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I think two days for Oslo is fine. We did everything we wanted to do in two days.

Copenhagen is a awesome place - so many neat things to see and do and a plethora of easy day trips like to Hamlet's Castle in Kronborg, the fantastic Louisiana Statue Park, Roskilde and the Viking ship museum and Frericksborg for the royal palace in a lake and many more.

"Spent over $30 for one six inch sandwich and one drink in Oslo" - that's about NOK 245 and totally ridiculous - even at the airport you'd pay less than half of that for a sandwich and coke - must have been one heck of a drink - alcohol is expensive.
You need more than 1 night in Bergen - cut a day in Oslo.

One day in Oslo was enough for me - though I did spend two days there happily but one would have sufficed if short on time.

<must have been one heck of a drink - alcohol is expensive>

Nope, just soda, oh and a tiny bag of chips...that must be what pushed it over the top. I was floored...starving, but floored.

Bergen is worth two whole days....much to do and see, but we found Oslo very pleasant and colorful, especially on the town's Bygdoy peninsula and it's museums, both indoor and outdoors.

If you can stretch your time by a two or three days I believe you can get all three countrues in...don't overlook travel time. Otherwise, tight as drum. The N-I-N is one whole days from early to late. You can probably do Denmark (2 full days), Stockholm, ditto and Oslo two. Frankly, I would consider just visiting Norway...it's that good IMO.

I know that beating the expense game is nigh to impossible in Scand. but you can minimize the pain...there are many take out dli/groceries in all three countries. We found the Bergen harbor fish market is the closest to stateside pricing. If my journal is correct, for example, we loved the thick and delicious shrimp sandwich on a roll for about $9 and an enormous sea food salad plate brimming with shrimp, crab and Lobster(!) for $11

Rick Steves (the much maligned on these pages) referred a place in, Bergen called "Vangbunnens". He was right...a full halibut dinner at $14 and a salmon steak dinner at slightly more. Both large enought to split. In Stockholm we found the very reasonable "Sally's" in Gamle Stan (old town), and around the corner at "Gasganda#4", salmon salad ...also a nice Italian/Trieste restaurant. "Capri" and a food hall with excellent choices that don't break the bank, down the street from the Clarion Mornington Hotel where we had stayed. It can be done.

Want Michelin? Buy a tire!

"I know that beating the expense game is nigh to impossible in Scand"

You can't generalise.

There's a huge invisible wall between Sweden/Denmark and Norway.

It is very difficult to economise in Norway. We had no issues in Sweden or Denmark other than drinking less booze.

British...I think I gave a decent number of recommendations for Sweden and Norway in regard to eating without mortgaging the kids. Drinking is very high in all three countries. One time I was happy to be a tee-totaler.

By the way, OP, the name of the food hall on Nybrogaten in Stockholm is "SaluHall"...the Italian place is just a street off of Nybrogaten.

"One time I was happy to be a tee-totaler"

Could agree more!

"One time I was happy to be a tee-totaler"

Couldn't agree more.

(Bloody autocorrect)

Denmark IME is cheape than the other two Scandinavian countries - especially on alchol - can buy at decent prices in supermarkets and Swedes flock over here to buy booze and tobacco too.

I am thinking of doing 4 days Copenhagen, 4 days in Stockholm, 2 days in Oslo, and Norway in a Nutshell. What do you think of this plan?

Regarding alcohol prices... Denmark is not expensive for alcohol. Service is expensive, but not the booze itself. So a mixed drink will set you back, but buying beer at the supermarket is cheap. Sweden taxes based upon alcohol content, so cheap booze is pricey, but prices converge to normal for more expensive stuff; fine wine can be downright cheap. Norway is simply expensive.

As to the time split... I'd spend no more than 2 nights in Oslo. One full day is enough. Stockholm and Copenhagen deserve more time. You could cut Copenhagen to 3 nights, though, as the Viking ships can be done in a morning trip - the museum is not that big; nice, but not that big. Indeed, if you rented a car for the day, you could hit Frederiksborg, Helsingør and Roskilde (Viking ships) in a single day quite easily.

copenhagen has so much to see in itself and a plethora of neat easy day trips by train - try to spend more time there and less in Oslo IME.