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Adventure Norway · Bjelland, Norway
Adventure Norway: Rafting, Via Ferrata and Moose Safari
Adventure Norway runs rafting, via ferrata, climbing, canoeing, a moose safari and bushcraft from one riverside base at Hesså, 3 km south of Bjelland. Activities run from 325 NOK per adult for canoeing to 1,500 NOK per person for the 24-hour wilderness camp, and most of it runs in summer.
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Scandinavian Hotel Restaurants: Where to Eat and Stay
In Scandinavia the restaurant worth travelling for is often inside a hotel, and the kitchen is frequently the reason to book the room. The seven places span Sweden, Norway and Denmark, from a lunch buffet beside the Norrbotten rapids to an 18-course omakase in the Hemsedal mountains.
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Brim Explorer Tours: Which Cruise Fits Your Day
Brim Explorer runs guided electric and hybrid-electric boat tours in Oslo, Tromsø, Svolvær, Bodø, Stavanger and Longyearbyen, with fares from 690 NOK. The top fare, 2,895 NOK, buys 6.5 hours along the Svalbard ice edge, and most tours sit between 990 and 1,990 NOK.
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Brim Explorer Oslo: fjord cruises, combos and prices
Brim Explorer's Oslo fjord cruise costs 690 NOK per adult, leaves from Rådhusbrygge 2, and the boat is an electric catamaran that runs near-silent. It takes two and a half hours and sails every day of the year; the most expensive Oslo booking is the three-hour Norwegian food tour at 1,620 NOK per adult.
Read the full guideHotel Kung Carl · Stockholm, Sweden
Hotel Kung Carl service: meetings, banquets, private dining
Meetings, banquets and private dinners at Hotel Kung Carl happen in rooms that were once grand apartments by Stureplan. Between them they hold 8 to 100 people, and the choice comes down to daylight, screens, and whether you are feeding a working lunch or a wedding.
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Rooms at Peace & Quiet Nature Hotel in Jokkmokk
Peace & Quiet Nature Hotel in Jokkmokk offers glass rooms and outdoor rooms, and the cheapest of the glass rooms start at 463 EUR a night for two people. The Mountain Glass Room is the most expensive at 1,424 EUR, and the two single outdoor rooms carry no published rate.
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Jazz, Talks and a Rooftop at Hotel Kung Carl
Hotel Kung Carl runs its own activity programme: a jazz club, a lecture series and a rooftop terrace, all inside the building on Birger Jarlsgatan. The neighbourhood adds Stureplan's restaurants and bars, Humlegården park and Sturebadet spa, all within a short walk.
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Adventure Norway: activities and cabins at Hesså
Adventure Norway runs rafting, canoeing, via ferrata and an evening elk safari from one riverside base at Hesså, 3 km south of Bjelland in Lindesnes. You can sleep at the base from NOK 250 a night for a tent pitch, or in a four-bed cabin from NOK 670.
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Kung Carl Food & Bar: Where to Eat at Hotel Kung Carl
Hotel Kung Carl has a restaurant, and it is the one that gave Sweden the word: Kung Carl Food & Bar, at Stureplan in Stockholm. The hotel also runs a wine bar, a courtyard breakfast and three private dining rooms, so the real question is which one you want.
Read the full guideTwentySix Hotel · Malmö, Sweden
TwentySix Hotel Malmö: upgrades and extras, priced
TwentySix Hotel is at Norra Vallgatan 74 in Malmö's old town, and its extras are flat-priced. Wine, flowers, early check-in and late check-out cost 250 SEK each, champagne is 400, and the real spend is the room, from 1,195 SEK a night up to 2,995 SEK for the Presidential Suite.
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FREEDOMTravel Hotel Picks: Stockholm and Beyond
FREEDOMTravel is a Stockholm travel magazine run by Peter and Helena rather than a hotel, and its pick for the Swedish capital is Haymarket by Scandic. Breakfast, dinner and a guided city tour come with that stay, and the rest of its picks run from Nordic city hotels to mountain and coastal properties in Europe.
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Where to Base Yourself in Georgia: Tbilisi to Kazbegi
FREEDOMTravel's Georgia trips run from a hotel in central Tbilisi to a mountain retreat at Kazbegi, with a spa hotel in Borjomi between them. Where you base yourself decides what kind of trip you get.
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