Norway - Southern Norway (PDF Chapter)
This is the Southern Norway chapter from Lonely Planet’s Norway guide-book.
Come summer, the southern coastline draws Norwegian holidaymakers in droves. With a string of pristine coastal villages of whitewashed timber beside complex networks of bays and skerries (rocky islets) and a shimmering sea, it’s not difficult to see why.
- strike out on foot across the haunting Hardangervidda Plateau, home to Europe’s largest herd of wild reindeer
- maps
- board a slow boat down the Telemark Canal to the interior gem of Dalen
- transport
- summit Norway’s most beautiful mountain, Gausta
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: The Coast, Tønsberg, Sandefjord, Larvik & Around, Kragerø, Risør, Arendal, Grimstad, Lillesand, Kristiansand, Mandal, Lindesnes, Flekkefjord, Egersund, The Interior, Kongsberg, The Telemark Canal, Rjukan, Seljord, Setesdalen.
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