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I am planning a camping holiday in Norway. I only have 2 weeks and

don't want

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to spend a lot of time travelling so where should I go first? I like

the west

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coast of Scotland and am told Norway is like that but on a grander

scale. Any

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recommendations please?

Alex.

You could take the ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger or Bergen. From Stavanger and northwards
you'll find the largest fjords, mountains and glaciers.

Leif Rune

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I am planning a camping holiday in Norway. I only have 2 weeks and

don't want

Quoted message said:

to spend a lot of time travelling so where should I go first? I like

the west

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coast of Scotland and am told Norway is like that but on a grander

scale. Any

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recommendations please?

Alex.

You could take the ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger or Bergen. From Stavanger and northwards
you'll find the largest fjords, mountains and glaciers.

Leif Rune

How far north? Where would you suggest I make my base/centre please?

Alex.

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I am planning a camping holiday in Norway. I only have 2 weeks and don't want to spend a lot of
time travelling so where should I go first? I like the west coast of Scotland and am told Norway is
like that but on a grander scale. Any recommendations please?

I suggest Jotunheimen, which has the highest mountains in Norway and the most dramatic outside of
the arctic. Jotunheimen can be reached by bus or train from Oslo.

All the mountains can be walked up, though you have to pick your route on some of them to avoid
glaciers. There are excellent opportunities for wild camping.

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Leif Rune Salte said:

<alex.sh@w> skrev i melding "]news:[email hidden]...

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I am planning a camping holiday in Norway. I only have 2 weeks

and

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don't want

Quoted message said:

to spend a lot of time travelling so where should I go first? I

like

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Quoted message said:

the west

Quoted message said:

coast of Scotland and am told Norway is like that but on a grander

scale. Any

Quoted message said:

recommendations please?

Alex.

You could take the ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger or Bergen. From Stavanger and northwards
you'll find the largest fjords,

mountains

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and glaciers.

Leif Rune

How far north? Where would you suggest I make my base/centre please?

Alex.

Perhaps Bergen.

From Bergen you can drive to the Folgefonna glacier. There are three cabins close to the glacier
and they are open to the public. There are no staff working there. It costs about 200 Norw. kroner
a night to stay there. There are also provision in the cabins. From one of the cabins - Holmaskjer
- you have an excellent view, you can see both the Atlantic ocean and the Hardanger plateau
(Europes largest mountain plateu). It takes about six hours to walk up there from Odda. There is
an excellent path there.

From Bergen you can also drive to the Hardanger plateau or Jotunheimen (Jotun = Norse gods /
heimen = home - the home of Norse gods).

If you are interesting in the mountains you can visit this site;

www.turistforeningen.no

this means something like "tourist-accosiation",

they have more than 380 cabins in the mountains.

They have some info in English.

I have some photos from Jotunheimen and Folgefonna ( Saua...) here;

no.photos.yahoo.comledestjernenOpen ↗

You can also "google" for Folgefonna, Jotunheimen, Jostedalsbreen etc.

Leif Rune Stavanger, Norway

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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:32:05 GMT, "Leif Rune Salte" <[email hidden]>

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> I am planning a camping holiday in Norway. I only have 2 weeks

and

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don't want
> to spend a lot of time travelling so where should I go first? I

like

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Quoted message said:

the west
> coast of Scotland and am told Norway is like that but on a grander
scale. Any
> recommendations please?
>
> Alex.

You could take the ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger or Bergen. From Stavanger and
northwards you'll find the largest fjords,

mountains

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and glaciers.

Leif Rune

How far north? Where would you suggest I make my base/centre please?

Alex.

Perhaps Bergen.

From Bergen you can drive to the Folgefonna glacier. There are three cabins close to the glacier
and they are open to the public. There are no staff working there. It costs about 200 Norw.
kroner a night to stay there. There are also provision in the cabins. From one of the cabins -
Holmaskjer - you have an excellent view, you can see both the Atlantic ocean and the Hardanger
plateau (Europes largest mountain plateu). It takes about six hours to walk up there from Odda.
There is an excellent path there.

From Bergen you can also drive to the Hardanger plateau or Jotunheimen (Jotun = Norse gods /
heimen = home - the home of Norse gods).

If you are interesting in the mountains you can visit this site;

www.turistforeningen.no

this means something like "tourist-accosiation",

they have more than 380 cabins in the mountains.

They have some info in English.

I have some photos from Jotunheimen and Folgefonna ( Saua...) here;

no.photos.yahoo.comledestjernenOpen ↗

You can also "google" for Folgefonna, Jotunheimen, Jostedalsbreen etc.

Leif Rune Stavanger, Norway

Thanks but now you have told everyone how good it is I wont get in :-) Thanks also Chris.