Exploring Scandinavia in All Its Splendor

E’Louise Ondash, a travel writer from southern California, recently joined our Norwegian Splendor small group tour with her husband (and photographer!), Jerry, and wrote a wonderful series of informative articles about their trip that was published online for The Coast News Group and is linked below. From the cosmopolitan capitals of Copenhagen and Oslo to Norway’s magnificent fjord country, her pieces bring Norway and Denmark to life both on and off the beaten path.

Visit the links below to explore E’Louise’s articles, and if you’d like to visit Scandinavia for yourself, click to learn more about our Norwegian Splendor tour.

Article 1: Touring and toasting Norway, a land of contrasts

In this first installment, E'Louise dives into how she found Norway to be a land of contrasts including its commerce systems, architecture, history and politics, landscapes, and more.

Article 2: Viking history is big in Oslo—and getting bigger

In her second article, E'Louise explores Oslo's Viking history at its Museum of Cultural History and Kon-Tiki Museum, while also learning about life on a Norwegian farm in the 1700s-1800s at the Maihaugen Open-air Museum.

Article 3: Copenhagen racing into future on two wheels 

Did you know 62% of Copenhagen's 805,000-plus residents commute to work and school via bicycle? In this week's article E'Louise enlightens us regarding the city's all-encompassing bike culture.

Article 4: A wealth of history at royal summer house in Copenhagen

E'Louise concludes her series with a piece on Copenhagen's Rosenborg Castle, plus short descriptions of some of Denmark's other must-see sights.