Days: 8 days time: August

1 Helsinki Airport Copenhagen Airport

2 little mermaid like Palace Square Newport radhuspladsen cranburg Palace scandlines ferry

3 Oslo Viking Ship Museum Oslo ski resort wigrand Statue Park Oslo City Hall akohus Castle

4. Myrkdalen Hotel

5 color cabin in Bruggen, froyn cableway, pine fjord

6 Stockholm City Hall vasa shipwreck Museum

7 Queen's Island palace Stockholm Siria cruise ship

8 uspans east main church Nicholas Church Rock Church Helsinki Olympic Stadium Sibelius Park

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Day 1

2013-08-20

Take Finn ay052 from Beijing to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It takes 8 hours and 6315 km.

Boarding pass, Beijing to Helsinki, ay052, gate E13

On the plane, the back window can choose to watch the camera facing forward or downward, as well as rich information and entertainment programs.

Through the forward facing camera, you can see the clear sky above the clouds outside

Flight diagram

Flight data of Airbus 330, altitude 11007m

After flying for more than six hours, at about 5:20 Beijing time, the plane approached Moscow, flying at an altitude of 12198 meters.

The plane arrived at Helsinki Airport at 7:15 p.m. Beijing time (2:15 p.m. local time). Next, we need to transfer to Copenhagen. Entry at Helsinki Airport means entry into the European Union.

Finn's flight on the helipad of Helsinki Airport.

Helsinki Airport is not big, there are no big brand stores, in addition to duty-free shops, there are many restaurants, bars and food shops. There is a boarding notice in Chinese on the radio.

The mineral water sold in the shop looks very expensive. The cheapest one is 2.4 euro. Good salmon and chocolate, ready to leave when the purchase.

The plane arrived at Copenhagen Airport at 12:30 p.m. Beijing time (6:30 p.m. local time). After picking up the luggage, take the bus to the hotel, which is very close to the airport, and the journey takes only 20 minutes. Hotels near the airport are cheap.

At 8 p.m., Copenhagen is still clear. It's 2:00 p.m. Beijing time. The days in northern Europe are very long, and our day is extremely long.

Day 2

2013-08-21

Today, because of the time difference, I woke up at 3 o'clock in the night and didn't fall asleep again. I spent 5 o'clock in bed and couldn't go on any more, so I got up to pack. Today's main tourist attraction is in Copenhagen.

After breakfast in Copenhagen, first to the little mermaid photo. In a small stone beach by the sea, there are few places to stand. The little mermaid makes reverie in a posture that has not changed for a hundred years. Tourists from all over the world crowded on the small stone beach, competing to take pictures with the mermaid,

Marble Church, located at the west end of the Palace Square in amelinburg, is called Marble Church because most of its stones are from Finland and Norway. The foundation of the church was laid on October 31, 1749, but due to the shortage of funds, it was redesigned and built 150 years later, and opened on August 19, 1894.

On the Palace Square, guards in traditional leather hats and arms walk back and forth. If you are too close to the guard, the guard will remind you to leave 1.5 meters. Looking at the guards on duty, it is strange to think of the tin soldiers in Andersen's works.

Copenhagen new port is actually very old. It was built in the 17th century as an artificial canal to directly introduce sea water into the city. At that time, the purpose was to develop transportation and promote economy. Because of the overcast clouds, it is impossible to capture the rich colors of Xingang.

Taking photos with mobile phone is different from that with camera, which has many limitations, especially for taking landscape photos. There is no change of aperture speed, and the focus can not be adjusted. After adjusting the focus, the landscape photos are basically taken in white. The photos in the travel notes are the same as before. They are all taken by mobile phone.

Copenhagen City Hall was built from 1892 to 1905. The gilded statue above the main door is the founder of Copenhagen, Archbishop Abu saloon. The astronomical clock in the clock tower of the city hall is the most accurate mechanical clock in the world, with an error of only 11.4 seconds every 300 years. It was made by Danish self-taught astrophysicist and Mechanical Engineer Olsen with more than 20 years of painstaking efforts.

