 Brief trip report (was denmark to sweden on ferry?
Kristian <stretch123@get2net.dk> wrote in message news:<6m3bhvso01qlqjm25tovgh16apti8gf2jq@nyheder.g et2net.dk>...
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> Hello "Traveler" from Canada,
>
> So , how was your trip to England/Scandinavia ? Can you share some
> sort of a trip report with us !? I`m just curious how it all worked
> out.
>
> Kristian
Thank you for asking. Your advice proved useful at various points. We
had a great trip. It worked out (in total) like this:
3 nights in London (beginning and end of our trip),
2 nights in Aarhus,
6 nights in Copenhagen (with side trips to Roskilde,
Helsingor/Helsingborg, and Malmo),
2 nights in Gothenburg,
3 nights in Oslo.
Copenhagen (and Roskilde) were my favorite spots, although Oslo was
excellent also. Aarhus is a pleasant city, and I would not have minded
a little more time there, but it is not as exciting as Copenhagen of
course. Gothenburg was all right, but it might have been better to
just focus on Denmark and Norway on this trip. Ryanair worked out
perfectly well and I think it's equal in comfort to any airline I take
domestically from Canada. We did lots of walking and saw lots of
neighborhoods, which we enjoy. I saw a fair number of sites, but not
all the "must-sees".
After long consideration of hostels and not really being satisfied
with any of the options, I ended up getting a Priceline win for the
Mermaid Hotel in Copenhagen, which was excellently situated. This
location made it a real pleasure to walk and walk and walk everywhere.
In London, we also stayed at a nice hotel I got on Priceline. In
Aarhus, we stayed at the City Sleep-in hostel, and had a private
room/bath. In Gothenburg, we stayed at Ibis Goteborg City Centre, a
pleasant hotel located on a moored boat, with views overlooking the
river. In Oslo, we stayed at the Anker Hostel, which rents out student
flats during the summer - our private room had a bathroom, stove, and
fridge. Given that I was able to find reasonably-priced accommodation,
I did not find Scandinavia to be outrageously expensive - as long as
one stays away from restaurants with waiters and away from 7-11 stores
(Netto and Irma are pretty good grocery stores in Denmark, and Kiwi in
Norway).
I loved all the daylight. Oslo in particular never really got dark at
all. It was odd for there to be twilight at 1 AM.
I think we managed to break even on the Copenhagen Card (the 3-day
version), and we certainly managed to more than break even on the
Aarhus (1-day), Gothenburg (1-day), and Oslo (2-day) cards. My son
erroneously bought 2 clipcards for public transit, and we only needed
the one. However, we hope to visit again and use up the other one.
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