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Norway Travel Guide for Backpackers and Hostels in Norway
 Norway is a wildly lovely country of snow capped hills and deep glacier carved fjords. The astounding sights of the southwestern fjordland is the main draw card for tourists, but there are many incentives to visit this sparsely inhabited country. It offers remote wildernesses and outdoor activities, fairylike forests, historic towns and charming fishing villages, down to earth friendly people, and the lure of the Arctic Circle with its well known Midnight Sun and surreal Northern Lights. It also boasts some of the most scenic bus trips, boat cruises and train rides in the world.The Land of the Midnight Sun, with its long summer days, is not only for nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, but offers a rich cultural heritage from the Vikings, the traditional nomadic Sami people of the remote northern regions, and world renowned artists for example Edvard Munch. Principle cities of interest are Oslo, the prettily sited capital; the historic trading port of Bergen, situated on the fjords and gateway to the Fjordlands; and hilly Troms? within the Arctic Circle, the centre of the Northern Lights activity. They are lovely, low key cities that offer a good range of museums, historical sights and special architecture. Norways greatest impact on history was during the Viking Age, when the sleek Viking ships crossed the Atlantic, and Europe continent was subjected to numerous raids. Traditionally Norwegians were explorers, and their influences are evident from the Viking settlements established in Scotland, to the more recent personalities like polar explorer Roald Amundsen, and the legendary Pacific crossing of Thor Heyerdahl on his wooden raft, the Kon Tiki. Today Norwegians hold onto many of their cultural traditions, most notably the art of storytelling that takes place around the fireside to while away the long winter hours. Trolls figure prominently in their folklore, some friendly and helpful, while others are naughty characters that conveniently serve as a source of blame for all of lifes troubles. |
Norway Hostels, Cities, Highlights and Accomodation
This is the complete listing of cities in Norway and you can easily book online from our preferred Norway hostels, cheap hotels, B&B s and pensions. For detailed information about all Norway youth hostels in a specific city, please choose your destination city from the below list.
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