How to find low cost travel and book cheap airline tickets to Oslo, Bergen, Sandefjord or any other city in Norway
Are you looking for discounted airplane tickets to Oslo or Stavanger? Do you need the best airline fares to Sandefjord or Bergen? There is no easier way to book cheap airline tickets to Norway than at www.travelpapa.com!
To book cheap airline tickets to Norway, just enter your departure and destination cities (it may be Oslo, Bergen, Sandefjord, Stavanger, etc.) into our simple search form. Then, choose the dates of your flights to Norway and back for roundtrip airline tickets. You can also choose One Way or Multi Destination options depending on the flights to Norway you wish to make. Don't forget we also have cheap airline tickets from Norway. While booking cheap airline tickets to Norway, enter the number of adults, children and infants and follow the easy instructions.
Traveling to Norway
Cheap airfare routings to Norway are to be found using United Airlines via Europe, Lufthansa via Frankfurt, British Airways via London, Air France via Paris, Swiss Airlines via Zurich, American Airlines via New York, and Delta Airlines via Atlanta, US Airways via Europe among others. Each European Airline has a Domestic US airline partner so TravelPapa.com can offer you great discounted airfares from almost every USA airport to almost every major international airport.
Discount Airfare Search Tips
Airlines have made a Saturday night stay a requirement to get a cheap round trip airfare to Norway. For one way airfare to Norway there is no restriction. You can purchase a deeply discounted one way ticket to Norway on TravelPapa.com at the last minute and still save up to 60% off the airlines regular prices.
For the lowest airfare to Norway you should try to travel on Monday through Thursday, which traditionally costs less. If you have flexible travel dates try midweek flights to Norway to save money.
When searching for the lowest international airfare to Norway keep in mind that during peak holiday travel dates there will be less availability, so book as far in advance as possible.
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east. The United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands lie to its west across the North Sea, and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barent sea, is home to its famous fjords.
Land of extraordinary beauty, Norway's undisputed attraction is its fantastic scenery. Rugged mountains, fjords and glaciers give Norway a rough feel, one which is delightful to travelers accustomed to the slick cities of other European destinations. Even Norway's capital, Oslo, reflects this: uninterested in the busy bustle of modern life, the city takes pleasure in numerous parks, monuments and museums, maintaining a strikingly subdued attitude.
In its northern reaches, Norway stretches into the Arctic Circle. It's a cold place, but brilliantly varied and interesting. Polar bears, seals and walruses can be seen in their natural environment, atop ice floes; naturally treeless areas create a haunting and mysterious sense of desolation; and majestic peaks jut above the coast.
Norway was ranked highest of all countries in human development from 2001 to 2006, and shares first place with Iceland from 2007 to 2008. It was also rated the most peaceful country in the world in a 2007 survey by Global Peace Index. The Kingdom has a Scandinavian welfare model and the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation. Also, for each inhabitant there are 70,000 square meters of land. That is because Norway is a sparsely populated country. It is roughly the same land size as Great Britain or Germany but has population of only 4.8 million people. So that the vast majority of the territory is a rocky wilderness which is completely unusable for agricultural purposes. As a result, Norway has a large number of completely unpopulated areas, many of which have been converted to national parks.
The standard of living in Norway is high, and oil exports lead to a conclusion that the Kingdom will remain wealthy through the foreseeable future. But Norwegians pay rather big price for the economic prosperity of their country: cost of living is about 30% higher in Norway than in the United States and 25% higher than in United Kingdom.
General information
Continent:
Europe
Subregion:
Northern Europe
Area:
385,252 sq km (148,746 sq mi)
Capital:
Oslo
Government:
Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
Population:
4.8 million
Languages:
Norwegian language has two official written forms, Bokmal and Nynorsk. They have officially equal status, i.e. they are both used in public administration, in schools, churches, radio and television, but Bokmal is used by the vast majority, about 85-90%. Saami is also an official language of Norway, but use of it is rare outside of Saami communities. English on the other hand, although not an official language, is understood and spoken by most Norwegians. Scandinavian languages like Swedish and Danish are usually understood by Norwegians, who will then typically reply in Norwegian. German, French and Spanish are also commonly taught as a second or, more often, third language. Russian, Japanese, Italian, Latin and rarely Chinese are available in some schools, mostly in the cities.
Religions:
Nearly 83% of Norwegians are members of the state Protestant Church of Norway, to which they are registered at baptism. Many remain in the state church to be able to use services such as baptism, confirmation, marriage and burial, rites which have strong cultural standing in Norway. Up to 40% of the membership attends church or religious meetings during a year, with fewer attending regularly. Other Christian denominations total about 4.5% of the population. Among non-Christian religions, Islam is the largest, representing about 1.5% of the population: it is practiced mainly by Somali, Arab, Albanian, and Turkish immigrants, as well as Norwegians of Pakistani descent. Other religions comprise less than 1% each.
Time:
GMT +1
Currency:
Norwegian kroner (NOK)
Electricity:
230V / 50Hz (European plug)
Calling Code:
+47
Internet Domain:
.no, .sj and .bv
Drives:
on the right
Visas:
Norway is a member state of the Schengen Agreement, meaning that visitors can travel from any other Schengen country with few or no border checks. Most citizens of industrialized nations do not need a visa to enter Norway for tourism or short business trips.
Airports:
The biggest airport in the country is Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL) which is located 60 km north of the capital. Another airport - Sandefjord Airport Torp (TRF) - is located just north of Sandefjord, 115 km to the south of Oslo. Moss Airport Rygge (RYG), located 60 km south of Oslo carries many flights by Norwegian that can be comparably cheaper than flying into Gardermoen. Bergen Airport Flesland (BGO) is located 19 km south of the Bergen city center. Flesland is Norway's second largest airport which has scheduled flights to and from major European cities, such as London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Prague, Warsaw and other destinations. Stavanger Airport Sola (SVG) is an international airport located in the municipality of Sola, near Stavanger, and it is Norway's third largest airport.
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This page was last edited at 17:09, September 20, 2009 by Koralex
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