The statue of Andersen on the street side of the town hall.

Bus stop sign

In Copenhagen, one of the most important means of transportation is bicycles. It is said that there are 1 million bicycles in the city of Copenhagen with a population of 600000.

Kronburg palace, Kronborg   Slot, located in the northern part of the island, across the sea from Sweden. Fortress since ancient times, built in 1585, for the Renaissance architectural style palace.

On the grass, seagulls

It is said that Shakespeare wrote the famous tragedy Hamlet in the background of this castle, so people call croenberg Hamlet castle.

Not far from klenburg, take the scandlines ferry, cross the Baltic Sea from hersingh in Denmark, enter helsingh in Sweden, and then take a 3-hour bus to Gothenburg.

On the flagpole of the ferry terminal are the flags of the four northern European countries, all of which are cross flags

Seen from the tail of the ferry, the castle looming in the distance is krenburg

On the way to Gothenburg, the Swedish fields kept changing outside the window.

Arrive in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city, at 7:30 p.m. and have dinner in a restaurant called Tianjin hotel.

Tianjin Hotel

Day 3

2013-08-22

I wake up at five in the morning. Hotel breakfast is very rich, but less than yesterday's hotel breakfast, fortunately there are green vegetables. A self-made hamburger, green leafy vegetables, cucumber, tomato, bacon, ham sausage.

Sweden's high welfare is absolutely surprising, with a minimum living security of 13000 kronor per capita, about 12500 yuan. The monthly state subsidy for college students is 7500 kroner, of which 2500 kroner is given in vain, and the other 5000 kroner can be paid in installments according to 4% of the annual income after work.

After breakfast, drive to Oslo, the capital of Norway, which takes 3 hours. The first rest area in Norway includes supermarket, tourist center, gas station and motel. Coffee, oatmeal and fruit in the supermarket are obviously cheaper than those in China. Buy a small box of 150 grams of blueberries, 12 Norwegian kronor, equivalent to 10 yuan.

The Red Cross flag at the door is the Norwegian flag

12 Krones a box of blueberries

Norway's arable land area only accounts for 3% of the total land area. In the past, its economy mainly depended on timber and fishery, and it was relatively poor. After the discovery of the North Sea gas field in 1969, Norway gradually developed and became one of the richest countries in the world. Although Norway is densely forested, it is not allowed to cut down arbitrarily. It is said that cutting down one tree for papermaking requires replanting seven trees.

Arrive in Oslo at 12:30 noon and have lunch in a Chinese restaurant called Zhenbao hotel in the center of the city.

Pre meal vegetable soup

Surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing a fjord mouth on one side, Oslo is known as the capital with the most natural scenery in the world, with a population of only 300000. It's sunny here. The temperature around 20 degrees is very pleasant. Many local people wear short clothes, shorts or skirts.

The flower shop in full bloom on the street, all kinds of flowers, is really gratifying.

The Viking Pirate Ship Museum, built after a couple of American archaeologists excavated the pirate ship, displays the pirate ship as a replica. The Viking ships of the ninth century were very crude and had no cabins.

It's like a musical instrument

Norwegians love skiing. The word ski in English comes from Norwegian. Holmenkolen mountain in Oslo is a famous ski resort. It has a history of more than 100 years. It is the largest ski jump resort in the world. The shape of the slide is very magnificent and spectacular, like a torrent.

Figure of a suspended skier

Panoramic view of ski resort

In 1909, 41 year old wigland asked the Norwegian government, "give me a piece of green land, I want to make it famous in the world.". He spent 40 years painstakingly creating 192 groups of 650 human body statues, which are divided into four parts: the bridge of life, the spring of life, the pillar of life, and the ring of life. They represent the journey of human beings from life to death, and praise the greatness and dignity of life.

