Anyone been to Iceland or Norway?

Fancying doing a few days in each country in October. Owt we should go and see whilst we're there, both look stunning and want to see Northern Lights.

 

been to Iceland.....dint see Peter Andre tho.

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I've been to Norway but I was in the Army so besides from digging trenches and holes big enough to put a tent in I can't really help much. We did get a weeks R @ R though and the bits I visited were beautiful.

 

Been to a couple of music festivals in both countries. Visually stunning but chuffing expensive. Definitely worth it though

 

Please do your weekly shop at Morrisons. Cheers.

 

Been to Iceland - absolutely fantastic and unique place to visit. Geysers, Waterfalls at Gulfoss, Blue Lagoon all worth a visit. In winter there's a fare chance you'll see the Northern Lights which we did.

Icelandair do a city break for £249 which is well worth the money

http://www.icelandair.co.uk/offers-...ackage/item201439/Northern_Lights_City_Break/

 

Cheers mate will have a look. Made me laugh how the tip is to wear warm clothes, no **** sherlock.

 

I live in Norway! In order to see the Northern Lights i would travel to Tromsø or somewhere near there. Been to Iceland twice, Iceland is a shithole in the winter, dark and misrable to be honest. The capital city Reykavik is terrible.

 

Been to Norway. The fjords are something everyone should see once in their lives - magical and mind blowing. The restof the country - meh. Oslo is worth a couple of days to see the Munch museum and..... that's it really. Make sure that you take a packed lunch with you. It's so insanely expensive it's not even funny. A tenner a pint of Carlsberg in Bergen, ace.

 

Big bank loans !!!

 

I went to Norway, early 80s on business. Didn't get to see much but I remember a night out on the town in Oslo and (being at the end of June) it never went dark. Beer was outrageously expensive (I think booze still costs fortune unless you buy it from supermarkets).

I remember a park in the city centre with loads of nude statues, can't remember the name but its supposed to be famous. We visited an oil refinery on a fjord to the north west which was spectacular and a University to the north of Oslo which was very scenic.

I guess this doesn't help much.

 

If you go to Iceland there's always the penis museum.

http://www.phallus.is/en/

 

The land of the midnight sun. When I was there, in January and February, it seemed to never get light.

 

Beer costs between £8-£12 all depending on where and when. At the airport i paid £21 for 2 small glasses of wine.

Nobody goes out until earliest kl.2300 on the weekends. With a drink for u and your missus you'd be bankrupt before being drunk!

Lovely place though. Snowing at the moment and about minus 9 celcius

 

Been to Norway with University in 1997. Fabulous country.

Lots of tunnels, try the spiral tunnel in Drammen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG-B659WZfY

Fjords galore. Saw the Northern Lights but it wasn't that clear, like somebody wafting a green Dralon curtain. That was in Aurland which is part of the Sognefjorden. There is the longest tunnel in the world near Aurland that they were excavating at the time, don't know if its open yet.

Enjoyed Bergen, they use speedboats for taxis just like them off the Bond film Live and Let Die. Had a salmon burger in McDonalds. Also Troll museum.

Took a ferry back from Bergen to Stavanger which was great but I think the other way from Bergen to the Artic Circle is supposed to be really special.

Beer very expensive, the locals get trollied at home before going out. Supemarkets are cheaper.

There is an Hoyland in Norway, went past it but I'd say Hoyland in Barnsley is better.

 

We went to Iceland a few years back and stopped in Reykjavik.
We arranged a day trip with a company called mountain taxi. A super jeep took us to all the usually tourist things mentioned above (not the blue lagoon). But when all the coach trips turned back. They took us up on to the glacier where they had snowmobiles waiting and we then rode them around for an hour before being taken back. It was a really good day.
www.mountaintaxi.is

 

A friend of mine has just come back from Norway, after visiting to see the Northern Lights (he also went into Finland for a couple of days). Raved about it, said it was one of the best things he's ever done. He was there for two weeks and with everything in including flights, accommodation, excursions, restaurants, bars etc, he and his wife spent just under £12,000. (I was gobsmacked).