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Spectacular Scandinavia and its Fjords - Small Group
Travel from Copenhagen to Oslo on a Small Group tour through the capitals, harbors and fjord country of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Explore Copenhagen, Stockholm, Bergen and Oslo with your Travel Director and Local Experts, spending time in royal districts, historic waterfronts and new cultural neighborhoods. Between the cities, you'll ride the Flm Railway, cross the Hardangervidda plateau and sail Geirangerfjord, pausing at a stave church, former mining towns and lakeside villages. Along the way, meet family-run producers in Voss, join fika in Granna and visit glacier researchers in Fjrland, keeping local life and landscape at the center of the trip.
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Welcome to Copenhagen
Arrive in Copenhagen, a compact capital shaped by sea trade, civic planning and Danish design. Meet your Travel Director and fellow small group travelers over dinner and drinks to get to know the group and your journey ahead. Later, you'll visit Tivoli Gardens by night. Opened in 1843, it remains one of Europe's oldest amusement parks, set around gardens, pavilions and performance venues, with illuminated walkways and classic rides still woven into the original plan.
Hotel: Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Copenhagen
Explore Wonderful Copenhagen
Explore Copenhagen with your Local Expert, who will set the city's royal, political and harbor districts in context as you view the Little Mermaid, Christiansborg Palace, Rosenborg Castle, Amalienborg Palace, Nyhavn, Copenhagen Cathedral and the Round Tower. In the afternoon you'll have time at leisure to explore further, perhaps visiting a museum, browsing design shops or following the waterfront on foot or by bicycle. Perhaps join an Optional Experience into the countryside north of the city to discover the castles of North Zealand, where royal residences and coastal landscapes show a different side of Denmark.
Hotel: Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Copenhagen
On to Gothenburg Relaxed Start
Travel into Sweden and on to Gothenburg, a harbor city shaped by North Sea trade and 17th-century fortifications. Here, join a walking tour that brings together local food traditions and the city's trading history, from a fish bun lunch at Feskekorka to sweet tastings in the market hall with your Local Expert. The rest of the day is at leisure; explore the Haga district's wooden houses, visit an art or maritime museum or spend longer by the harbor.
Hotel: Elite Park Avenue, Gothenburg
Lakes and Culture of Sweden
Travel through Sweden's lake district, following the shores of Lake Vattern towards Stockholm. You'll pause above the town of Granna at Grannaberget cafe for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience, meeting Mattias at his family-run 18th-century cafe. Here you'll take part in fika, the Swedish custom of pausing for coffee and something sweet, with pastries from local farms and producers. Continue to Stockholm, Sweden's Baltic capital spread across 14 islands with a preserved medieval center on Gamla Stan.
Hotel: Scandic Grand Central (Superior rooms), Stockholm
Stockholm, City of Islands
Explore Stockholm with your Local Expert, moving between the medieval streets of Gamla Stan and the city's later civic districts. You'll see Stockholm Cathedral and visit City Hall to view the Blue Hall, where the Nobel Banquet is held, and the Golden Hall lined with mosaics. The rest of the day is at leisure. Perhaps visit the Vasa Museum or Skansen on Djurgrden, take a harbor boat tour or spend longer exploring Gamla Stan's side streets and viewpoints.
Hotel: Scandic Grand Central (Superior rooms), Stockholm
Flora of Uppsala and on to Falun Relaxed Start
Travel north to Uppsala, a historic university city and former religious center. You'll meet local storyteller Hans Odoo to hear how Carl Linnaeus used his garden here as a living laboratory, arranging plants by species and origin and shaping modern botany. Continue through Sweden's lake and forest landscapes to Falun, where your day ends with a Farm-to-Table dinner at a local restaurant focused on regional produce and seasonal dishes.
Hotel: First Grand, Falun
Lillehammer
Visit the Falun copper mine and pit, a historic industrial site that shaped Sweden's economy for centuries. Travel onwards towards Mora, following the shores of Lake Siljan, then continue through the Dalarna landscape to Salen, where your Travel Director will lead an orientation of this key alpine resort area. Cross into Norway, passing Hamar on the shores of Lake Mjsa, one of the country's largest lakes. Arrive in Lillehammer and join your Travel Director for an orientation that links the main street, traditional wooden buildings and Olympic venues with the wider Gudbrandsdalen valley.
