Lonely Planet Norway (Travel Guide)

Norway is a very different travel experience from the more popular countries in Europe. The country itself is, perhaps, the main attraction to tourists. This guide gives you a fundamental understanding of some of the basic options you have to see the natural elements of Norway. This is unlike an action-packed guide like other countries full of activities and museums manufactured for humans engaging in the tourist industry. It is harder to create a self-guided experience uniquely tailored to your needs with this guide. Also, Norway is one of the most expensive countries you can go in the world. So, it is hard to create a budget trip like you can with other Lonely Planet guides.

I just got back from a two week roadtrip through Norway and had bought this guide as a nice primer to plan the trip. It was a great idea! But once you're actually in the country you realize that some of the listed information isn't accurate, some of the restaurants or businesses have been closed a good while (years in some cases), some places are tourist traps, and some of the historic towns and sights that we passed on the road weren't listed in the book at all. We ended up skipping on Norwegian SIM cards for our phones since we had GPS in the car and this guide book... but we quickly realized it was best to just do some research when we found wifi and screenshot business info for later.I had high hopes for the book but will be going with a different guide for my next trip abroad. I will be sending them an email directly with some of my complaints as well.

I liked it, and it worked pretty well. I took a cruise by the fjords and it saved me a lot to have this instead of buying the super expensive tours that they sold in the cruise. However, I did have only one problem with one of the stops, where it was suggested to take a train along the trollstingen... and it had only two times a day which really bummed me out. On the rest, info is quite detailed and maps are good to do it on your own.

I will definitely get Rick Steves book next time. Its a little more expensive, but so worth it. I have always gotten Rick Steve's books, but I wanted to try something a little different (and a tad bit cheaper), but I won't make that mistake again. The book was a little confusing and there was just general listing of restaurants, excursions, etc. I like Rick Steves' books because he provides his personal experiences, such as "You could go to place A, but I would highly recommend place B if you are interested in ______". I want to mention that I am not quoting him, just providing an example of information Rick Steves' provides in his books.

Just returned from a trip to Norway and found this book to be helpful. Could use more detail on sights beyond the most popular. But that would make it heavier. Some guides include all of Scandinavia. SO those are either bulkier or less detailed. So all in all a very good guide if you only need Norway.

The Lonely Planet Travel Guides are always extremely helpful in planning a meaningful experience when traveling. We purchased The Lonely Planet NORWAY because we found the FINLAND guide fantastic. These guides give you an easy way to plan the most important things to see and do. You get a great list of sights, museums, restaurants and hotels with descriptions and approximate costs in which to helo you make informed decisions. The Lonely Planet Guide NORWAY was a WINNER.

On the whole, it's a good guide but I was expecting a folded or pull-out large map of Norway at the back as some of the Lonely Planet guide books have at the back or front. It was something I needed and for which I actually bought the guide book.

I travel frequently for pleasure and for work. I made a visit back to Norway, where my fathers family hail from. I wanted to explore other areas of Norway I hadn't been. This book was a very good resource! Well written and easy to navigate (no pun intended). I would...and have recommended it.

Book was okay, I would have preferred there to be more pictures and facts about key areas. We pretty much didn't use it on the trip as it didn't really show us anything of interest . But this may just have been down to our preference rather than the book itself

We took it with us on a Hurtigruten trip up the coast of Norway. It proved itself to be invaluable.

Only book of its sort but over the years the layout is getting less easy to find things.

Lovely guide book. I have my trip planned to Norway based on the info from this book.

Great guide