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Exploring Norway Norway

Norway is so long and narrow that, if Oslo remained fixed 0 km 250 Tromsø
and the rest were turned upside down, it would stretch all 0 miles 250
the way to Rome. There are two main areas of attraction:
Oslo, a lively, open city, particularly in summer, and Bergen See main map
and the fjords in the west. Elsewhere, up to 95 percent of Trondheim SWEDEN
the country is forested or uncultivated. Transportation
(which comprises domestic flights, trains, buses, and FINLAND
coastal ferries) is reliable, though services can be cut back NORWAY Helsinki
severely in the winter months, especially in the north. Bergen OSLO Tallinn
ESTONIA
Stockholm
LATVIA
Copenhagen
DENMARK LITHUANIA
Tromsø
17
E6

E6
Trondheim
Orkanger
Selbusjøen
65
Cruise ships moored in the Geirangerfjord between
Bergen and Trondheim
Molde
Åndalsnes
Ålesund Oppdal 30
Stranda 9 Aursjøen 3
Femunden
Sights at a Glance Geiranger 15 E6
1 Oslo pp622–6 Otta
2 Stavanger 55
3 Bergen and the Fjords Bygdin Glåma Storsjøen
4 Trondheim Høyanger Tyin Lågen E6
E16
Sogndal Lillehammer
See inset map NORW A Y
5 Tromsø Voss Begna Gjøvik Elverum
Bergen Hamar
Hirtshals Krøderen
7 Sperillen
7 4
Rødberg Kongsvinger
Norwegian 13 Mår 40 Hønefoss 7
Sea 11 Møsvatnet OSLO Lillestrøm
11 Drammen Øyeren
Notodden E18
Haugesund Kongsberg
Nisser Skien Stockholm
Key Stavanger Fredrikstad
Fyresvatnet Porsgrunn Halden
Highway Hirtshals Sandnes 39 Kragerø
Major road
42
Railroad Egersund Arendal SWEDEN
International border Grimstad
E18
Kristiansand Skagerrak
Mandal
Gothenburg
(Göteborg)
Malmö
Hirtshals
0 kilometers 100 DENMARK Kiel, Frederikshavn,
Copenhagen
0 miles 100
For hotels and restaurants see p632 and p633 For keys to symbols see back flap
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