Norway Travel Guide

Being a constitutional monarchy, the kingdom of Norway is located an area of northern Europe within the very western part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Norway has a long coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean. Norway was the very 1st European country to declare its independence. Norway is gifted with extensive natural resources which include the largest fishing industry in the world, wide areas of forest, and rich natural gas fields. Norway’s geography is typified by rugged coastline, large fjords and thousands of small islands. It covers a total land area of about 400,000 square km, although much of this land mass is mountainous, caused by broad glaciations during the ice age.

Norway is an astonishing country with extremes from North to South and from city to countryside. Everything looks larger than life from the breathtaking fjords to the superb midnight sun in the north of the country. CNN have Tromso on top of its list of best places to see the aurora or northern lights. Tromso should also be visited throughout summer to see the midnight sun. Winter sport lovers will find Oslo’s Tryvann Vinterpark, a world-class ski resort is a location they must not miss. Tryvann Vinterpark is extremely close to Oslo city, an idealistic destination for a day trip.
For a taste of traditional Norway and to sample its ancient culture, the town of Drobak makes a splendid choice of destination to explore by car.