Thon Hotel Bergen

... ! Trystan was pretty excited to show us his town, and I think it was a bit surreal for him to have us there. Our hotel, Thon Hotel Bergen-Brygge, was located just behind Bryggen, the famous, and very old, wharf area. We checked in (by this time it was ...

Weer vroeg op en onderweg vandaag (donderdag), travel naar Bergen en da's toch een 3,5 uur rijden (enkel). Bij onze heen en weer naar Bergen hebben we exact 82 tunnels gedaan, een redelijk vermoeiend traject dus. Nog wel bergachtig maar wat minder ruw, ...

... a little down time - again charging our batteries and those of our camera equipment, we set out on foot exploring Bergen. Nothing monumental, just really pretty neighborhoods, statues, and some very beautiful flowers. We got back to our room around ...

After our 7 hour train ride from Oslo we arrived at the pretty heritage listed Bergen, beautiful streets and houses on top of one another its hard to tell where one starts and the other stops.  Food If you make it here (yes there are plenty of ...

... , so we agreed to meet at 8:30ish back at Bryggen.   Dinner was at Egon just down the road from our hotel, and it was delicious. Nothing in Bergen (or Norway for that matter) is cheap - it’s all incredibly expensive. You want to got out and have ...

... us on the train were quite a few locals, armed with their cross-country skis or sledges for kids.  Once up the top the view over Bergen is amazing – we were able to see the snow covered hills and inlets of the coastline for quite a long way. ...

... I mention I love traveling by train? I LOVE traveling by train. So much easier and more relaxing than by air. We stayed at Thon Hotel Oslofjord, which was sort of at the end of the most expansive shopping mall I think I’ve seen outside of Mall of ...

... ;       Dan naar ons hotel, zeer goed gelegen en toch ruimer en moderner dan in Bergen (nochtans dezelfde hotelketen en gelijkaardig budget). Als we zouden terugkomen in Oslo komen we hier terug! Eerste verkenning gedaan, ...

... train trip can make! The Flåm Railway (one of the world’s steepest railway lines) joins Flåm to the Oslo <> Bergen railway line at Myrdal and has to be one of the most spectacular railways I’ve ever experienced. Bec and I boarded the ...

... ;Kjosfossen waterfall. The Sognefjord is the largest fjord in Norway and the 2nd longest in the world.  The fast boat from Flam to Bergen took over 4 hours!  And trust us, it was a fast boat!  At first we had the bright idea that we should ...

... breakfast, which did save us from paying the extortionate prices for food in Norway. Back in the hotel we continued with the blog and finalised research for Bergen and our next day in Oslo prior to another relaxing sleep in the deluxe beds here. Whilst ...