Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The ScandinavianHistory chapterintroducesyoutosomekeypeopleand
events in these nations' complicated pasts, making your sightseeing that much
more meaningful.
The appendix is a traveler's tool kit, with telephone tips, useful phone
numbers, transportation basics (on trains, buses, boats, car rentals, driving,
and flights), recommended books and films, a festival list, a climate chart, a
handy packing checklist, a hotel reservation form, and survival phrases.
Browsethroughthisbook,chooseyourfavoritedestinations, andlinkthem
up. Then have a great trip! Traveling like a temporary local, you'll get the ab-
solute most out of every mile, minute, and dollar. As you visit places I know
and love, I'm happy that you'll be meeting some of my favorite Scandinavian
people.
Planning
This section will help you get started on planning your trip—with advice on
trip costs, when to go, and what you should know before you take off.
Travel Smart
Your trip to Scandinavia is like a complex play—easier to follow and really
appreciate onasecondviewing.Whilenoonedoesthesametriptwicetogain
that advantage, reading this topic in its entirety before your trip accomplishes
much the same thing.
Design an itinerary that enables you to visit sights at the best possible
times. Note holidays, festivals, specifics on sights, and days when sights are
closed or most crowded (all covered in this topic). To get between destina-
tions smoothly, read the tips in this topic's appendix on taking trains, buses,
and boats, or renting a car and driving. A smart trip is a puzzle—a fun, doable,
and worthwhile challenge.
Be sure to mix intense and relaxed periods in your itinerary. To maximize
rootedness,minimizeone-nightstands.It'sworthtakingalongdriveafterdin-
ner (or a train ride with a dinner picnic) to get settled in a town for two nights.
Hotels are more likely to give a good price to someone staying more than
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