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Lonely Planet Norway
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Oslo; Norway's cultural capital, hike glacier-strewn high country, or simply hope to catch the elusive Northern Lights; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Norway and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Norway Travel Guide:
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - lifestyle, multiculturalism, economy, history, Vikings, independence, landscapes, national parks, wildlife, environment, forestry, Sami, religion, arts, architecture, music, literature, cinema, cuisine, drinks
Free, convenient pull-out Oslo map (included in print version), plus over 50 colour maps
Covers Southern Norway, Central Norway, Bergen, the Southwestern Fjords, the Western Fjords, Trondelag, Nordland, the Far North, Svalbard and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Norway , our most comprehensive guide to Norway, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.
Lonely Planet Norway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Visit Oslo; Norway's cultural capital, hike glacier-strewn high country, or simply hope to catch the elusive Northern Lights; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Norway and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Norway Travel Guide:
Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - lifestyle, multiculturalism, economy, history, Vikings, independence, landscapes, national parks, wildlife, environment, forestry, Sami, religion, arts, architecture, music, literature, cinema, cuisine, drinks
Free, convenient pull-out Oslo map (included in print version), plus over 50 colour maps
Covers Southern Norway, Central Norway, Bergen, the Southwestern Fjords, the Western Fjords, Trondelag, Nordland, the Far North, Svalbard and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Norway , our most comprehensive guide to Norway, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.
448 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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January 13, 2024
Curious what the crowd thinks - is it okay to mark this as read? And count to my goal???
August 5, 2021
Voy a repetir lo que he dicho en otras guías, porque la reflexión es la misma y la estructura también:
Las guías de viaje de este estilo ya solo tienen sentido en el siglo XXI por la conveniencia de tener casi toda la información necesaria en un único sitio porque, por lo demás, carecen de la fluidez y la velocidad de actualización (particularmente en lo hostelero) que nos pueden ofrecer nuestro portal favorito. Evidentemente, el modelo está cambiando y, por muy actualizada que esté una guía, los países son conjuntos que evolucionan cada día más y lo que ayer molaba puede que hoy no: la única forma de saberlo es a través de Internet.
Pero a mí me gustan mucho las guías Lonely Planet porque te dejan bien claro cuáles son las cosas que no debes perderte a nivel cultural en cada sitio y, siendo cosas que muchas veces tienen siglos, es difícil que su importancia cambie de un día para otro; también me gusta mucho que te dicen en qué atracciones compensa comprar la entrada previamente para evitar horas de cola, los trasfondos artístico-históricos de todas y cada una de ellas... De otra manera, es muy complicado que todo estos datos se ofrezcan en una única página.
También hay que tener en cuenta que una guía de estas características no se lee de cabo a rabo como un libro cualquiera, sino que se usa para organizar un viaje pero no para aprenderlo y, llegado el momento de estar allí, leer con mucho más detenimiento las descripciones de cada lugar. Lo bueno que tienen estas es que también tienen un acercamiento histórico y artístico completo de cada región que sirve como introducción a todas las especificidades que se desarrollan. ¡Es material valioso!
Supongo que, con el paso del tiempo, este tipo de guías desaparecerán completamente en beneficio de páginas web que ofrecerán lo mismo a través de GPS, incluyendo audioguías y otra serie de cosas muy beneficiosas. El progreso es imparable pero, mientras tanto, cada vez que salgo de viaje me llevo mi Lonely Planet, que tampoco está de más.
Finalmente, he de destacar que esta edición digital solo lo es en su formato, porque para los efectos es una traslación directa de la guía en papel a un PDF. Sabía que tenía que haberla comprado en inglés.
Las guías de viaje de este estilo ya solo tienen sentido en el siglo XXI por la conveniencia de tener casi toda la información necesaria en un único sitio porque, por lo demás, carecen de la fluidez y la velocidad de actualización (particularmente en lo hostelero) que nos pueden ofrecer nuestro portal favorito. Evidentemente, el modelo está cambiando y, por muy actualizada que esté una guía, los países son conjuntos que evolucionan cada día más y lo que ayer molaba puede que hoy no: la única forma de saberlo es a través de Internet.
Pero a mí me gustan mucho las guías Lonely Planet porque te dejan bien claro cuáles son las cosas que no debes perderte a nivel cultural en cada sitio y, siendo cosas que muchas veces tienen siglos, es difícil que su importancia cambie de un día para otro; también me gusta mucho que te dicen en qué atracciones compensa comprar la entrada previamente para evitar horas de cola, los trasfondos artístico-históricos de todas y cada una de ellas... De otra manera, es muy complicado que todo estos datos se ofrezcan en una única página.
También hay que tener en cuenta que una guía de estas características no se lee de cabo a rabo como un libro cualquiera, sino que se usa para organizar un viaje pero no para aprenderlo y, llegado el momento de estar allí, leer con mucho más detenimiento las descripciones de cada lugar. Lo bueno que tienen estas es que también tienen un acercamiento histórico y artístico completo de cada región que sirve como introducción a todas las especificidades que se desarrollan. ¡Es material valioso!
