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Scandanavia travel advice request

Posted by Galway Dave***

on May 24, 2022, 10:09 pm

In 1974 as a 17 year old, me & a couple of mates bought Interrail tickets and travelled around western Europe by train for a month.
This year is the 50th anniversary of Interrail & to mark this they had a 50% sale. I've recently retired, & have treated myself to a 2 month ticket that gives me unlimited travel on European trains. I intend to travel either this autumn or next spring.
I'm thinking of heading to northern Norway & Sweden, then Finland, the Baltic states & Eastern Europe.
Does anyone have any advice on northern Scandanavia, places to see, travel (especially trains) etc. Also, same re the Baltic countries?
Thanks a million

Responses

We’d like to see a blue shirt in our city, but if it’s not attractive - Copenhagen May 25, 2022, 9:56 am
- Go to - Jonas May 25, 2022, 1:24 pm
  - Ba, fat fingers. Go to Sweden. All the unwanted ones are in Denmark getting drunk. ;) nt - Jonas May 25, 2022, 1:25 pm
Norway - Beechside May 25, 2022, 9:19 am
- Hurtigruten is something I plan on experiencing soon-ish. Well worth it i think. nt - Jonas May 25, 2022, 1:27 pm
  - Re: Hurtigruten is something I plan on experiencing soon-ish. Well worth it i think. nt - Galway Dave*** May 25, 2022, 5:38 pm
    - Explore away .... online - macca May 25, 2022, 6:16 pm
- Yeah, Norway is by far the most expensive of these countries. - Makis May 25, 2022, 10:47 am
  - I think Norway gives major subsidies like no car tax to those who buy an electric car. nt - Osmo May 25, 2022, 12:00 pm
OH, and some trainmap in a link - RolfTheNorse May 24, 2022, 11:34 pm
- Best time of year to go to far north? I want to avoid mid summer if possible nt - Galway Dave*** May 25, 2022, 12:01 am
  - I would say the best time is during summer, july, to experience the midnight sun, wandering - RolfTheNorse May 25, 2022, 12:08 am
You will have some problems going by train up to northern norway - RolfTheNorse May 24, 2022, 11:33 pm
- Thanks Thor. I plan to get the train from Sweden to Narvik. Then head further north nt - Galway Dave*** May 24, 2022, 11:58 pm
  - Oh, and I think you will miss out on a great experience if you miss Lofoten... - RolfTheNorse May 25, 2022, 12:17 am
    - Thanks again, Rolf, unfortunately it will be difficult for me to travel during the summer - Galway Dave*** May 25, 2022, 7:21 am
      - Fall is also a good time to go there, winter has it's charm too. It's no problem calling me Thor, - RolfTheNorse May 25, 2022, 8:57 am
  - Thor I think is Icelandic, distant relative to us Norwegians :) Then possibly the coastal steamer is - RolfTheNorse May 25, 2022, 12:13 am
Went up Sweden and across to Narvik and down Norway 25 years ago - so no up-to-date suggestions - macca May 24, 2022, 11:19 pm
- Thanks, I'm planning on doing the Narvik train, and hopefully explore the islands nt - Galway Dave*** May 24, 2022, 11:56 pm
What are you interested in? Could help narrow it down a bit.. nt - Makis May 24, 2022, 10:30 pm
- Hiking, outdoors, getting off the beaten track nt - Galway Dave*** May 24, 2022, 10:41 pm
  - Ok, not perhaps off the beaten track but probably the best hiking path in Finland is the so-called - Makis May 25, 2022, 7:21 am
    - Thanks Makis looks great! Unfortunately, I can't travel during the summer due to family commitments - Galway Dave*** May 25, 2022, 7:23 am
I’ve only done the Southern part of Norway - Tricky Trev May 24, 2022, 10:18 pm

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