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I'm three weeks away from leaving Oz for the UK, where I'm hooking up with my mate and going on a free-style Scandinavian driving holiday/invasion...........we're hoping to see wilderness, mountains, fjords(!) etc. etc. Anyone have any "must see" locations? Or general advice? We're not so much looking for tourist-style places, more spectacular scenery............. many thanks in advance........... |
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Scandinavia? thats three countries, isn't it? |
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5!! dumbass!!! =) |
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which 5? |
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To tell you the truth, i knew it was more than one, but that was about it...... <-------- ignorant, fat ozzie |
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Finnland Sweden Norway Denmark Island |
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i thought so :) i don't really call scandinavia the last two though. |
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I thought we were all kind of in agreement that Norway isn't really a country. and it's Iceland, dumbass. :D |
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Sido: You're wrong. You're thinking about the nordic countries (sweden, norway, finland, denmark and iceland). Scandinavia- the scandinavian peninsula, ie norway and sweden OR the collective term for sweden, norway and denmark. It's both of those.. |
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Nope i think you are wrong. Do a google on scandinavia , all 5 countries are always included. But if you are right im the bigest dumbass in xlt history hehe! Qrter: Technicaly im not really a dumbass cause Iceland is called Island in swedish =) |
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Oh, and the recommendations. If the weather is nice you should definitely visit the archipelagos of Stockholm and/or Gothenburg. They're both amazing in the summer and you can't find that sort of nature in many places (Sweden, Finland and Chile, that's about it really). I used to go all the time with my parents when I was a kid. Other than that I'd say that Norway has a more dramatic and beautiful nature than Sweden. You seem to have it pretty well pinned down, fjords, mountains, all that shizzle is nice as fuck.. I'd go to Stockholm too 'cause it's a nice summer city and the inner city is built on islands which makes it a bit different from most big cities in Europe. |
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Yep norway has the most dramatic nature. Id like to go there myself sometime. Its hella expensive to live there tho , they are so rich with their oil and all =) |
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Google schmoogle, hehe.. I checked and double-checked in a dictionary and it says I win, you lose..;) Eh, it also say that the Faroe Islands is a part of the nordic countries (two definitions of that one as well, one with the other without). I'll be damned.. |
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Thanks zetre, thats the type of thing i'm after................... have you had any experience camping at that time of year? Is it a possibility?.......... i'm experienced in hot/arid-environment camping/ hiking/ trekking, but the cold stuff will be new to me..... not looking at anything 'ard-core, but a few overnights hikes might hit the spot. |
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Most seen locations in Scandinavia: Stokholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finnland), Oslo (Norway) and Roskilde (Denmark). Also very fine are ... |
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We're chasing fjords, not flange ;) |
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Sure ... :P |
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Camping is quite easy, at least in Sweden. If you find a spot that's nice and a bit secluded you can put your tent up without being bothered or you ca go to a camping site but ten you'd ave to pay a fee and fee are the devil.. Just remember to bring a sleeping bag, some sort of anti-mosquito shit and a big fire..and hot dogs.. The nights usually get pretty cool in summer as well.. |
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I can recommend you the saunas you will find them on every sea. |
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easily done! i'm bringing all the gear with me so i'll be sorted for tent, bag, bivvie etc........... Going hiking in the Flinders Rangers tonight and over the weekend......... my last taste of the desert :( |
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ok.........now what exactly is a sauna in your part of the world? I don't want to find myself whipping a large, naked Swede with a birch-branch! |
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That's not my spelling by the way, it's just this fucking key board messing with me.. |
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Don't worry, you won't be the one doing the whipping.. |
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isn't it funny that Iceland is green, and Greenland is icey? I find it funny anyways... |
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who told you iceland was green?? |
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a little birdy! |
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check..iceland photographed from satelite...damn bird. |
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yeah, but that's during the winter probably... Newfoundland looks like that in the winter too... birds are never wrong! Especially the talking ones... |
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Scandinavia is: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. No more discussion. If you visit Scandinavia, you don't come for the big cities, right? When you visit Norway, Skip Oslo, and go to the western part with the fjords, and the city of Bergen. Travel north, through the city of Trondheim, and above the artic circle. From the city of Bodø, you take the ferry/Hurtigruten to the Lofoten Islands. |
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you forgot iceland and finland |
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I would say is from there - he has to know! |
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whats the population of stockholm? |
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I didn't. Finland and Iceland is not a part of Scandinavia. Go to your room and do your Geography Homework |
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Bah. I can see why people are confused. A search of the word "Scandinavia" gives tourist info on countries like Iceland, Finland and the Baltic countries. But check out an atlas, and not travel pages. |
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if iceland isn't a part of scandinavia, then how come so many girls around here have been miss scandinavia? :). The peninsula is called scandinavia but the concept scandinavia is often used for the nordic countries. |
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ah man this is gettin ridiculous even scandinavian ppl r fighting what scandinavia is :) the way i learned in school is that its swe den and nor and iceland and finland r icelandic countries but maybe im clueless |
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nordic countries sorry apparently i am clueless xaxa |
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Nordic yes. Than you can add Iceland and Finland. |
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if you were to take the exact core scandinavian countries then it would just be sweden and norway because denmark isn't on the peninsula and because denmark isn't on the peninsula but is still a scandinavian country, finland, the faroe islands and iceland might just as be scandinavian countries... |
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Man, I already explained all this.. |
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mortsto-x: u got the idea.......stay away from cities and check out the land.......... thanks for the suggestions.........i'm putting together a few ideas.........don't want to plan it out too much, just a "to do" list.......... two weeks of work left, then i leave on the 29th.... |
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if you're going to Denmark, the 'must see' things are the museum of Christiania and Tivoli. |
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finland is not a part of scandinavia! |
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if by scandinavia you mean the geographical area finland is more scandinavia than iceland :) |
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what the fuck you on about chambre noire? |
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there are several scandinavias! If it's scandinavia 2, it's scandinavia, but it could be scandinavia anything... EVEN HORSEFACTORY SAID HE READ IT WRONG!!! |
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SCANDINAVIA "Region of northern Europe, usually defined as comprising Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. It is sometimes used more broadly to include Finland and Iceland. Norway and Sweden occupy the Scandinavian Peninsula, though Denmark is part of the North European Plain. The Scandinavian peoples are linked by cultural similarities, and they speak a closely related group of Germanic languages." for example finnish is not a germanic language. i find finns to be more related to the baltics/russians. i guess it all depends on how you see things. ps. also [in swedish] - |
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I agree Fact: finnish language has more in common with a asian language like Hindi then swedish. Fredrik Lindström sa det i "Värsta Språket". |
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i wouldn't include holland |
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