lot n good information thank you😘
Thank you! We have three more vacations planned between now and April 2024. Two are RV trips across the US and the other one is a Viking River Cruise: Capitals of Eastern Europe.
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Excellent video
Thank you!
Mundal, which was shown starting around 22:00, was the ancestral home of former United States Vice President Walter Mondale. You can see the similarity in the surname.
Yes, another viewer commented that Walter Mondale's paternal grandfather was Frederik Mundal - very interesting!
Nice video!!
Thank you! Please consider subscribing. I'm trying to get to 500 subscribers (I'm at 476 right now). There are many more travel videos to come!
Done!
@@atleyri Thank you! You're number 478!
Im jealous i really want to go there
So, go! In the meantime I hope you were able to enjoy Norway vicariously through my video!
@@indivisiblehuronvalley5052 i will this summer
@@234dream_big nice! where in Norway are you going?
You missed the Ve in the Lo-Ve islands....The(masculine) LOfoten Islands aren't complete without the(feminine) VEsterålen islands right north of where you where...... "too bad" ...Oh well, maybe next time? 🤔
Other than that, beautiful cinematography and pictures. 👍👍
Yes, maybe next time! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Nice subtitles with info. Time of year info would be nice.
Thank you! Yes, you make a good point about the time of year. I'll try to include that in future videos. This trip was in June 2023.
Awesome Video. How much was the total budget incurred for this vacation, and if possible please share itinerary.
Hi, Ravi! Twelve days in Norway and two more in Stockholm, Sweden for two of us was a little over US $8,000. Here is the itinerary as my brother-in-law wrote it a few months before the trip:
Tuesday, June 6: Oslo
Hotel in Oslo: Smarthotel Oslo
; Dinner: Seaport Restaurant, 7PM
Wednesday, June 7:
PM: Oslo, train to Bergen. Depart 12:03pm, arr, 6:56 pm (7 hrs)
The Bergen Railway is a train journey between Oslo and Bergen and is considered one of the world's most scenic train rides. ... The Bergen Railway brings you across one of Europe's highest mountain plateaus and takes you through spectacular and varied nature.
Hotel: Hotel Oleana
Thursday, June 8: Bergen
Hotel Oleana
Friday, June 9:
Head to Fjords:
www.muchbetteradventures.com/magazine/norway-fjords-map/
www.fjords.com/fjordguide/
Car Rental: Alamo mid-size SUV
Drive to Hardangerfjord, 2 hours south of Bergen.
Hardangerfjord activities: Hike to Trolltunga Rock, and The Four Waterfalls Trail in Husedalen valley, one of the most beautiful hiking trails. Think rope bridges, waterfalls and steep cliff faces. The route to Vøringsfossen waterfall is particularly stunning.
Drive north (1.5 hours) and stay in or near Vossevangen
; Hotel in Auerland (near Flam): Vangsgaarden Gjestgiveri
Saturday, June 10
Nærøyfjord
1. Norwaysbest.com/packages/naeroyfjord-round-trip/
Round trip cruise of Naeroyfjord; depart Flam 9:30 am, return 2:00 (includes 30 -minute shuttle bus from Gudvangan back to to Flam.
2. Flam: take the historic/scenic Flamboana Railway. Departures at 4PM, 5:20PM, 6:35 PM, 1-2 hours r/t.
Hotel Vansgaarden in Auerland
Sunday, June 11
AM drive (1.5 hrs) to Sognal to explore the Sognefjord (sognefjord.no)
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Fjordx.com: Historic Viking Battle? Cruise, 1.45 hours on the Sognefjord, 11:00-12:45. Returns to Sognal.
Kayak on the Sognefjord in the PM; nice town to explore, hiking and cycling
; Hotel in Sognal: Timblalodgen
Monday, June 12:
Drive to Loen (2 hrs) to Jostedalsbreen National Park
Hiking: Suggest Briksdalsbreon hike, 3.2 hours, 4 miles
www.alltrails.com/trail/norway/sogn-og-fjordane/briksdalsbreen?u=i
www.philarmitage.net/jostedalsbreen_hikes.html
www.alltrails.com/parks/norway/vestland/jostedalsbreen-nasjonalpark--2
Hotel in Stryn: Hjelle, just northwest of the park:
Tuesday, June 13:
Noonish drive back to Bergen (5 hours). Good news: different route, all new scenery. Drop car at airport.
PM flight from Bergen to Bodo: Wigeroe airways
; Pick up car rental for trip to islands: Sixt Car Rental, Small VW SUV
; Hotel: Smarthotel, Bodo
Wednesday, June 14:
AM ferry to Lofoten Islands, 3.5 hours.
Hotel: Sakrisoy Rorbuer in Reine
Thursday, June 15
Lofoton Islands
; Activities: many:
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Hotel: Sakrisoy Rorbuer in Reine
Friday, June 16: Lofoten Islands
Activities: tbd; Hotel: Sakrisoy Rorbuer in Reine
Saturday, June 17
AM Ferry back to Bodo, arrive between noon-2PM.
Drop rental car at airport.
Flight from Bodo to Oslo (Steve and Janet continue onto Stockholm); Hotel in Oslo : Best Western Plus, Oslo Airport
Sunday, June 18.
Steve and Andrea fly home
; Janet and Steve in Stockholm
Monday, June 19:
Steve and Andrea return to NYC
; Janet and Steve are in Stockholm
Tuesday, June 20: Janet and Steve depart Stockholm
@@panoramictravels l am very thankful to all of you for sharing the itinerary and budget of complete Norway. I along with my family will try to make over. Once again thank you so much.
