We have a new Blog about Scandinavia and our insider's view with our custom travel and tours. Please continue to follow our blog posting on our new blog Insider's Scandinavia - Great Places to Go and Things to do!A certain dilemma has come up enough with our clients that it is worth addressing. It is a common one for a lot of travelers. Often times, people try to fit a lot into an itinerary with a very small amount of time. When our clients come to us with an ambitious itinerary, we are inclined to advise them otherwise, unless they are an extremely savvy traveler. We want to show you the very best of Scandinavia, but at the end, we don’t want you out of breath!
There are plenty of reasons why people prefer to do what we refer to as “time-traveling.” Some people are only interested in taking photos, others are trying to tack on a little mini-vacation after business, and still others simply can’t agree on what they want to see, so they try to see it all. We try to remind people that a vacation should feel like a vacation. With that in mind, we design our itineraries for ample amount of respite in between travel time and taking on the cities and countryside. It is important that all aspects of your trip remained relaxed, giving you the opportunity to soak up the scenery and get to know the culture.
Commonly, we have travelers that are interested in doing a Finland, Sweden, and Denmark rotation, but then decide at the last minute that it would be silly to leave out Norway.
“Can we just spend a day or two in the capital and do a little fjord tour or something?” they ask.
“Certainly, you can,” we say, “But that would be doing Norway a great injustice.”
Norway is such an inspiring and breathtaking country that you will find that most tours encompassing all of Scandinavia still tend to spend the bulk of their time in Norway anyway. Where you might see Copenhagen in Demark or Stockholm in Sweden with an extra day of countryside, Norway is sure to be given at least four to five days of fjord cruising, waterfall viewing, and of course, strolling the charming streets of Bergen and Oslo. This is because Norway has so much to offer to so many different travelers.
We hate to outshine the other Scandinavian countries because they are all equally unforgettable in their own right, but when advising our clients on whether or not to “squeeze” Norway in, we shake our heads.
“It’s better to save Norway for next time,” we advise. “Norway is a country that you can easily spend two to three weeks on alone. If you’re just there for a day or two, you’ll fly away feeling like you’ve been teased.”
“But I don’t know if I’ll make it back there again,” our clients sometimes worry.
"Oh, you will,” we promise. “We’ll make sure of it. That’s why the Nordic Company is here.” And sure enough, a year or two down the road, these clients come back to us and exclaim, “I’m ready for Norway now!” And of course, we eagerly reply, “We’re happy to help!”
We invite you to learn more about Finland travel as well as Scandinavian travel by visiting our pages dedicated to Iceland tours and Iceland travel; Norway tours, Norway travel and a Norwegian coastal voyage (also known as Hurtigruten); St. Petersburg travel and Sweden travel.
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