Scandinavia Guidebook

In Rick Steves Scandinavia you'll find in-depth Rick-tested information on:

• Denmark
  • Copenhagen
  • Roskilde and sights north of Copenhagen
  • Central Denmark (including Ærø and Odense)
  • Jutland (including Aarhus, Legoland, and Jelling)
• Norway
  • Oslo
  • Bergen
  • Sognefjord and the Norway in a Nutshell route (including Flåm, Aurland, Undredal, Balestrand, the Lustrafjord, and Solvorn)
  • Gudbrandsdal Valley and the Jotunheimen Mountains (including Lillehammer and Lom)
  • Ålesund and Geirangerfjord
  • Stavanger (including Lysefjord and Pulpit Rock)
  • The Setesdal Valley (including Kristiansand)
• Sweden
  • Stockholm
  • Near Stockholm: Uppsala, Sigtuna, and Drottningholm Palace
  • Stockholm's archipelago (including Vaxholm, Grinda, and Sandhamn)
  • Southeast Sweden (including Växjö, Glass Country, Kalmar, and Öland)
• Finland
  • Helsinki
• Estonia
  • ​Tallinn
• Practicalities
  • Self-guided walks and museum tours
  • Easy-to-follow maps (including color maps of the whole region, central Copenhagen, Oslo, Norway's Sognefjord, Bergen, Stockholm, Helsinki, and Tallinn)
  • ​Trip planning: When to go, pre-trip checklist, festivals and holidays, recommended books and movies
  • Recommended three-week itinerary and advice on planning your time
  • Transportation: Trains, ferries, city transit, and driving
  • Each country's history, culture, language, and cuisine
  • Handy Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Estonian survival phrases
  • Detailed advice on managing money, communicating, reserving rooms, handling emergencies, and other helpful hints

Should I get any of the Snapshot guides for Scandinavia in addition to the Scandinavia guidebook?

No, because the various Snapshot guides for Scandinavia are simply excerpted chapters taken directly from the complete Rick Steves Scandinavia guidebook. (The exception: St. Petersburg, which is covered in the Snapshot: St. Petersburg, Helsinki & Tallinn guide but isn't included in Rick Steves Scandinavia…but we advise against traveling to Russia any time in the near future.)

Latest updates: When we learn of critical changes to the information in this guidebook, we post them. (Of course, it's still smart to reconfirm critical transportation and sightseeing details locally.) Armed with a Rick Steves guidebook and these late-breaking updates, you're set for a great trip!

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