| Scandinavia. It's not definitely the most touristic | | | | planning as the second main city in Finland and |
| place in Europe but in fact it is exactly for that | | | | place very near to the capital. |
| reason that it is special. Probably that's why I'm | | | | We'll take a low cost flight (Fly Nordic) from |
| living here and not in my home town Spain. Yes, it | | | | Stockholm to Turku, then switch to the train to |
| is cold in the winter. Yes, it snows in the winter. | | | | reach Finland to the east. We will then fly down to |
| But is it really a bad thing the snow? From my | | | | Copenhagen in Denmark, take the train up to |
| point of view the snow is what brings this | | | | Göteborg and fly from there to Bergen to |
| countries alive, and when it comes the winter and | | | | visit the fjords. A flight from Bergen to the capital |
| there's no snow... you really feel there's something | | | | of the country, Oslo, and then from there again |
| missing out there. On the other side, the summer | | | | by plane to Kiruna, with an included visit of the |
| is the opposite and it is not strange that you | | | | North Cape. FInally, we'll take the flight down to |
| reach the 30 degrees and even more. | | | | Stockholm. |
| Daylight is what varies most, and while in the | | | | For this trip it could make sense to buy a train |
| winter in capitals such as Stockholm, Helsinki and | | | | pass for the Scandinavian countries and changing |
| Oslo you have the sun from 9 in the morning to | | | | some itineraries to train instead of flying. Still, |
| 3 in the afternoon, during the summer you get | | | | some route are not covered or take a lot of |
| sun from 3 in the morning to 11 in the afternoon. | | | | time, such going from Stockholm to Turku or |
| That's a great difference, and this is what makes | | | | going down to Denmark, or when heading up to |
| this northern countries so dynamic! In any case, | | | | Kiruna. The rest is pretty much well covered by |
| let's take a look at the proposal of 4 different | | | | rail transport. |
| routes depending on the time you are planning to | | | | 4 Weeks Tour in Scandinavia CountriesFinally, the |
| stay in Scandinavia countries. | | | | trip for the ones that want to know deeper this |
| 1 Week Tour in Scandinavia CountriesThis is the | | | | country and have probably told their boss that |
| option for the ones that have less time available. | | | | they have a dying mother in the north of |
| It does not mean you are not going to get a | | | | Sweden and they must stay with her until the |
| good insight in the places you go, but it means | | | | very last moment. Terrible excuse but could |
| you will need to limit the number of cities to visit. | | | | work... In any case, taking as a reference the |
| A possibility would be simply to select one single | | | | route we did in the 3 weeks tour you will add |
| city and know it deeper, but in this case we will | | | | here the cities of Aarhus, Trondheim and |
| speak about a route. Matching the three more | | | | Malmö. How the route should work? |
| northern capitals (Stockholm in the center, Helsinki | | | | The order will be the following: staring from |
| to the right and Oslo to the left) you will get a | | | | Stockholm, going to the south to Göteborg, |
| 3-city trip where you will be able to spend an | | | | further south to Malmö, visit the neighbor |
| average of 2 days in each of these cities. The | | | | Coopenhagen, up to the second most touristic |
| best way to do this tour is by plane, checking the | | | | city in Denmark, Aarhus, and then up leaving the |
| Nordic Low Cost carriers such as Fly Nordic. | | | | country heading to Norway's capital, Oslo. From |
| 2 Weeks Tour in Scandinavia CountriesThis is an | | | | there, you head further north to Bergen, even |
| evolution of the trip for 1 week, where you will | | | | more to Trondheim and then crossing the whole |
| be able to add a capital city such as Copenhagen | | | | Scandinavia by air to reach Helsinki on the other |
| in Denmark and the second largest city in | | | | side. Visit Turku next to it, back to Helsinki, and |
| Sweden, Göteborg. The way this should be | | | | take a flight north to Kiruna, returning finally to |
| organized is by departing (for example) from | | | | Stockholm. |
| Stockholm, flying then to Helsinki to the east in | | | | Again, a train pass can be very useful if you |
| Finland, flying south to Denmark's capital, then | | | | decide to make as many trips as possible by train. |
| taking a train up north to Göteborg, a train | | | | Scandinavia has beautiful landscapes so the trip |
| or plane further north to Norway's capital, Oslo, | | | | should not be boring, and if you make it in the |
| and finally getting on a final flight to Stockholm. I | | | | winter you'll be amazed by the large amount of |
| take Stockholm as an example as many of the | | | | snow around you. That should be the European |
| international and intercontinental flights fly ot its | | | | Alaska. |
| airport. | | | | What about the accommodation?Hotels in this |
| 3 Weeks Tour in Scandinavia CountriesWith three | | | | region can be pretty expensive everywhere, but |
| weeks you have the opportunity to make a real | | | | if you don't care about the number of stars, the |
| exploration of Scandinavia, including some | | | | standard of quality is very high and you can |
| adventures to the northern polar regions. Let's | | | | possibly find some of the most "posh" hostels in |
| see how would it work. One of the cities we will | | | | the world. If you are planning to stay for long in |
| add is Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, famous for | | | | one city, the best you can do is to get a free |
| its ice hotel that is designed every year again as it | | | | travel certificates from some special places I |
| melts in the summer. It also lets you head up to | | | | always recommend. You can get them just for |
| the North Cape. We will also add Bergen, for its | | | | registering for free to a network or even just for |
| beauty as a city and for its proximity to the | | | | writing articles, which is the way I normally use to |
| fjords of Norway. Finally, Turku will fit good in the | | | | get mine. |