Travel Destination: Scandinavia

What country do you think about when you say Scandinavia? Some of us will mention this or that country of the northern Europe, others say, it's about a historical term. You are not right. Scandinavia exists today, too. And it's about 3 countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.


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Well, sometimes they ask me: is Russian not the same as Ucrainian or Belosussian? Is Russia not the same as Ucraina or Belorus? Is Italian not the same as Spanish? And other similar questions. The question about Scandinavia is from the same category.


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These three are different and distinct countries that have similar cultural roots. That is why, if you visited only Denmark, you can't say you've seen ALL the Scandinavia. Because you have not seen the Geirangerfjord and other spectacular fjords (UNESCO World Heritage, by the way), you have not seen Skansen's Open-Air museum's festivals and feasts -and many other interesting places and events like the best preserved (in Europe) medieval Old Town in Stockholm, for example.
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The best way to learn Northern  Europe is to book a Scandinavia and Russia cruise -really very best itinerary with the visits of the most important, beautiful and interesting ports.

The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo

We have many fantasies about the life in the previous centuries. One of them is the beautiful idea about their homes and trips. Our interpretation of it you can see in the show of "the Celtic Tiger", my new discovery in YouTube. I adore this group and maybe have watched all their shows presented there. This one has a near to me interpretation of the waves (specially at the beginning)



This show remembered me an interesting museum that I would like to visit once: The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Why I think it has to be so interesting? I was in the historical museums in Finland where there are not only things (original or not) that are signs of the life in the past. What I liked much, there were entire scenes presented in that museums. Such presentations are very useful to make the history something "alive" for us.

In Oslo you can see the real ships of the vikings that were brave sailors, traiders, raiders and colonists. You surely know that they had techniques that are not clear for modern scientists.

By the way, in the BBC's Ancient history in-depth/Vikings there is very interesting collection of the articles about Vikings and everything about them.


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Viking's Boats

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Just because I began to write about Norway where I dream to go one day, I wanted to tell about an interesting museum I read about. It's museum of Viking's boats. It is situated in Oslo. What I liked when I visited Finnland -and I understood the system is the same in orway too- they have very interesting museums. Not only the exposition of anonimous things as in any other museum. It is not interesting if there is nobody who could explain you what it is and rarely there are special persons to do it. You have to pay to have information.

That museums are made so, that you can see the scenes and even touch, wear, partecipate. Very interesting.


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In Bergen To Live Like A Normann

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I like the nature of the northern Europe. Palms and other exotic plants are good but nothing can be so beautiful as our "simple" plants and nature generally. For me. Unfortunatelly I,ve never seen fjords. And those are my dream.

If you plan to visit nothern Europe, you have to plan the trip now. Because the best time to go there are July, August and maybe first weeks of September.

I read this morning about one of the towns in Norway, Bergen, and found some photos of it. They tell many interesting things about it. There are reconstructed antique houses and a fortress there. And during a special festival you can live the antique times personally.


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