The ring of life

Overlooking the pillar of life

Pillar of life

Life Stream

Bridge of life

It must be introduced that the most famous statue in the sculpture park is the "angry little boy" on the bridge of life. Because the backlight couldn't produce the effect, I took a picture on a postcard. The bronze statue of the angry little boy is vivid and vivid. People hold on to the statue and stop. Some parts of the boy's body are as bright as gold because he is touched by too many people.

Along the central axis of the statue park, starting from the ring of life, we hurried through the pillar of life, the spring of life, and the bridge of life. It was only an hour before and after. As a matter of fact, every statue here is worth watching carefully. It's not just the central axis. It's very wide and there are some statues scattered around. You should at least have half a day to wander around here.

Oslo City Hall is composed of two towers and podiums more than 60 meters high. The red brick exterior wall of a typical Nordic traditional municipal building is held here on December 10 every year.

Town hall entrance

Murals in City Hall

Wood carvings on the wall of the cloister outside the city hall

Akohus castle was built in 1300 by the king of Norway to resist foreign invasion.

Castle fort

Asian guards of honor in the castle

It's more than 6 p.m. at the end of the tour. I have dinner in a restaurant called Sichuan Hotel in the city. After dinner, I drive 40 minutes to the accommodation. Get up early tomorrow and spend more time on the road all day. Tomorrow's trip is hadowell fjord.

Day 4

2013-08-23

The world's three major fjords are located in Chile, New Zealand's South Island and Norway. The most famous fjords are Norwegian fjords. There are more than 100 fjords large and small in Norway. Driving from Oslo to the northwest, it will take about 8 hours to reach the hadowell fjord.

The longest tunnel in Norway is more than 20 kilometers long. The first part of the journey to hadanwell takes about 4 hours to prepare for lunch and rest in gol.

Scenery outside the car window along the way

A section of the way into the mist, the roadside scenery picturesque general.

On the roadside near gol, there is a jafs fast food restaurant, which is managed by three Pakistani boys. Lunch is very simple, a soup, a meatball with potatoes and vegetables.

It's 12:30 after lunch. The second part of the drive is about 3 hours. At 3:30 p.m., arrive at the wharf of hadowell fjord and take a boat tour of the fjord.

Among the four major fjords in Norway, the most gentle fjord with the most idyllic scenery. It suck cloudy and cloudy. After the car is on the cruise ship, visitors can enjoy the scenery of the fjord on the viewing platform.

The boat will go ashore in an hour, and then arrive at myrkdalen in the myrkdalen Valley, the accommodation in Voss area tonight, about an hour's drive   Hotel。 It's about 10 hours a day by bus today.

Myrkdalen   Hotel is a new hotel that has just opened for more than half a year. It is 25 kilometers away from Voss city. It is an excellent hotel with comfortable and sufficient room facilities. It is rare for the hotel to have free in room   WiFi and no Internet Password. Standing outside, blue sky, white clouds, green space, pastoral scenery.

What we need to boast about most is the buffet dinner of the hotel. There are many dishes and good taste. We have a big meal and enjoy it very much. He said that he had been to China many years ago, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places. I can't imagine how incredible it would be to meet a waiter in a restaurant in a valley in the Three Gorges, who said he had visited Europe.

Smoked salmon, baked salmon, salad

Smoked salmon, baked salmon, meatball pasta

Day 5

2013-08-24

I get up at half past six in the morning. At this time, the sun has risen, and the valley is very quiet in the early morning. There is no noise. I dare not speak loudly outside for fear of destroying the quiet world. Take a few photos of the front of the hotel as a souvenir. This hotel is unforgettable. It's really worth recommending.

House on the hillside next to the hotel

Norway has dense forests and developed forestry. Not only the small wooden houses in the forest are made of wood, but also the external walls of the house are made of wood, even myrkdalen   The exterior wall of the hotel is also made of wood. The wooden exterior wall is painted every three years to prevent corrosion, moisture and insects.

