Luxury holidays in Norway
Ride the Flåm Railway down to the fjord, then warm up in a floating sauna as the peaks turn pink. Join a small group journey on to Lofoten, with every connection planned.
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Norway
9 days · 8 nights
Oslo → Svolvaer → Henningsvaer → Stamsund → Trondheim
You begin in Oslo with polar history and an Olympic ski jump, then fly above the Arctic Circle to Svolvaer. Three nights in the fishing village of Henningsvaer bring Trollfjord, sea eagles and days on the water or the mountains. You finish in Trondheim with cheese, art and the Nidaros Cathedral.
The Flåm Railway drops almost 900 metres in about an hour, past waterfalls and snow sheds, to the edge of Aurlandsfjord. Down on the water, a floating sauna and a cold plunge in the fjord are the local way to end the day. Geiranger, further north, is a narrow arm of the sea walled by cliffs and waterfalls, best seen from the deck of a boat.
Bergen, with its painted wooden wharf, is the classic gateway to the western fjords. Far to the north, the Lofoten Islands rise as sharp peaks over white-sand beaches and red fishing cabins, and winter brings the Northern Lights. Oslo has its own pull, with new museums along the waterfront and seafood restaurants by the harbour.
Norway days your travel expert can plan in, from Bergen and Flåm to the Arctic north.
Visit Troldhaugen, the 1885 villa where Edvard Grieg lived with his wife Nina, now a museum with his writing hut, grave and a concert hall.
Taste brown and white goat's cheese in Undredal, a tiny village of wooden houses on Aurlandsfjord where goats outnumber people.
Heat up in a private floating sauna on Aurlandsfjord, then step out for a cold plunge in the fjord and back into the warmth.
Take the steep Flåmsbana from Myrdal down to Flåm, past waterfalls, river gorges and farms clinging to the hillsides.
Speed across the clear water near Hamn on Senja, past white beaches and islands, a cormorant colony and, with luck, seals and sea eagles.
Learn to mush near Tromsø, then drive your own sled through the snow for up to an hour. Afterwards, meet the dogs and warm up with reindeer stew by the fire.
Float in the icy sea in an insulated suit, looking up at the sky, then warm up in a sauna.
Zipline down the 361-metre Holmenkollen ski jump above Oslo, with the city and fjord spread out below.
Bergen opens the western fjords, while Lofoten is a flight north.
A harbour capital with the opera house on the water, the Viking ship collections and the Vigeland sculpture park.
The western fjords, from the waterfalls of Geiranger to the Flåm Railway and the wooden wharf of Bergen.
Red fishing cabins under jagged peaks above the Arctic Circle, with the midnight sun in summer and the aurora in winter.
May and June bring full waterfalls, while winter is the time for the aurora in Lofoten.
Dark days in the fjords, northern lights in Lofoten and the north.
Snowy and clear, a strong month for the aurora.
Longer days, snow on the mountains and aurora at night.
Spring thaw, some fjord roads and railways still on winter hours.
Waterfalls in full flow, blossom along the Hardangerfjord.
Midnight sun in Lofoten, long light days on the fjords.
Warmest month, every road and ferry running.
Settled weather for the fjords and the Flåm Railway.
Autumn colour, fewer visitors and the first aurora in the north.
Cool and wet in the west, dark nights in the north.
Short days and rain, the aurora season begins in earnest.
Polar night in the far north, Christmas lights in Oslo and Bergen.
Oslo has direct flights from across Europe, and most longer routes connect once.
Finland's Arctic resorts sit just over the border in the north.
Northern lights and husky rides in Lapland.
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