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Norway Insight Guide Unknown

Norway Insight Guide By Unknown

Norway Insight Guide by Unknown


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Summary

A 394-page guide that details Norway's history. This book contains 15 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from myths and sagas to fishing for sport and sustenance. It includes a visitor's guide to the sights; a travel tips section containing contact addresses and numbers; hundreds of colour photos; and 15 maps.

Norway Insight Guide Summary

Norway Insight Guide by Unknown

This 394-page guide includes a section detailing Norway's history, 15 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from myths and sagas to fishing for sport and sustenance; a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a travel tips section packed with contact addresses. The key features include: Places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; Essay Features - incisive essays on the islands' history, people and culture; Photo Features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the country's most exotic sights, including its fjords and snowy Arctic Circle; and Travel Tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers. It also includes hundreds of full-colour photos and 15 maps.

Table of 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.

Additional information

GOR003006403
9789812349040
9812349049
Norway Insight Guide by Unknown
Used - Very Good
Paperback
APA Publications
20021031
394
N/A
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