Norway Insight Guides
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This guide includes a section detailing Norway's history, 15 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from the off-the-shelf monarchy to fishing for sport and sustenance; a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of photographs and 15 maps.

Contents:
Maps
- Norway
- Central Oslo
- Oslo
- Around Oslo and its Fjord
- Heart of Norway
- Southern Norway and its Fjords
- Stavanger
- Southwest Coast
- Bergen
- The Hurtigrute
- More and Romsdal
- Trondheim
- North, into the Arctic
- The Far North
- Svalbard

Introduction & History
- Northern Contrasts
- Decisive Dates
- Beginnings
- Kings and Christianity
- The 400-Year Sleep
- Union with Sweden
- An Independent Modern Country

Features
- Who are the Norwegians?
- Epic Explorers
- Off-the-Shelf Monarchy
- The Sami - People of Four Nations
- Boat Builders and Engineers
- An Outdoor Life
- Sporting Passions
- Fishing
- Sport and Sustenance
- The Traditional Arts
- Tradition, not Haute Culture
- Why Does Everything Cost So Much?

Places
- Introduction
- Oslo, Nordic City of Light
- Around Oslo and its Fjord
- The Heart of Norway
- Peak and Plateau
- Telemark and the South Fjords
- Rogaland
- Stavanger
- Hordaland
- Bergen
- The Most Beautiful Voyage
- From Sogn to Nordfjord
- More and Romsdal
- Trondheim
- North, into the Arctic
- The Far North
- Svalbard

Picture Stories
- Folklore - Sagas and Folktales
- Nature's Larder
- Bio-diversity and Sustainability
- Land of the Midnight Sun

Information Panel
- A Viking Burial
- The Great Exodus
- The Heroes of Telemark
- Norway and its Neighbours
- Black Gold
- The Great Ski-Jump
- Morgedal and Telemark Revival
- Nobel's Peace Prize
- Roros and the Old Copper Country
- A Country Afloat
- Stiklestad

Travel Tips
- Getting Acquainted
- Planning the Trip
- Practical Tips
- Getting Around
- Where to Stay
- Where to Eat
- Culture
- Shopping
- Sport
- Language
- Further Reading


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