@@ravisatyanarayana884 my pleasure. I hope you and your family have the opportunity to experience the beauty of Norway!
Norway is more than it's stereotypical fjords and in general west coast scenery... sure, it's beautiful but going for all the classic tourists traps won't really give you anything you can't look up online on Wikipedia. And dunno why your guide isn't actual Norwegian. We've only been attacked and invaded by Nazi Germany during WW2. The rest was unions, both with Sweden and Denmark.
Akershus fortress has been besieged several times. It was build before the unions. no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akershus_slott_og_festning
Thank you for watching the video and providing some feedback. I'm just a guy who likes to travel and share our travels with others. It's my retirement hobby. With only 12 days in the country there is only so much we can do or see.
We certainly agree about the beauty of Norway, and, of course, as a tourist in Norway we are going to do some "touristy" things. It's like if you went to Arizona you would probably visit the Grand Canyon. I saw the Grand Canyon for the first time about 14 years ago. Seeing it in person far surpassed any photo I had ever seen of it (or anything I could read in Wikipedia). We do enjoy walking tours, but we don't get to pick our guides (or their country of origin). We do know to take what they say with a grain of salt.
We may return to Norway some day. Can you offer some suggestions of what we should want to see or do during that visit?
3:56
What the heck is she talking about "literally across the fjord"?
And Danes *invading* Norway?
Don't get me wrong, she's entertaining, but a lot of what she's saying sounds factually wrong.
Norway and Denmark ended up united due to the royal succession laws in the two countries and the royal families.
11:37
This woman definitely knows what she's talking about.
Great tour so far.
13:07
Yes, there's been quite a few city fires in Bergen (and most other major Norwegian cities)...
17:33
Oh dear, Flåm, and especially the railroad route there is a bit of a tourist trap to be honest.
I'm glad you *drove* there though.
22:38
The "en" at the end of the word "bokbyen" means "the".
So you essentially wrote that it's a *the* book town.
The correct form in that sentence would just be "bokby" ("book town" without "the").
On the whole it looks like you guys picked some *really* good destinations. :-)
23:28
Sorry?
"Nat'l"?
We don't use the ' symbol like you guys do.
We only use it for English.
"Nasjonalpark" means "national park".
23:51
I'm glad to see you guys hiking a bit.
It's the best thing Norway got to offer.
And you can legally walk pretty much everywhere.
Read up on the Norwegian freedom to roam laws.
But essentially it's illegal to restrict your movement on private property most of the time.
There's rules like respecting peoples privacy, not disturbing animals, not leaving fence gates open, no littering, no trampling crops etc...
Essentially common sense rules for the most part.
26:41
Pity that you guys has to take the plane there...
Driving, trains or Hurtigruten would have given you a better experience and wouldn't have caused you to lose out on so much.
That said I get that you guys probably had limited time available. :-/
Sweden invading, not Denmark.
Thank you for your very detailed feedback! Yes, she did mention the Danes invading Norway at one point! I see now that is incorrect. We like to take walking tours to get information on the area, but I guess we need to be a little skeptical about the information we get. Thank you for your grammatical correction, also. I didn't realize that the "en" in Bokbyen meant "the". As for Nat'l, that is how we abbreviate National in the US.
@@panoramictravels Your guide was right: Denmark did indeed have military campaigns in Norway - e.g. The Battle of Hjörungavágr between Håkon Jarl and the Danes (the biggest Viking battle on Norwegian soil) in 986, and King of Denmark Christian III's campaigns during the spring of 1537, to mention only two occasions. Norway under Danish rule was never good for Norway. Even in Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt you can read about Firehundreårsnatten (The 400 year Night). Ibsen refers to the historical fact of 434 years of darkness for our nation under foreign rule: beginning with the Norwegian King Håkon VI's death in 1380, through the Kalmar Union of 1397 under Denmark (from 1388 to 1523, also Sweden was in the union) until the Kiel Peace Treaty of 1814, where Norway wasn't even invited, and was instead unknowingly given as spoils of war from the Danish King Frederik VI to enter another union under Swedish rule! The war that lead to this treaty was between Denmark and Sweden, fought on their soil. For no other reason than being under Danish rule, Norway lost the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland to Denmark, after almost a thousand years as Norwegian territory. Norway has never accepted the Kiel Treaty - Norway even had a short war with Sweden that year, the 14 Day War of 1814, to make that point very clear. At least, Sweden gave Norwegians freedom of speech/press from 1814 on, which Denmark never gave us. And there are many famous great "Danes", not only Ludvig Holberg, that were actually Norwegians, born and raised. Yes, Firehundreårsnatten really means something to Norwegians. History shows there were so many events, provocations, disputes, power struggles, and even wars. I think you can trust the professional guide - she did a good job. Thanks for a great video! Greetings fom the north-west coast of Norway.
@@norsenomad Wow, thank you for that very detailed Norwegian history lesson! Thank you for taking the time to share that information.
You have a beautiful country! Whereabouts are you on the north-west coast of Norway? Do you get a good view of the northern lights? When is the best time of year to see them?
Oslo was attacked by the Danish king Erik Emune in 1137. Swedes attacked Akerhus fortress several times. And she is right. There are only a few hours sailing from Sweden up the Oslo fjord.