Scandinavian itinerary sanity check
 

I am putting together an itinerary for my honeymoon and wanted to see if anyone has some advice on if this looks adequate. This trip will be running from mid/late June through early July.

Do any of these locations warrant less time? Do you recommend anything different?

Day 1: Arrive in Stockholm
Day 2: Full day Stockholm
Day 3: Full day Stockholm
Day 4: Full day Stockholm then fly to Copenhagen
Day 5: Full day Copenhagen
Day 6: Full day Copenhagen
Day 7: Full day Copenhagen
Day 8: Rent car and drive up coast from Copenhagen to Goethenberg
Day 9: Continue drive up coast from Goethenberg to Oslo
Day 10: Full day in Oslo
Day 11: Full day in Oslo
Day 12: Oslo to Flam (Norway in a Nutshell)
Day 13: Flam to Bergen (Norway in a Nutshell)
Day 14: Full day in Bergen
Day 15: Bergen to home

Thank you ahead of time!

Are you aware that there are stiff cross-border drop-off fees when doing a one-way rental?

Michael - Thanks for the reply! When I looked this up on Hotwire it looked like the total rental fee would be around $100. I was shocked it was so cheap. Too good to be true??

Michael - I see now...my bad. It says only $100 then you go through checkout and it adds the huge fee. Thanks for pointing that out! I think we will just train it up to Oslo.

Sound like a reasonable route.

Of the places listed, I haven't been to Oslo but loved all the other places.

I'm not sure of your travel preferences but the 3 people I know who have visited Oslo were fairly unimpressed and viewed it as a functional capital. It may be worth adding a day in Bergen.

In summer, the Swedish archipeligo is beautiful, take a ferry out to Sandhamn from Stockholm. It's a day return trip, Sandhamn is close to a Cape Cod vibe.

Trains can do all of that perfectly well-and of course boats on NIN part - Stockholm to Oslo by high-speed trains quicker than driving.

Oslo to Bergen train line is one of most scenic in Europe- not sure you can duplicate the most awesome part - middle part - by car.

Bergen - buy all-inclusive NIN tickets for train to Voss - mountain bus to Gudvagen - boat to Flam - train to Myrdhal and then train back to Bergen or onto Oslo.

For lots on Scan trains (and Scandinavian Railpass that also gives discounts at some popular chain hotels and covers some boats and a few buses) check www.ricksteves.com; www.budgeteurorpetravel.com and www.seat61.com.

total car rental fee maybe $1000 not $100 - plus expensive petrol - train could be cheaper.

Depends on what you want to see and do, but I think you are short-changing Stockholm, which I thought easily merited 5 full days – and I was well over jet lag by the time I got there.

Hope that helps!

Too little time in Bergen. I'd swap Copenhagen out easily

The drive from Copenhagen to Gothenburg is not very interesting, is there a particular reason to want to do this? I'd drop Oslo and Gothenburg and limit this to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Bergen/NIN or try to incorporate the ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo. Or drop Copenhagen and limit this to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Bergen/NIN.