Planning Your Trip to Norway - Norway - page 42

These passes are sold in Britain and
several other European countries.
An InterRail Pass is available to
passengers of any nationality, with
some restrictions—they must be
under age 26 and able to prove resi-
dency in a European or North African
country (Morocco, Algeria, and
Tunisia) for at least 6 months before
buying the pass. It allows unlimited
travel through Europe, except Albania
and the republics of the former Soviet
Union. Prices are complicated and
vary depending on the countries you
want to include. For pricing purposes,
Europe is divided into eight zones; the
cost depends on the number of zones
you include. The most expensive
option at 479£ ($271) allows 1 month
of unlimited travel in all eight zones
and is known to BritRail staff as a
“global.” The least expensive option at
252£ ($143) allows for 16 days of
travel within only one zone.
Passengers age 26 and older can buy
an InterRail 26-Plus Pass, which,
unfortunately, is severely limited geo-
graphically. Many countries—includ-
ing France, Belgium, Switzerland,
Spain, Portugal, and Italy—do not
honor this pass. It is, however,
accepted for travel throughout Nor-
way. Second-class travel with the pass
costs 223

Jutland in Denmark to Oslo takes 11
hours. Call Stena Line ( & 96-20-
02-00; www.stenaline.com) for gen-
eral reservations.
FROM SWEDEN From Strøm-
stad, Sweden, in the summer the daily
crossing to Sandefjord, Norway, takes
2 1 ⁄ 2 hours. Bookings can be made
through Color Line, Tollbugata 5, N-
3210 Sandefjord ( & 810-00-811 ).
FROM ENGLAND SeaEurope
Holidays, 6801 Lake Worth Rd.,
Suite 103, Lake Worth, Florida 33467
( & 800/533-3755 .; www.seaeurope.
com) is a U.S.-based company that
will arrange a variety of seagoing
options for you, which is done before
you land in Europe. For example, if
you'd like arrangements made to sail
from Newcastle in England to Bergen
in Norway, these trips can be arranged
for you.
BY CRUISE SHIP
Norway's fjords and mountain vistas
are among the most spectacular
panoramas in the world. Many ship
owners and cruise lines offer excur-
sions along the Norwegian coast.
One of the most prominent lines is
Cunard ( & 800/7CUNARD in the
U.S. and Canada; www.cunard.com).
Eleven-day cruises are offered on the
new Cunard flagship, Queen Mary 2.
This new vessel re-creates the grandeur
of those old queen liners, Queen Mary
and Queen Elizabeth, but on a more
modern and larger scale. The 150,000-
ton ship carries a total of 2,620 pas-
sengers.
Departing from Southampton,
England, the ship calls at Oslo and
Bergen and cruises the North Sea. En
route it also stops at the most fre-
quently visited fjords, such as the Eid-
fjord. Prices for the 5-day cruise
include round-trip airfare to London
on British Airways from 79 gateway
cities throughout the world.

€ ($268) for 12 days or

€

415 ($498) for 22 days. Passengers

must meet the same residency require-
ments that apply to the InterRail Pass
(described above).
For information on buying individ-
ual rail tickets or any of the just-men-
tioned passes, contact National Rail
Inquiries, Victoria Station, London
( & 08705/848-848 or 0845/748-
4950). Tickets and passes also are
available at any of the larger railway
stations as well as selected travel agen-
cies throughout Britain and the rest of
Europe.
BY SHIP & FERRY
FROM DENMARK The trip from
Frederikshavn at the northern port of