Scandinavia Guidebook

$29.99

Scandinavia Guidebook

Scandinavia Guidebook

$29.99

Rick's picks for sights, eating, sleeping
In-depth coverage of our favorite Scandinavian destinations
Also includes chapters on Tallinn (Estonia) and Helsinki (Finland)
Great self-guided neighborhood walks and museum tours
Easy-to-read maps

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

Denmark

Copenhagen
Roskilde and sights north of Copenhagen
Ærø and Odense (Central Denmark)
Jutland (including Aarhus, Legoland, and Jelling)

Norway

Oslo
Bergen
Sognefjord and Norway in a Nutshell route (including Flåm, Aurland, Undredal, Balestrand, Lustrafjord, and Solvorn)
Gudbrandsdal Valley and Jotunheimen Mountains (including Lillehammer and Lom)
Ålesund and Geirangerfjord
Stavanger (including Lysefjord and Pulpit Rock)
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.)

What's the difference between this Scandinavia book and the new Copenhagen, Oslo & Stockholm guidebook?

Our slim three-city book focuses strictly on the three Scandinavian capitals. It includes all the hotels, restaurants, and nitty-gritty practical advice for Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm in the Scandinavia book, along with basic day-trip advice. It does not cover the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish countrysides. If you expect to spend all of your time in one or more of the Scandinavian capitals, the three-city guidebook is all you need.

This Scandinavia guidebook delves deeper into this region. In addition to more detailed day trips from the capitals, it covers many destinations beyond Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm. For Denmark these include Roskilde, Ærø & Odense, and Jutland (including Aarhus and the Lego sights). For Norway, you’ll find Bergen, more on Norway’s fjord and mountain country (including Sognefjord and the Nutshell, Lillehammer, Geirangerfjord, and Ålesund), Stavanger, and the Setesdal Valley. And for Sweden, coverage includes more archipelago destinations, Kalmar, and Sweden’s Glass Country. Scandinavia also includes Helsinki, Finland, and Tallinn, Estonia.

If your itinerary includes any of these Scandinavian destinations beyond Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, it'd make more sense to travel with our complete Rick Steves Scandinavia guidebook.

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! Check our guidebook updates for Scandinavia.

Submit feedback: Once you've used this book in Europe, we'd love to hear your feedback — good or bad — about our advice on sights, hotels, restaurants, and travel tips. We're also interested in any tips or discoveries you made while in Europe. Your comments help us improve our guidebooks for future travelers.

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Product Details

Dimensions

8" x 4 ½" x ¾"

Weight

1 lb

Product Code

9781641717175

Author

Rick Steves

Pages

902

Publication Date

November 2026 (18th edition)

Next Edition Arrives

November 2028

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The guidebook is filled with an enormous amount of useful information. I love sitting back and reading it as I begin to plan for my trip next year to the Scandinavian countries. Thank you for all the hard work in writing this book.

Great guidebook. Using it right now to plan our upcoming adventure. I love that with the Rick Steves books you can always check for updates to the books on ricksteves.com

Great book and resources for our trip!

As always, Rick Steves guidebooks provide updated and organized travel information with a good blend of text vs. visuals. I especially like the suggested itineraries around the # days you have available.

Very well designed. Good job.

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