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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 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 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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Title: Lonely Planet Sweden (Sweden, 2nd Ed) by Carolyn Bain, Graeme Cornwallis ISBN: 1740592271 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Norway (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 078949339X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Fodor's Norway, 6th Edition : The Guide for All Budgets, Completely Updated, with Many Maps and Travel Tips by Fodor's ISBN: 0676902022 Publisher: Fodor's Pub. Date: 07 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Rough Guide Norway (Norway (Rough Guides)) by Phil Lee, Jules Brown, Anette Slettbakk ISBN: 1843530546 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Denmark (LONELY PLANET DENMARK) by Glenda Bendure, Ned Friary ISBN: 1740590759 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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