NORWAY · SCANDINAVIA
Fjords by day, the aurora by night.
Fjord cruises, husky trails, midnight-sun hikes and northern-lights chases. Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø, Lofoten and the long coast in between.
Only in Norway
Three experiences that are pure Norway.
Boat trips and hikes you’ll find almost anywhere. Sailing a sheer-walled fjord, hunting the aurora through the polar night, and sledding behind Sámi reindeer happen here and almost nowhere else. Build the rest of the trip around them.
On the water
Sail a UNESCO fjord
Norway's fjords are flooded glacial valleys with walls that climb straight out of the sea. Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord are UNESCO-listed for a reason. You sail in past plunging waterfalls and cliffside farms, the boat dwarfed by rock on either side. No coastline on earth folds quite like this one.
- 1 From Bergen: The Original Fjord Cruise to Mostraumen
- 2 Stavanger: Electric Fjord Cruise to Lysefjord & Preikestolen
- 3 Oslo: Oslo Fjord Sightseeing Cruise by Sailing Ship
Under the polar sky
Chase the northern lights
From late September the Arctic sky turns green. Tromsø sits right under the auroral oval, so on a clear dark night the lights can fill the whole sky. Guides drive you out past the city glow, read the forecast, and wait with you in the cold until it starts to move.
- 1 Tromsø: Northern Lights Safari with Expert Guides and Photos
- 2 Tromsø: Northern Lights Pioneer Tour with Photos Included
- 3 Tromsø: Northern Lights Chase with Photos and Bodysuits
With the Sámi
Reindeer sledding with the Sámi
The Sámi have herded reindeer across the far north for centuries, and Sápmi reaches only the very top of Scandinavia. Ride a reindeer sled across the snow, hear how a herding family lives through the polar night, and thaw out in a lavvu over an open fire. It belongs to this corner of the world.
- 1 Tromsø: Reindeer Sledding & Feeding with a Sami Guide
- 2 Tromsø: Reindeer Camp and Sami Cultural Tour with Lunch
- 3 Tromsø: Reindeer Sled, Dinner, and Chance of Northern Lights
The fjord country
Where the road runs out and the fjord begins.
Norway’s coast is folded into more than a thousand fjords. Sheer-walled inlets where waterfalls drop hundreds of metres into still, dark water. The finest of them, Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord, you can really only take in from the deck of a boat.
The fjord cruises →If you do one thing
The trip everyone books first.
Whatever else makes the itinerary, this is the one most travellers lock in before they fly.
The favourites
Norway's Most Popular Trips
Fjord cruises, aurora chases, husky sledding and city walks. The trips most travellers come to Norway for.
By region
Pick where to base yourself.
Tromsø for the northern lights. Bergen for the fjords. Lofoten for the islands. Oslo for the city and the harbour. Stavanger for the big hikes.
By experience
Or pick the kind of trip.
A fjord cruise for the classic Norway view. A northern-lights chase if you came for the sky. Huskies and reindeer, whales and hikes, city walks and the rest.
When to come
Summer or winter? Norway is two countries.
Few places change as much with the season. Long bright days and green fjords, or the polar night and the northern lights. Start by picking your half of the year.
Tromsø & the Arctic
The capital of the northern lights.
Tromsø sits 350 km inside the Arctic Circle, and from autumn to spring it is one of the best places on earth to stand under the aurora. Guides chase the clear sky by minibus or boat, well away from the city glow, and most nights they find it. The same waters turn up whales and midnight sun once summer comes round.
- 1 Tromsø: Northern Lights Chase in a Mercedes Benz with Photos
- 2 Tromsø: Northern Lights Tour with Local Stories & Photos
- 3 Tromso Aurora Hunt with Bonfire, Soup, Winter Gear & Transfers
Out on the snow
Behind the dogs.
A team of huskies, a sled, and a frozen valley running out ahead. Drive your own team or ride along while a musher takes the lines. The three we’d start a first-timer on.
Between the fjords
City days.
Oslo’s harbour and museums, Bergen’s old wharf, the food halls and walking-pace history. Our three favourite ways to spend a day on foot.
On foot and in the water
Out in the wild.
Hike to a fjord-top viewpoint, watch whales feed off the winter coast, or push into a national park most visitors never reach. The active side of Norway, beyond the cruise deck. Three to build an outdoor day around.
Plan it
How to see Norway in one trip.
Most trips split into three: the fjords in the west, the Arctic in the north, the cities in between. Here is the shape of it.
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