Supongo que, con el paso del tiempo, este tipo de guías desaparecerán completamente en beneficio de páginas web que ofrecerán lo mismo a través de GPS, incluyendo audioguías y otra serie de cosas muy beneficiosas. El progreso es imparable pero, mientras tanto, cada vez que salgo de viaje me llevo mi Lonely Planet, que tampoco está de más.
Finalmente, he de destacar que esta edición digital solo lo es en su formato, porque para los efectos es una traslación directa de la guía en papel a un PDF. Sabía que tenía que haberla comprado en inglés.
November 3, 2015
You can never really be sure until you have travelled and seen for yourself whether it works - this was a fun read, it helped me plan a potential trip, figure out the budget and inspired me for a lot of things to see and do.
One criticism that I have had for other LP guides and which applies to this one as well is that they are getting more and more limited. The travelling with children sections just get bigger and bigger while any sense of adventure is slowly diminished. For example: Norway is one of the centres of Metal music, it is a mecca for black metal and has a world wide reputation, both good and bad on the topic. This guide may never have even heard of Metal for all the mention of this music general they make. Though they burble about jazz festivals a bit.
One criticism that I have had for other LP guides and which applies to this one as well is that they are getting more and more limited. The travelling with children sections just get bigger and bigger while any sense of adventure is slowly diminished. For example: Norway is one of the centres of Metal music, it is a mecca for black metal and has a world wide reputation, both good and bad on the topic. This guide may never have even heard of Metal for all the mention of this music general they make. Though they burble about jazz festivals a bit.
September 14, 2020
This book saved me $500 by telling me to wait to book the Norway in a Nutshell tour til the night before. Since then I use Lonely Planet books and online blogger itineraries to plan my trips. The LP books are all included with my amazon kindle unlimited membership.
August 6, 2011
Essential to this mythic country.
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October 5, 2015I have to stop reading this! I am getting way too excited about Norway and I am not even sure whether I can afford to also go there yet. I need an equally inspiring book about Finland or Sweden! 2012
August 14, 2017
Kindleunlimited read for free
Timely and current information. Good info and organized well. I don't think I'd pay for the hard copy but definitely worth recommended kindle unlimited.
Timely and current information. Good info and organized well. I don't think I'd pay for the hard copy but definitely worth recommended kindle unlimited.
November 16, 2017
Love lonely planet
I find all the lonely planet books so helpfully when planning vacations. Love that amazon kindle offers them unlimited! Great
I find all the lonely planet books so helpfully when planning vacations. Love that amazon kindle offers them unlimited! Great
October 4, 2023
A must-read book that's highly informative and useful. Definitely a great resource to help plan my wife's birthday trip.
August 1, 2018
€160 a day Budget, seriously?
I couldn't believe the budget traveler was recommened a €160 a day budget in Norway. I did two weeks of hiking and camping for $180 all in, so happy i found the tiny budget norway guide and didn't follow this ludacriosuly expensive take on travelling norway.
I couldn't believe the budget traveler was recommened a €160 a day budget in Norway. I did two weeks of hiking and camping for $180 all in, so happy i found the tiny budget norway guide and didn't follow this ludacriosuly expensive take on travelling norway.
July 20, 2016
Good guide to Norway, my critic goes to the iBook version as a graphic problem, not of course about content.
The titles are written in a light blue colour impossible to read for the lack of contrast on white.
Lonely Planet should do something about it.
The titles are written in a light blue colour impossible to read for the lack of contrast on white.
Lonely Planet should do something about it.
November 9, 2016
It's an adequate book especially for trying to get a temperature on what's to see, do, and eat in Oslo and Tromsø. Oslo is outdated in terms of restaurants, but I got the 2015 book so that can't be helped.
February 5, 2017
As always a good guide to get to know a holiday destination a lot better.
There i a part about Norway in general and there are chapters about certain parts of Norway with there places to visit and highlights.
Useful book.
There i a part about Norway in general and there are chapters about certain parts of Norway with there places to visit and highlights.
Useful book.
November 4, 2018
Love how this is organized. Though I mainly used it to refer to the Oslo area, I appreciated how it separated winter and summer activities clearly -- important when planning a trip in most parts of the country.
November 22, 2018
Norway is EXPENSIVE. But at least I know that before I go and I have some tips on how to find some budget friendly alternatives thanks to this Lonely Planet Guide. It's the right size to take with me on an overseas trip!
January 9, 2013
A good guide, provides opening times and detailed maps. Became very useful.
September 1, 2013
Very useful
August 28, 2018
Good all-round review of information and descriptions of places and options. Plus nice summaries of itineraries, culture, history and similar. This is the one I am packing in my luggage.
October 19, 2018
Can't wait to go back.
January 20, 2020
I got some good information to start discovering what to do when I am in Norway.
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