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This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Norway, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Norway. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Norway are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Norway. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Norways Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction 1

Preikestolen . The route up to Preikestolen, or Pulpit Rock, is Norways most popular hike, and with good reason. The views are stunning, but vertigo-sufferers should steer clear. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

North Cape. This is Continental Europes northernmost tip and the last frontier. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Oslo. Norways capital is a vibrant city, with child-friendly museums, great dining and shopping, and a stunning opera house. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Hardangervidda National Park. Europes largest mountainous plateau and a popular hiking destination in summer. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Bergen. Norways second city sits on a craggy shoreline on the west coast surrounded by islands. Its rich in history and sights, so allow a couple of days to make the most of its museums, galleries and restaurants. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Rros. The Unesco World Heritage Site is a beautifully preserved old mining town famed for its turf-roofed wooden buildings and its church. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

The fjords. Norways most spectacular attraction: each has its own character and appeal this is Geirangerfjord, to many the most beautiful. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Lofoten. Its dramatic island scenery with rugged peaks and white sand beaches, and its traditional fishing industry make Lofoten well worth the trip north. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Trondheim. Norways third-largest city is still its historical and religious capital. Seen here is a monument to Olav Tryggvason, the citys founder. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 10

Troms. The gateway to the far north, Troms has great museums and a beautiful cathedral, and appeals to adventurous types curious about the Arctic. For more information, .

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Editors Choice

Lysefjord, Rogaland.

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Best Fjords (from North to South)

Geirangerfjord . A Unesco World Heritage Site, Geirangerfjord is famous for its emerald waters and stunning waterfalls; it is arguably the most beautiful of the Norwegian fjords. For more information, .

Sognefjord . Norways deepest and longest fjord, and one of its most spectacular. Here youll find the Urnes stave church and the Norwegian Glacier Museum. The spectacular Flm railway ends in Aurland on Sognefjord, and is a must too. For more information, .