How to organize a trip to Norway on your own

07 September 2018 • Travel time: with 17 august 2018 on 26 august 2018

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Norway 9 days itinerary and costs

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Notes

If you buy tickets for two, then a group discount of 25% will be considered

A single ticket is bought from city to city. All buses and ferries will be waiting for you at the transfers.

Drinking tap water

They say it's easy to hitchhike

It seems like you can pitch your tent anywhere in the country.

For 9 days, we needed cash twice in coins of 20 crowns for luggage storage, and in Flå m we had to pay 120 crowns for storing two bags. Everything else is by card, including buses. If you plan to hike on the glacier, you will also need cash. Cash must be withdrawn from ATMs. Everything is complicated here with currency exchange.

We took a bed with us (a pillowcase, a sheet, a duvet cover and a towel), two of these sets saved us 50 euros on the trip. Bedding and towels are chargeable at the Campsites.

Some bus routes were canceled after 18 August. I understand that this was the end of the season.

Food

BreakfastMuesli with yogurt. Vermicelli or rice with sausages or sausage, tea, biscuits.

LunchWe ate sandwiches and a mixture of dried fruits and nuts. 400 grams of the mixture costs about 4 euros. We brought with us from Kyiv.

DinnerCooked by ourselves. Basically it was rice or vermicelli with sausages or semi-finished cutlets and cheese. Such a dinner cost about 5 euros for two.

Bus timetable websites

http://www. nettbuss. no/

http://kringom.custompublish.com/

https://www. nor-way. no

https://frammr. no/

Flying airlines

SAS (domestic flight)

Norwegian (Copenhagen-Bergen and Oslo-Warsaw)

Wizzair (Kyiv - Copenhagen and Warsaw-Kyiv)

Take with you

Bed linen

Towels

Slippers

Rain coats

Umbrellas

Hair dryer to dry clothes

Two jackets and a sweater

Products from Kyiv

Food on the plane for the first day

Oatmeal

Crips (muesli)

Dried fruits with nuts

Processed cheese triangles (4 packs of 8 pcs)

Cheese (350 grams)

Stick with/to sausage

Bread

Campsites

The difficulty was booking campsites. The camping did not always respond to emails and it was necessary to call a Norwegian number and negotiate with the owner in English about booking.

Campsites we have stayed at:

Camping Stryn (Stryn Camping )

Camping Geiranger (Solhaug Camping)

Alesund Camping(Volsdalen Camping )

Å ndalsnes Camping- we didn't stop because we changed the route

Route

Itinerary times are approximate within an hour.

Day 1. Arrival

23:30 arrival in Bergen for 37 crowns per person we go to the center and check in for the night

Day 2. Flam

09:10 - 12:00 We go by bus to Flam. Bought tickets here http://www. nor-way. no/

12:05 We deposit items for 60 CZK per backpack

12:20 – 13:20 We go by train to Murdal, sit on the right

13:20 – 18:20 Walking to Flå m 21 km. If desired, you can ride a bicycle along the entire route. We did not understand how and where to rent it.

19:00 luggage storage closes

Day 3. Gudvangen

09:00 – 11:00 Boat Flå m – Gudvangen

11:40 – 17:40 Hike to Rimstagen. 4 km one way before the start of the ascent - ascent-descent - 4 km back.

18:10 – 18:30 Gudvangen – Flå m bus

20:30 - 21:30 ascent and descent to the observation deck at the Brekkefossen waterfall

Day 4. Sogndal

10:00 – 11:30 By sightseeing bus on the Flå m-Stegastein-Flå m route

12:00 – 13:00 Short hiking trail on Flå m. Hill route.

14:30 – 15:30 Ferry bus Flå m – Sogndal

16:00 - 19:00 We walk around Sogndal. Climbing up to the observation deck, which is not far from the Rema 1000 market

19:00 – 20:00 Check-in and dinner

21:00 – 22:00 Evening walk

Day 5. Glacier

We rent things at the bus station in a cell for 20 kroons

08:35 – 10:35 By bus via Gaupne to Nigardsbreen. The bus will first stop near the information center, where you can buy an excursion with a hike. If you do not need a hike on the glacier itself, ask the driver to take you to the beginning of the route. Drivers normally respond to this request.

10:35 – 12:20 Walk to the glacier and back. If you want a track on the glacier itself, you need to set a different time

12:35 – 14:35 Nigardsbreen bus to Kwam

14:35 – 15:35 Walk from Kvam along the lake to the bus station in Sogndal

16:40 – 19:00 By bus Sogndal – Stryn

Day 6. Geiranger

10:25 – 12:00 Unesco tourist bus Stryn-Geiranger. But it's better to take the bus + Ferry via Helesil.

12:30 – 17:20 Hike through the sheep farm to the Storseterfossen waterfall. Back to the survey near the farm and another 40 minutes to the survey behind the farm. Return descent to Geiranger

Day 7. Geiranger

10:30 – 11:30 Tourist pleasure boat

12:00 – 20:30 Ascent and descent to Vinså shornet, elevation 1343 meters (There is a Dalsnib viewpoint with a similar view, but only by car. There used to be a bus, but it seems to be gone). Hiking route up to 9 km one way.

Day 8. Geiranger

09:00 – 13:00 Hike to the observation deck near Skagefla. You can take a boat tour from Geiranger and land at the foot of the survey. Then there will be a few hours of walking route to Geiranger.

15:45 – 19:10 Transfer by two ferries and three buses Geiranger – Molde. The first bus stops for photos for 5 minutes at the "Eagle Road" view

20:00 – 22:00 Ascent to the viewpoint Varden in Molda. We did not like the night rise. It was dark in the forest.

The island also has the Troll Church caves and the Atlantic Road with the famous bridge

Day 9. Å lesund

9:30 - 12:00 walk around Molda. Ethnographic open-air museum. (From Molde you can also go to the Atlantic road (about an hour one way), halfway you can get out to get to the Troll Church cave. Walk an hour and a half one way).

12:40 – 14:40 Bus transfer from Molde to Alesund

15:00 – 22:00 Walking around Å lesund

Day 10. Oslo

We had a five hour layover in Oslo. For 100 crowns per person one way, we drove from the airport directly to the center by train in 25 minutes. The train runs 3 times an hour during the day.

Trip information

Date of travel: 17.08. 2018 – 26.08. 2018

Duration: 9 full days

Flights: Wizz + Norwegian + SAS

Hotels: Booking + Airbnb + Campsites

Excursions: All by yourself

Trip difficulty: 7/10 (Almost difficult)

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