Breakfast buffet is worth boasting. Today's appetite is also worth boasting. The breakfast is as follows

First, fruit

Second, smoked salmon with Scallion baked mushrooms and tomatoes

Third, bread, pancakes with jam, Iced Milk, oatmeal

Fourth, Guixiang Qisu with coffee

After breakfast, drive to gudvangen, and take a boat tour to Songen fjord. Arriving at the wharf of gudvangen ahead of time, in the early morning, there are light clouds and fog floating in the fjord. The temperature is relatively low. It's cold to wear a coat. Several teenagers are busy preparing for rowing.

Cruise ships in pine fjord

The cruise ship leaves at 10:30. After driving out for a while, the sun shines into the fjord in the deep valley. Songen fjord is the longest and deepest fjord in the world, with a total length of 204 km and a depth of 1300 m. General boat tour is only the two largest tributaries of Songen Fjord, aiyulan fjord and yirouyi Fjord, 2 hours one way.

Visiting Songen fjord is the most important part of this trip to northern Europe. If the weather is bad, it must affect the effect of visiting Songen Fjord, and it is very likely to regret the choice of Songen fjord. It is said that it rained seven times ten times in the Fjord, but today it is very lucky and sunny. The scenery of Songen fjord can't be described in words. The photos can tell everything.

The white spot near the water in the distance was a cloud

At 12:30, the cruise ship arrived at flam, the largest terminal in the pine Fjord, and there was a train bound for Bergen. The tourists disembarked at flam and we went back to the original ship. There are more than 200 tourists from flam, mostly European and American tourists and Japanese tourists. Almost all the seats on the ship are full.

Flam Wharf

Flam railway station

The return time of the cruise is 3:30. After disembarking, take the bus to Bergen along E16 highway. The journey is about 2 hours. There are many tunnels on the way, and the scenery is changeable. There are lakes, waterfalls, rivers, fjords, mountain streams, pastures, grasslands, villages and towns.

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of over 230000. Bergen means "pasture in the mountains". There are seven mountains around the city. It was the capital of Norway from the 12th century to the 13th century. It was the largest city in northern Europe before the 19th century. During World War II, Bergen was bombed many times by the Allied forces because of the German submarines berthing here.

Bergen is Norway's largest port, and 50% of Norway's exports are transported to all parts of the world by Bergen. Bergen is rainy. It rains about 270 days a year. It is said that it rained heavily the day before yesterday. Fortunately, it is sunny and cloudy today.

The white building was built in 1710 and is now a McDonald's restaurant

Architecture in 1877

After arriving at Bergen, it was 5:30 p.m., so I took the cable car to mount Freud to see the whole picture of Bergen. At this time, the sun is about to set in the West. Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the downtown area against the West light, it's very fuzzy. It's really impossible to take pictures. Maybe it's the right choice to go up in the morning.

Take a 100 year old rail car up the mountain

The statue of mountain demon on the top of froyne

Overlooking Bergen

Bruggen's Lufthansa merchant's cabin is one of the first urban buildings in Bergen. It has always been the most active and important part of local life. The ancient colored wooden house complex is the most famous medieval urban residential site in Norway and has been listed in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

In the fish market of Lufthansa wharf, all kinds of North sea fish are sold on the pavements and can be processed and cooked.

There are numerous yachts on the dock. The people on the yacht set up small tables in the narrow space, a few glasses of red wine, one or two kinds of wine and vegetables. Three or five relatives and friends get together to enjoy the weekend,

After dinner, it's 8:30 p.m. and the 3-hour stay in Bergen is over. The bus company will drive for half an hour to the hotel near Bergen airport and fly to Stockholm tomorrow morning.

Day 6

2013-08-25

Arrive at Bergen airport early in the morning. The airport is very small and there are many self-service boarding pass machines.

