Rick Steves' Scandinavia 2002

by Steves, Rick

• ISBN13: 9781566913645
• ISBN10: 1566913640
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub

Summary

Rick Steves back door travel philosophy is for people who want to experience real countries, no matter what their travel budget. This newly updated edition covers Copenhagen, Oslo, the Fjords, Stockholm, and Helsinki. 34 maps. Illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Planning Your Trip	1	(1)
Trip Costs	2	(1)
Exchange Rates	3	(1)
Prices, Times and Discounts	4	(1)
When to Go	4	(1)
Sightseeing Priorities	5	(1)
Red Tape	5	(1)
Banking	5	(2)
Travel Smart	7	(1)
Tourist Information	8	(1)
Recommended Guidebooks	8	(1)
Rick Steves' Books and Videos	9	(1)
Maps	10	(1)
Tours of Scandinavia	10	(1)
Transportation	10	(5)
Telephones, Mail, and E-mail	15	(1)
Sleeping	16	(4)
Eating	20	(2)
The Language Barrier	22	(1)
One Region, Different Countries	22	(1)
Stranger in a Strange Land	23	(1)
Back Door Manners	23	(1)
Send Me a Postcard, Drop Me a Line	23	(2)
Back Door Travel Philosophy	25	(2)
Denmark	27	(56)
Copenhagen	28	(33)
Central Denmark: Ærø and Odense	61	(13)
Jutland: Legoland and Arhus	74	(9)
Norway	83	(68)
Oslo	84	(23)
Norway in a Nutshell	107	(9)
Valleys, Mountains, and Fjords	116	(13)
Bergen	129	(14)
South Norway's Setesdal Valley	143	(8)
Sweden	151	(38)
Stockholm	152	(24)
South Sweden: Vaxjo and Kalmar	176	(13)
Finland	189	(22)
Helsinki	190	(21)
Estonia	211	(18)
Tallinn	212	(17)
Appendix	229	(8)
Let's Talk Telephones	229	(1)
U.S. Embassies	230	(1)
Public Transportation	230	(2)
Festivals and Public Holidays	232	(1)
Numbers and Stumblers	233	(1)
Metric Conversion	234	(1)
Climate	234	(1)
Road Scholar Feedback Form	235	(1)
Faxing Your Hotel Reservation	236	(1)
Index	237