dpasnick

My husband and I are planning a Scandinavian tour for our honeymoon in June of this year for 2 weeks. We are at the beginning stages of the planning and would love to hear about places we should go and the best ways of getting there. So far places that are on the list to see are Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen and Copenhagen. We were thinking about renting a car and driving everywhere not sure if that would be the most economical but we love to drive and thought that would be the best way and would not have to be on any type of schedule.

Michael

You might want to take a look at my Norway trip report that includes 5 or 6 days driving from Bergen to Trondheim; click on my name to find it.

wintersp

It certainly is possible to drive the route you have considered. I'm not sure about the time though. To do Norway, Stockholm, and Copenhagen has very little driving in Denmark. Trains are very easy. You can buy passes and they are convenient. Play with your cities and see what you get. For instance, can you land in Bergen, train to Oslo, train or drive to Stockholm, drive to Copenhagen and leave from Copenhagen? That eliminates back tracking. What are your interests in these countries?

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dpasnick

wintersp: We were thinking about flying into Stockholm and drive Oslo and then Bergen and then do some driving on the coast of Norway and the get to Copenhagen and frly out of Copenhagen we are open to train and ferry. We are open to anything. I have been to many countries in Europe and always wanted to travel to Scandinavia. We definitely want to see fjords.

Michael: thank you I will.

DebitNM

We used this to plan our drive from Gothenburg to Voss and back.

http://www.norwaynutshell.com/en/explore-the-fjords/

Grandma

Is there a ferry from Copenhagen to Stockholm? Sailing thru the archipelago in june would be delightful.

dpasnick

grandma: not sure if there is a ferry from Stockholm to Copenhagen there is one from Oslo to Copenhagen we found more travel by ferry from Norway to Copenhagen the from Sweden. I live boats and wish we were doing more traveling by boat but my husband does not like boats. I don't think airplanes so we thought car train would be the best way.

dyoll

You don't need a car in cities - in fact it will be more of a hassle than useful with finding parking spaces etc. I suggest fly into Stockholm, spend a couple of days there, fly to Bergen spend a couple of days there and hire a car for touring the fjords. Return to Bergen and take train to Oslo (or drive, but it's a long way and one-way rentals are expensive). Take the overnight ferry to Copenhagen and spend a couple of days there and fly out of Copenhagen (open jaw ticket). This way you are not wasting time with transport stages, backtracking or hanging around at airports more than necessary.

dpasnick

dyoll: thank you very much. I have a question what is an open jaw ticket? Also what are some things to do in cities that might not be a guidebook. My husband and I want to see the main slights but also like seeing different and unique things as well.

Michael

An open jaw ticket is a ticket where one lands in one city and departs from another. Example: JFK-->Heathrow Paris-->JFK where the trip between London and Paris is not included in the original ticket.

dpasnick

Thank you! I have done it before just never knew that it what it was called. We were planning on flying in to Stockholm and out of Copenhagen.

kja

"what are some things to do in cities that might not be a guidebook"

IME some guidebooks -- notably the Rough Guide, Lonely Planet, and Michelin Green Guide -- cover MANY things that are not included in other guidebooks, so do consult one or more of them!


I agree with dyoll that a car could be more of an encumbrance than an advantage, but of course, that depends on what, exactly, you end up doing.

dpasnick

What I mean by not in guidebooks is something you might have stumbled upon that you would recommend. Like a resturant, store or some road side attraction.

kja

Understood, dpasnick, but surely you will admit that what you are asking calls for an odd distinction! After all, I've read posts from all sorts of people saying they "stumbled" upon something that had been covered, in great detail, in one or more of the guidebooks I used! ;-)