Is Scandinavia as expensive as everyone says it is?
Jul 13th, 2000, 03:28 PM
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Is Scandinavia as expensive as everyone says it is?
Greetings fellow Fodorites! <BR> <BR>Would someone please enlighten me as to the relative costs in Scandinavia for USA cit izens? <BR> <BR>My wife and I are looking at spending two weeks on holiday. Probably 1 week in Norway and Sweden, perhaps both weeks in Sweden. We are BUDGET travelers who must scrimp and save before our trips. On previous trips to places such as Germany we have made use of B&B's, picnic lunches and nice, but reasonably inexpensive dinners out. A rough idea of how much these type of activities will run? <BR> <BR>Many thanks for any suggestions or information you have to share! <BR> <BR>the turnip
Jul 16th, 2000, 06:55 AM
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You might consider Denmark, which is supposed to be the least expensive Scandinavian country. They don't have B&B's per se, rather people rent out rooms in private homes called tourist rooms. Because I had children with me and didn't want to inflict them on anyone's private home, we stayed in hostels. The scandinavian HI hostels are beautiful, clean, and well-run. Two years ago a room for 4 was 340DKK, which would be a little under $40 at the most recent exchange rate I saw. You can book tourist rooms in any scandinavian town at the local tourist information office. <BR>
Jul 23rd, 2000, 01:16 AM
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hi ! had 5 weeks in scandinavia last july/august. we stayed in youth hostels where you can book a double room. also pensionets B&K i call them bed and kitchen facilities, were very reasonable , comfortable, clean. you meet nice people too. we took some food from NZ with us , such as muesli,pk soup mix,peanut butter,pk pasta/sauce mixes, and bought milk/bread/fruit/fresh veges to add to it also cheese and salami, it certainly helped with the finances. <BR>try the "lonely planet guide books" for accommodation, i also phoned the local tourist offices for numbers to ring about the cheap places. <BR>hope this is some help. email me if needed, cheers lorrie
Feb 17th, 2003, 01:59 AM
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A friend and I travelled to Denmark, Norway and Sweden in '98 and we found it cheaper than it was made out to be. And this is despite the very bad exchange rate between their currency and the Australian Dollar, which is heaps weaker than the USD. We stayed in mainly 3 star hotels and did the Hurtigruten cruise up and down the Norwegian coast (the best suite on the oldest boat, which had heaps more character than those new "plastic" ones). <BR><BR>There are plenty of cheap cafes in all the major Scandinavian cities and also in the smaller towns and villages. You can also get takeaway and sit in a nice spot for a picnic for the roughly the equivalent of USD10 p/p. There are the usual pizza-type restaurants and lots of little hidey-hole restaurants (I remember a great one on Gamla Stan in Stockholm) where there are cheap meals aplenty.
Feb 17th, 2003, 08:45 AM
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Norway is way more expensive than Sweden. Sweden used to be quite expensive, but during past 2 years the krona has gone down considerably, and now the country is even quite affordable. But Norway is still very, very expensive. But beautiful.<BR><BR>Sorry, I cannot give you price examples, since I have lately only stayed at friends.