The plane arrived in Stockholm at more than 1:00 p.m. and then took a bus to the city, half an hour's drive. Stockholm city is distributed in 14 islands and a peninsula, and more than 70 bridges connect the city, which is known as "Venice of the north". The urban population is nearly 1 million, and the currency is SEK. Today, the exchange rate is 100 RMB to 106 SEK.

Stockholm City Hall is located on the Bank of Lake Melan in the center of the city, adjacent to water on both sides. It is a towering tower with red brick external wall. It was built in 1911 and took 12 years to complete. The banquet hall in the city hall, also known as the blue hall, holds a grand banquet for Nobel Prize winners on December 10 every year.

Cyclists wear uniform white T-shirts

Blue hall, the place of Nobel Prize

The steps of the blue hall are very strange. It is said that women will not be trampled when they wear any long skirts. The reason is that the architect Ragnar asked his wife to wear all kinds of long skirts to go up and down the stairs to test, so as to determine the size of the stairs. For this reason, his wife went up and down the stairs more than 2000 times.

Living in the splendid golden hall makes people feel like they are in a myth.

Jinting

Today is Sunday, the morning just ended the bicycle race, there are a lot of people around the city hall. Under the blue sky, it's sunny and windy. It's really pleasant. From time to time there are people rowing past the lake, Lake sitting in twos and threes of people enjoying leisure and sunshine.

Vasa shipwreck Museum, located on the island of Skansen. Vasa is the name of an ancient warship, which was built at the order of King Gustav II of Sweden. This warship was originally a single deck warship, but the king was desperate to order the warship to be changed into a double deck, so that the number of guns on the warship increased to 64, and the weight of each gun was 1 ton.

August 10, 1628, a sunny day, in a cheering sound, vasa set sail, do not want to just sail 1500 meters, just a breeze, vasa swayed a few times, and then with the ship sank to the bottom of the sea. More than three centuries later, in April 1961, the warship was salvaged and resurfaced.

Vasa model

Bow

Abundant woodcarving at the stern

In northern Europe, people advocate nature and love sports. People who exercise and take part in sports can be seen everywhere. Stockholm has just finished its cycling race in the morning. In the afternoon, I met the long-distance race of triathlon in the city.

Day 7

2013-08-26

It's sunny again today. Fortunately, it's not sunny every day in northern Europe. Today's trip is to Visit Queen's Island by boat at the wharf beside the city hall, and then go back to the city for sightseeing and shopping.

The socket in Nordic countries is double port round head, so it's better to bring more double port round head small plug or multi head socket, because everyone must take mobile phone, tablet and camera when they go out to travel now. After returning to the hotel at night, all the equipment of everyone needs to be charged. Only the charger is useless, the plug is useful.

Generally, there are classification requirements for the garbage cans in hotels. There are two small red and green bins hanging on the top edge of the garbage cans, and there are classification labels on the body of the bins. This shows the Nordic people's awareness of environmental protection.

At 9:30, we arrived at the cruise ship wharf beside the city hall. The sky is blue and the water is blue. People can't believe the true colors, especially the colors in the photos. It's easy for people to mistakenly think that it's a fake of PS. Standing on the bridge in the distance, the city hall looks like a cruising warship.

Queen's Island, the Royal Palace of Sweden, known as "Versailles of Sweden", is the first scenic spot in Sweden to be listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. It was built in the 16th century. Only 40 minutes in the palace garden tour, and such a place, the French Baroque courtyard, you need to aimless casual stroll, which is to enjoy.

Canadian grey geese inhabiting here

Yellow Mercedes Benz taxi

Zhulin Pavilion Chinese Restaurant

market

Crystal column in construction

After lunch, take a quick walk around DK department store in downtown commercial street, and rush to the shipping dock at 4 o'clock to take the silja cruise   Line) to Helsinki. The ship is 50000 tons, 12 stories high and can carry more than 2000 passengers and 200 cars. There are guest rooms, various restaurants, duty-free shops, shopping malls, game halls, dance halls, etc. on board, just like a water hotel.

