Rick Steves' Scandinavia, 2000

by Rick Steves; Ian Watson

• ISBN13: 9781562615017
• ISBN10: 1562615017
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

Suggests lodging, food, and sightseeing highlights along with travel tips and cultural information

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Planning Your Trip	p. 1
Trip Costs	p. 2
Exchange Rates	p. 3
Prices, Times, and Discounts	p. 4
When to Go	p. 4
Sightseeing Priorities	p. 4
Red Tape	p. 5
Banking	p. 5
Travel Smart	p. 6
Tourist Information	p. 8
Recommended Guidebooks	p. 8
Rick Steves' Books and Videos	p. 9
Maps	p. 9
Transportation	p. 10
Telephones, Mail and E-mail	p. 14
Sleeping	p. 15
Eating	p. 19
The Language Barrier	p. 21
One Region, Different Countries	p. 21
Stranger in a Strange Land	p. 22
Back Door Manners	p. 22
Tours of Scandinavia	p. 22
Send Me a Postcard, Drop Me a Line	p. 22
Back Door Travel Philosophy	p. 23
Denmark
Copenhagen	p. 25
Central Denmark: AEro and Odense	p. 53
Jutland: Legoland and Arhus	p. 63
Norway
Oslo	p. 71
Norway in a Nutshell	p. 87
Valleys, Mountains, and Fjords	p. 95
Bergen	p. 105
South Norway's Setesdal Valley	p. 117
Sweden
Stockholm	p. 125
South Sweden: Vaxjo and Kalmar	p. 146
Finland
Helsinki	p. 159
Estonia
Tallinn	p. 179
Appendix	p. 193
Let's Talk Telephones	p. 193
Numbers and Stumblers	p. 193
Public Transportation	p. 194
Metric Conversion	p. 195
Climate	p. 196
Faxing Your Hotel Reservation	p. 197
Road Scholar Feedback Form	p. 198
Jubilee 2000	p. 199
Index	p. 200
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