A few tips:
- Bring Hand and Foot Warmers: To keep warm at night, we brought hand and foot warmers...these were awesome. They are expensive when you are on the ground, so bring them with you!
- Buy Ice Spikes: We didn't have these, but there is ice everywhere...on the sidewalks, roads, everywhere. P had a bad fall and wished we'd had them...most people did!
- Prepare to be Shocked by Prices: Norway is legit expensive. Like...$12 for Ben and Jerry's...most sweaters were $200 and more like $400. You have to kind of forget about it on the ground, but mentally prepare!
Hotels
Scandic Grand: This was a basic, but central hotel. Very scandi...two beds...shower gel...and a great breakfast. It's a 5 minute walk from anywhere in town. Highly recommend!
Restaurants
Da Pinocchio: Honestly, I am not a huge fan of Norwegian food, so we ate at Pinocchio twice...a quaint little pizza price with reasonable prices (for Norway!)
Excursions
Chasing Lights: We took two tours with Chasing Lights to make sure we saw some! The first night we did a small bus tour with 14 others...which included a dinner and marshmallows. This is when we saw the amazing lights...but the next night we went on a big bus tour. It was still great, but minimal lights. I think this was a function of lights, not the tour package. The guides both night were great and super about taking photos (and giving photography advice!)
Cable Car: If you walk over the big bridge in town, you can hop on a cable car to the top of the mountain and see a stunning view of the town. We lucked out and went up during sunrise and came down before sunset. The views were amazing (and the food at the top was yum!)
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