Hotel: Scandic Lillehammer
Geiranger, Jewel of the Fjords Relaxed Start
Travel through Gudbrandsdalen, often associated with the Peer Gynt legends, following valley and mountain scenery towards the inner fjords. Pause at Lom to view its stave church, a 12th-century wooden structure dating from around 1158 that illustrates medieval Norwegian timber construction and church life in the high valleys. Continue across the mountain roads to Geiranger, a fjord village noted for its steep slopes and waterfalls, where you'll stay for the next two nights.
Hotel: Union Geiranger
Explore Geiranger at Leisure Relaxed Start
Spend a free day in Geiranger. You could follow marked paths to viewpoints above the village and along the fjord, join a boat trip or kayak outing on Geirangerfjord, or visit the Norwegian Fjord Center to see how farms and routes developed on the steep slopes. You can also choose an Optional Experience that drives the Trollstigen mountain road, known for its engineered hairpin bends, waterfalls and viewing platforms.
Hotel: Union Geiranger
Fjrland and Leikanger
Start the day with a cruise along Geirangerfjord, as you sail past steep rock walls, waterfalls and former farmsteads in this UNESCO-listed fjord landscape. Travel by road towards Fjrland and pause at Byabreen glacier for a photo stop at one of the most accessible arms of the Jostedalsbreen icefield. Explore Fjrland with Insight Choice. Choose between visiting the Norwegian Glacier Museum, a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience focused on glacier science and climate, or join a walk with your Local Expert to hear about life between fjord and glacier. Continue to your fjord hotel in Leikanger for dinner featuring fresh, locally sourced produce.
Hotel: Leikanger Fjord
Up the Flm Railway
Cross Sognefjord and follow the valley to Flm to board the Flm Railway, climbing from the fjord to the mountain plateau on one of the world's steepest standard-gauge lines. Travel on to Voss to visit Finnegarden Farm, where glacial soils, a cool inland climate and long summer days support orchards that supply distinctive juices and ciders. Your day ends in Bergen, a former Hanseatic trading port marked by its harbor warehouses and surrounding hills at the edge of Norway's main fjord region.
Hotel: Scandic rnen
Discover Bergen Relaxed Start
Explore Bergen with your Local Expert, taking in the fish market, Haakon's Hall and the timber warehouses of Bryggen that reflect the city's Hanseatic past. With your small group, you'll move between the harbor and surrounding streets to see how the city sits between sea and hills. The rest of the day is at leisure; perhaps walk the lanes of Bryggen and the Nordnes peninsula, visit the aquarium or spend time in the city's shops and galleries. You may choose an Optional Experience to visit the KODE art museums before taking the Flibanen funicular up Mount Floyen to take in the view over Bergen and the surrounding fjords.
Hotel: Scandic rnen
Mountains and Fjords to Oslo
Travel from Bergen to Oslo across southern Norway, following a route that moves from fjord inlets and islands to high plateaus and inland valleys. You'll cross Hardangervidda, one of Europe's largest mountain plateaus, with open moorland, scattered lakes and distant peaks, then descend past rivers and waterfalls that feed Norway's hydropower system. Forests, farmland and small towns around the Oslofjord basin signal the approach to the capital, where your day ends with an evening at leisure; perhaps walk along the Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen waterfront, see the angles of the Oslo Opera House from the harbor or spend time on Karl Johans gate between the station and the Royal Palace.
Hotel: Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Oslo
Metropolitan Oslo Relaxed Start
Explore Oslo with your Local Expert, taking in the Royal Palace, Akershus Castle and the sculptures in Frogner Park that make up Gustav Vigeland's large-scale outdoor installation. Move down to the harbor to see the Opera House and the regenerated Bjrvika neighborhood, where new cultural buildings and waterfront promenades reshape the former docks. The rest of the day is at leisure; perhaps return to Karl Johans gate or the Aker Brygge area for last souvenirs or a final walk by the water. This evening, join your small group and Travel Director for dinner to mark the end of your journey through Scandinavia.
Hotel: Radisson Blu Scandinavia, Oslo
Farewell Scandinavia
Your journey through Scandinavia comes to an end in Oslo, say goodbye to your small group and Travel Director before your onward travel.
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