{"id":544,"date":"2009-04-17T17:43:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T22:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54leacock.ca\/?p=544"},"modified":"2011-06-20T07:49:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T12:49:21","slug":"information-for-visiting-bergen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/?p=544","title":{"rendered":"Information for visiting Bergen"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few useful links:<\/p>\n

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  1. airlines: KLM<\/a> \/ Delta<\/a> through Amsterdam (Skyteam), SAS<\/a> through Copenhagen (Star Alliance), Lufthansa<\/a> through Frankfurt (Star Alliance), Norwegian<\/a> from a range of European cities (but careful, they sometimes use small, out-of-the-way airports)<\/li>\n
  2. Wider\u00f8e<\/a> is the regional carrier, but they also run a search engine that puts together itineraries using the major airlines for international travel to\/from Norway. They often come up with flight combinations that kayak<\/a>, expedia<\/a>, orbitz<\/a>, etc. don’t find, and usually have better prices.<\/li>\n
  3. customs and regulations<\/a> for entry to Norway (including duty-free alcohol limits)<\/li>\n
  4. Bergen weather<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. route planner<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. road conditions<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. practical information<\/a> post from April 2007<\/li>\n
  8. one-minute Norwegian lessons (free!)<\/a>: stream the podcast from the website or subscribe in iTunes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things to do in and around Bergen:<\/p>\n

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    1. Norway in a Nutshell<\/a> tour<\/li>\n
    2. Mount Fl\u00f8yen<\/a> funicular<\/li>\n
    3. Mount Ulriken<\/a> cable car<\/li>\n
    4. Bergen Museum<\/a> of Natural History<\/li>\n
    5. Troldhaugen<\/a>: Edvard Grieg Museum<\/li>\n
    6. Lys\u00f8en<\/a>: Ole Bull’s villa<\/li>\n
    7. Gamle Bergen<\/a>: Old Bergen folk museum<\/li>\n
    8. Bergen Aquarium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A few useful links: airlines: KLM \/ Delta through Amsterdam (Skyteam), SAS through Copenhagen (Star Alliance), Lufthansa through Frankfurt (Star Alliance), Norwegian from a range of European cities (but careful, they sometimes use small, out-of-the-way airports) Wider\u00f8e is the regional … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-norway","category-sweets","category-travels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1394,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/1394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/54leacock.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}