Scandinavia trip suggestions

[HHJ]

don't be brown lol, or maybe i should say don't be an immigrant. well, am only halfway joking. it has been the only place in europe where i've experienced racism or maybe it was anti-immigration, i still can't tell. the vast majority of scandinavians are cool though.

the major cities are great, copenhagen, stockholm, oslo. gothenburg on the west coast of sweden was nice since it was away from most tourists. the landscapes are amazing. i wish i would have gone to finland while i was in stockholm. i was so close.

I have been to all these places and did not experience any racism. Not to say it doesnt exist....but it's not something I would tell someone to not visit the place over.

 

[HHJ]

Just a heads-up for Nordics that our seasons line up a little differently to rest of West.

Our ‘summers’ typically land in June rather than May and run through August; similarly, our winters can still be going into March-April.

If possible, I’d earnestly consider your 8-10 days in late April or early May. You can then hit up places like Trollstigen for Norway and make some cool memories.

I once went to Stockholm during winter solistice. Way to hang myself.

 

[usernamee]

It's one of those places that managed to stay stuck in time in some ways. Even though there are alot of tourists, you can def see there are old folks who have lived there for 40 yrs and it makes me mad jealous. What a life!

what about that life makes you jealous?

 

[HHJ]

what about that life makes you jealous?

Its such a unique area where people carved out for themselves their own rules, and obviously liked it enough to spend their entire lives there.

 

[fingercuffs]

Some of them are just too rude to get a normal job in horeca. How do you speak no english or dutch yet still present yourself as a rude pos?

Who's the "rude pos"?

 

[IIIIIIII]

I have been to all these places and did not experience any racism. Not to say it doesnt exist....but it's not something I would tell someone to not visit the place over.

i agree. i'm not saying it to deter people from going. but i do want to be honest about my experience. the racism/anti-immigrant sentiment took place in a smaller town, which i guess is to be expected. this was twenty years ago, so probably things have changed. in the major cities i didn't see any of that.

 

[HHJ]

i agree. i'm not saying it to deter people from going. but i do want to be honest about my experience. the racism/anti-immigrant sentiment took place in a smaller town, which i guess is to be expected. this was twenty years ago, so probably things have changed. in the major cities i didn't see any of that.

Gotcha. Could easily happen.

 

[PBAC]

Christiana worth checking out in copenhagen

 

[Meatspin]

I went there twice !

Nice, only once so far for me

 

[HHJ]

Nice, only once so far for me

Which year?

 

[moreorless87]

Are you driving or flying between them? driving I would say Copenhagen to Oslo to Bergen is a good route which takes you though pretty spectacular landscapes between Oslo and Bergen. Flying then maybe just Copenhagen and Stockholm as the two most interesting cities, maybe do some kind of cruise/boat trip of the islands around Stockholm?

 

[Fox by the Sea]

lol, i've just returned from Denmark, i've been there for about a month, been from Copenhaged to the Jutland peninsula, but honestly, it's kinda miserable in winter, you'd be better off going in may or june. Copenhagen is nice to throw a few days at, but the nature is what you want to see, when you get away from cities is quickly turns primordial. you'll find it weird how the sun sits differently in the sky. if i were to choose though, i'd probably try Norway/Sweden/Finland.