Lofoten
 

Im travelung to norway in july. Flights not quite booked but looks like leaving the 13th. Stopover i iceland and arriving oslo the 16th and leaving the 30th.

Part of my trip i was doung port to port on hurtigruten. Tromso down to trondheim

However now i think i would like to spend sometime in lofoten instead. I dont want to rent a car. All guided day tours i have found require 2 people to book:( what about us solo travelers!

So withiut a car how hard would it be to get from the hurtigruten port to somewhere pretty like Reine? If accommodatio z are still even available...

Or should i just do excursions ans save a lenghty stay for a future trip when id be willing to rent a car with someone.

I don't know the answer but congratulations on the booking.

We have done the same trip, Tromso to Trondheim with Hurtigruten but during winter. Stunning is an over used superlative but in this case it applies.

You are very right to do a stop over in The Lofotens, we were on a tight schedule and so had to settle for 2 hour stop in Svolvaer.

You also have the huge advantage of endless daylight , we were limited to 3 hours and day which was quite frustrating but the endless Aurora shows and 20ft of snow offset the limited daylight.

Reine looks achingly beautiful but I have heard reports that it is absolutely rammed with tourists in summer during the day. It maybe worth doing an Air BnB short term rental to enjoy the town when the crowds have left the town. Not sure.

Trondheim is a sedate, affluent small city and we loved the city indoor pool/ water park with its immense glass walls overlooking the fjord. The shops in the city are well worth some time, as is the cathedral.

We simply love coastal Norway.

There are buses on the islands but schedules are limited. Use this journey planner to see the options http://rutebok.no/nriiis/Default.aspx?Language=e

I was there a few years back but hired a car and there were two of us

Thank you!

This is a tentative plan.
There is photo tour on the 20 based out of Svolaer. Looks like this plan allows me to avoid cabins.

I removed roros from my plan but if it's worth it....there's room.

I need suggestions on my last few days. Or any other thoughts



13 fly
14 at Iceland stopover
16 17Oslo
18 fly to tromso. Hurtigruten to lofoten
19 overnight loften
20 day tour overnight lofted
21 lofoten hurtigruten to Trondheim in evening
22 explore Trondheim train or fly to aleusund
23 godoy tour

24 geiranjerfjord fly to Bergen?
25 Bergen haranjerfjord
26 Bergen
27
28. Nutshell
29 oslo
30 home. Flight at 825

Seems to me you've explored so much already that NIN is just overkill. Why not spend some time kicking back in Bergen, or add a few days to Oslo and take it easy there? Oslofjord is beautiful, and a bit more time would give you the opportunity to take it easy in Bygdøy or explore Oslo's green spaces a bit.

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