Norway Guide
Things not to miss
1 Oslo's Viking Ships Museum • See Viking longships at close hand in this excellent museum.
2 Oslo's Vigelandsparken • Whatever you do, don't miss this phantasmagorical open-air sculpture park.
3 Oslo's Munch Museum • A huge collection of works from Norway's finest artist.
4 Jotunheimen National Park • Craggy and severe, this mountain range is the most sumptuously beautiful example of Norway's wild mountain scenery.
5 Edvard Grieg's Troldhaugen • Norway's most celebrated composer, Grieg lived just outside Bergen and his old house makes for a delightful visit.
6 Urnes stave church in Solvorn • Viking carvings are seen to exquisite advantage at this country church.
7 Trondheim • This easy-going, laid-back city with its stirring medieval cathedral provides a taste of urban life before the wilds of the north.
8 Å • Tiny village at the tip of the Lofoten that's hard to beat, both for its setting and its assortment of nineteenth-century buildings.