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Title: Lonely Planet Norway (Norway, 2nd Ed)
by Graeme Cornwallis, Andrew Bender, Deanna Swaney
ISBN: 1-74059-200-X
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Pub. Date: May, 2002
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $19.99
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Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)

Customer Reviews

Rating: 3
Summary: A daunting task...
Comment: Norway's a deceptively large country with many, many small towns and interesting regions, all of which are separated by large distances. This book scratches the surface of all of them.

I found the guide fairly weak for southwestern Norway (Stavanger & Bergen areas). While it did direct me to the more obvious tourist areas, I felt as if I had no idea about 90% of the other things I could do.

In summary, because they try to cover the whole country in one book, the coverage of any one area tends to be superficial.

Rating: 3
Summary: Good guide, altought with some weak points
Comment: I've been recently travelling all around Norway, from South to North, including the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. I found this guide generally very useful, but weak when it comes to talk about the Nordland, the Far North (Troms and the Finnmark) and Svalbard. For example, Lofoten is surely a fascinating place especially for hikers - like I suppose the author is - but many description are exhagerated and you might be disappointed once there - like I was. The Nordland is not sufficiently covered and the information sometimes might be poor in contents. Same about the Finnmark. The Svalbard part of the guide could be more exhaustive, altought I agree is a surely less touristic place than Bergen as a matter of fact is. There is space for improvements, but you cannot find anything better packed.

Rating: 4
Summary: fun reading but apparently not-so-accurate
Comment: I adore Lonely Planet guides and bought this to plan a trip to Tromsø from where to explore Lofoten, Troms, and Finnmark. The person coaching me on my visit and with whom I've got crash space if I get there before they head off travelling themselves is from Havenstøy and goes to school in Tromsø -- they read this guide while visiting New Zealand and said it's rather inaccurate regarding the northern part of Norway. Not having gone yet, I cannot confirm this but it's a great read for background information and b/c I've had astounding luck with Lonely Planet guides elsewhere I'll be sticking with it regardless.

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