Norway:
Other Cities
ABOVE: Old town and waterfront in Stavanger,
Norway.
Bergen
Bergen
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From Europe for Visitors, a five-page illustrated travel article about the
leading tourist destination on Norway's west coast, which is easy to reach by
ferry from England.
Lillehammer
Lillehammer
Tourism
Norway's most famous downhill and cross-country ski resort hosted the 1994
Olympic Winter Games.
Northern Norway
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
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The world's northernmost town offers year-round Arctic wilderness experiences on
the fjords, mountains, and glaciers of Spitsbergen,
where polar bears outnumber people. Also see:
Bird Cliffs of Spitsbergen
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Climb into a flotation suit and ride a tracked vehicle to an open boat. Next
stop: Arctic birds' nesting cliffs on the Isfjord.
Sortland: The Blue City
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What can you do when critics describe your city as "an ugly modern
sprawl?" Sortland's response: Use 50,000 litres of paint to create
"The Blue City," which uses contrasting shades of blue to honor the
maritime and fishing heritage of this town on Norway's North Cape.
Burfjord:
Simonsen Gårdferie
Rent a cottage on a dairy farm at 70º latitude. Fishing tours, boat trips,
hiking, and other outdoor activities are available in summer; in winter, you
can enjoy cross-country skiing, dogsledding, and "snowscooter"
tours. All three chalets have views of the fjord and nearby mountains.
Stavanger/Rogaland
Stavanger Web
This comprehensive English-language site includes more than 1,000 links to
lodging information, museums, attractions, etc. It also has maps for
Stavanger, Rogaland, and Southern Norway.
Norwegian
Emigration & Genealogy Center
Western Norway's Rogaland region is the ancestral home of many
Norwegian-Americans, who come here to look up their roots.
Trondheim
Trondheim
Visit a thousand-year-old city with a fine cathedral and many other historic
buildings. The royal family's Trondheim residence (Norway's largest timber
mansion) is open to the public every day but Monday during the summer.
BusTUC
The "bus route oracle" answers plain-English questions on how to
reach destinations in the Trondheim area.
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