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passing pristine waterfalls, verdant forests, and take-your-breath-away
scenery.
▲More on the Sognefjord
Fjordside hamlet of Balestrand, a cozy home
base for exploring nearby sights (including a medieval stave church), plus
the serene Lustrafjord, with more stave churches and a glacier you can
walk on.
▲Gudbrandsdal Valley and Jotunheimen Mountains
Lush green val-
ley connecting northern and southern Norway, with touristy Lillehammer,
the excellent Maihaugen Open-Air Folk Museum, and a rugged mountain
range with some of this country's finest hikes and drives.
▲▲Bergen
Salty port town and medieval capital of Norway, with lively
fish market, colorful Hanseatic quarter (Bryggen), and a funicular to the
top of Mount Fløyen with great views.
▲South Norway
Harborside Stavanger—with its Norwegian Emigration
Center, Petroleum Museum, and Pulpit Rock, time-passed and remote
Setesdal Valley, and the resort town of Kristiansand with ferry connec-
tions to Denmark.
Sweden
▲▲▲Stockholm
Bustling capital of Sweden, with its charming island
coreofGamla Stan,Europe'soriginal—and unsurpassed—Skansen open-
air folk museum, the
Vasa
museum (17th-century warship), and the Nord-
ic Museum's look at five centuries of Swedish lifestyles.
▲Stockholm'sArchipelago
Sweden'srockygardenofmorethan30,000
islands, best seen on a boat trip from Stockholm.
