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Title: Rick Steves' Scandinavia 2004 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1-56691-528-7 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome book for 2 week trip.
Comment: Really good book! I took it on my 2 week trip through Denmark, Sweden and Norway this past summer. Although I didn't follow the trip that Steve lays out exactly- this book was nonetheless irrepaceable.
Highlights:
Mountain biking in Flam, Norway
The island of Aero- Denmark
Copenhagen tour, places to eat, etc.
I would definitely recommend this for the traveler who doesn't want to spend a lot of money on the trip, but when they do, they want to make sure it's worth it. This book does a great job with very good write ups about all aspects of a city.

Rating: 3
Summary: What happened to the "back door"?
Comment: I've been looking into the viability of spending a month in Sweden and Finland next June and gave a quick flick through this guide at my local bookstore. It's not a terrible guide or anything like that, but I wondered what happened to Rick Steves' "back door" philosophy? For example, in the scrawny section on Finland, he treats the whole country as just a frozen footnote to Helsinki. Seriously, the only other attractions he mentions in Finland are Turku, Porvoo, and Naantali ("a cute medieval town with a quaint harbor"). That's it! No Lapland, no lakes, no nothing! As for Sweden and Norway, you can read about Stockholm, Oslo and the fjords (which are great places to visit, don't get me wrong, but come on, they're nothing like "Scandinavia off the beaten path").

This book has it's merits, especially if you just can't enough of capital cities and the usual gamut of churches, museums, and cafes. If you're not afraid to go out and explore rural Scandinavia (ooh... reindeer... shakin'!), check out Lonely Planet's great guide to "Scandinavian Europe", which covers all the attractions mentioned by Rick Steves in MUCH greater detail, plus loads more. It also includes Iceland.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great book!
Comment: I found Rick Steves book very useful. We used it on our trip to Norway. Especially with directions to and fromplaces. The prices were very close and he had a lot of places to do and visit. We saw 2 other couples using this book as well.

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