Schematic diagram of cruise ship description

stage

recreational machines

The cabin aisle out of sight

The selea cruise starts at 5 p.m. and will arrive in Helsinki at 9 a.m. tomorrow, about 14 hours later. The dinner in the cafeteria on board is 37 euro per person, which is quite rich, and it's another big meal

Smoked salmon and other fish

First, Caesar salad, cucumber, tomato, shredded onion

Second, salmon, shrimp salad, fish roe with rolls

Third, roast sausage, steamed fish, meat cake with sweet chili sauce, fried vegetables and beets

Fourth, shrimp salad, bread, sushi, pepper

Fifth, puff, chocolate mousse, brownie, pie, chocolate biscuit

After leaving Stockholm, the ship was sailing in the Baltic Sea, but it was like sailing in a river. There were many large and small islands and lands with luxuriant trees on both sides. It seemed that the narrowest part was only ten meters away from the shore, and the vast sea was not seen until dark.

Day 8

2013-08-27

I got up more than 5 a.m. to watch the sunrise on the boat. Standing on the top deck, very cold, looking around, really driving on the sea.

The sun leaped out of the sea

It's more than 8 o'clock. There are many small islands on the channel. You can see the mainland.

hurricane deck

Near 10 o'clock, the Siria cruise ship is about to end its voyage and arrive in Helsinki. People are crowded at the exit waiting to get off the ship.

Helsinki shipping terminal

Finland's forest coverage accounts for 69% of the country's land area, and one third of the country's land area is in the Arctic circle. Finland was ruled by Russia and Sweden for a long time in history. Helsinki became the capital of Finland because czar I moved the capital of Finland to Helsinki after occupying Finland, which was closer to St. Petersburg.

Finland has the most advanced papermaking technology in the world. A piece of wood can be processed into newsprint in 8 minutes. Half of families in Finland own yachts. Finland joined the European Union and the euro area in 1995. It is the only Nordic country that uses the euro.

Helsinki famous church has three, red church, white church, rock church. The red church is the orthodox wuspence church, and the white church is the Nicholas Church in Parliament Square.

Helsinki Cathedral, commonly known as the white church, named after Czar Nicholas I, was built in 1852 by German architect Engel. Its fine structure and extraordinary air are the cream of Finland's architectural art and the landmark building of Helsinki. To hold a wedding here, you need to make an appointment one and a half years in advance.

Statue of Tsar Alexander II

Rock Church, located in tempelli rock square in central Helsinki. The inner wall of the church is rock without any decoration. 100 reinforced concrete supports support the roof. The round roof with a diameter of 24 meters is made of 2 cm copper strips with a length of 22 km. The sound effect of the church is excellent, and there are often concerts held here.

Helsinki was the stadium where the Olympic Games were held in 1952. At that time, China sent its football team to participate in the Olympic Games, but the Olympic Games ended when the Chinese football team arrived in Helsinki because the train was late. The statue is Paavo   Nurmi won 9 Olympic gold medals.

To commemorate the great Finnish musician Sibelius, the famous Finnish female sculptor hirtunin spent six years to create a masterpiece. The Sibelius monument consists of the head of Sibelius and the organ statue. Sibelius' most famous musical work "Ode to Finland" is also the National Anthem of Finland today.

Pipe organ composed of 600 steel pipes

Arrive at Helsinki Airport at 3 p.m. and take Finnair ay051 back to Beijing. At the airport, you have to check in at the counter, print your boarding pass and luggage belt, and then line up to check your luggage. With the narrow passageway of the airport terminal, the passengers come and go, which makes it feel like a market rather than an airport.

People queuing for tax refund opposite gate 29

Gate 33, about to leave here, is about to end the four northern European countries in a hurry through, very hard. If you have time and opportunity to visit northern Europe again, you must reduce the four Nordic countries to three Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden and Finland; If you need to be streamlined, it's very simple to choose only the two most classic countries in northern Europe, Norway and Sweden.