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Day 1 --- On the Way & Transfer Back to page top |
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D01-01 Set-out (出發) --- Starting the trip from Taoyuan Airport (Taiwan) |
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D01-01-01_Departure hall of Taoyuan Airport |
D01-01-02_The KLM counter at Taoyuan Interanational Airport in Taiwan |
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D01-01-03_Taking KLM Airline at Taoyuan Airport to start the trip |
D01-01-04_The tour plan of this trip provided by Lion Travel Agency (a PDF file) |
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D01-01-05_The map of this trip: Norway --> Finland --> Sweden --> Demark, with the major routes being indicated by arrows |
D01-01-06_The map of Europe with arrows indicating our transfer at Amsterdam, Netherlands and the first stop of the trip, Oslo, Norway |
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D01-01-06a_The four countires we visited and the fifth one, Iceland, consist of the part of Europe that is called Scandinavia |
D01-01-06b_National Flags of the four countries we visited (order of visits: Norway --> Finland --> Sweden --> Denmark) |
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D01-01-06c_A shot of our tour group (photo taken at Myrdal Station, Norway, 2017/07/19) |
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D01-02 Transfer & Arrival (轉機與抵達) --- Transfer at Amsterdam (Netherlands) & arrival at Oslo (Norway) |
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D01-02-00a_Today's initial tour route (indicated by the red arrow)(note: Lillechammer in the left white circle has been changed to be Hamar) |
D01-02-00b_National flag of Norway |
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D01-02-01_The exterior of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Netherlands where we transferred to fly to Oslo, Norway |
D01-02-02_Waiting for boarding to transfer at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Netherlands to fly to Oslo Airport in Norway |
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D01-02-03_A gift shop in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
D01-02-04_Strolling in the airport before boarding for transferring |
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D01-02-05_The exterior of Oslo Airport which was the first stop of this trip |
D01-02-06_The interior of Oslo Airport |
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Day 2 --- Tours in Oslo, Norway Back to page top |
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D02-01 On way to Oslo (沿途所見) --- First impressions about Norway |
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D02-01-01_A street scene seen in Oslo (many statues were found in the streets) |
D02-01-02_Another scene seen in front of the city hall ( a tourist train could be seen) |
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D02-01-03_An street car seen on the way |
D02-01-04_The "YouBikes" of Oslo |
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| D02-02-01_There are lots of wall paintings in the hall, all about world peace | D02-02-02_A part of the paintings |
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| D02-02-03_The local guide at Oslo (right) and our group guide (left) | D02-02-04_The interior decorations by the paintings as a whole are really astonishing at the first impression |
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| D02-02-05_A panoramic view of a wall painting on the first floor (the person in front is a member of our tour group) | |
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| D02-03-01_A shot in front of a sculpture outside the hall | D02-03-02_The entrance of the hall |
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| D02-03-03_Delicate sculptures on the exterior walls of the hall | D02-03-04_The back yard of the hall |
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| D02-03-05_The entrance seen from the front yard | D02-03-06_A wider view of the front yard seen from the hall entrance |
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| D02-04-01_The entrance of the museum where many old Viking ships are exhibited | D02-04-02_The side yard of the museum |
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| D02-04-03_A complete old ship exhibited in the museum | D02-04-04_Our local guide giving museum information to us |
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| D02-04-05_Part of the exhibition hall | D02-04-06_An old decorated ship head |
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| D02-04-06a_The statue of Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad made in 2001 by the sculptor Nils Sigurd Aas (note: about Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad, see the caption of the image to the right) | D02-04-06b_An old Viking ship (note: Helge Ingstad, an adventurer and Anne Stine Ingstad, an archaeologist, together found archaeological evidence of the Viking voyages to America in 1961-1968) |
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| D02-05-01_"Pole of Life" ("Monoliten") with 121 human beings carved on it, which together with the other humerous statues in the park were created by Gustav Vigeland between 1924 and 1943 | D02-05-02_A shot in front of the pole (Note: the park is called more formally as Frogner Park) |
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| D02-05-03_Impressive sculpture 1 | D02-05-04_Impressive sculpture 2 |
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| D02-05-05_Impressive sculpture 3 | D02-05-06_Impressive sculpture 4 |
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| D02-05-06a_A broader view of "Pole of Life" | |
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| D02-06-01_A broad view of the main walkway with many sculptures on the two sides | D02-06-02_A shot in the walkway |
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| D02-06-03_One of the scultures on the two sides of the main walkway | D02-06-04_Another sculpture |
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| D02-06-05_Playing with the famous statue of "Angry Boy" | D02-06-06_In the middle of the park |
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| D02-06-07_The image of the "Angry Boy" enlarged ("Do you know why he is angry?") | D02-06-08_Two of the sculptures on the two sides of the main walkway |
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| D02-06-09_More of the sculpturs on the two sides of the main walkway | D02-06-10_A statue of "a father playing with his child" |
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| D02-06-10a_A broader view of the park | |
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| D02-07-01_A shot before tne building | D02-07-02_A corner of the Interior of the building (a coffee shop where we had a rest) |
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| D02-07-03_An artwork in the nearby river seen from the inside of the building | D02-07-04_A broader view of the building |
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| D02-07-05_Another wider view of the building | D02-07-06_Another view of the interior of the building |
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| D02-07-06a_A wider view of the building from the other side of the river nearby | |
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D02-08 Dinner and Hotel (晚餐與旅館) --- Staying overnight in Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel |
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| D02-08-01_The restaurant where we had dinner | D02-08-02_A corner of the restaurant |
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| D02-08-03_Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Oslo (Holbergsgate 30, Oslo, 0166, Norway) | D02-08-04_Our tour group were checking in in the lobby of the hotel |
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| D02-08-05_The building of National Theatre seen on the way | D02-08-06_A glance at the downtown area from the hotel room |
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Day 3 --- Train Tours + Fjord Cruise in Norway Back to page top |
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| D03-01-01_The train we took was from Oslo to Voss, but we got off at Myrdal to transfer by another train to Flam | D03-01-02_A shot before taking the train |
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| D03-01-03_A glance at the interior of the station | D03-01-04_In the train |
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| D03-01-05_A map showing that how we took a Sognefjorden ferry ship to Gudvangen | D03-01-06_After reaching Gudvangen, we took bus to the hotel (marked by red): Quality Hotel, in the town of Sogndal |
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03-02 Flåmsbana Train (佛拉姆景觀鐵道火車) --- B. From Oslo to Gol Station |
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| D03-02-01_Map 1 of the train route from Oslo to Flåm | D03-02-02_Map 2 of train route from Oslo to Flåm |
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| D03-02-03_Cafe Lyche across the Drammen River seen when we passed the Drammen Station on the train | D03-02-04_Beautiful Scene 1 seen from the train across the Drammen River |
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| D03-02-05_Beautiful Scene 2 seen from the train across the Drammen River | D03-02-06_We stopped for a while at the Gol Station |
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03-03 Flåmsbana Train (佛拉姆景觀鐵道火車) --- C. From Gol Station to Ustaoset Station |
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| D03-03-01_Map 1 of the train route from Oslo to Flåm | D03-03-02_Map 2 of the train route from Oslo to Flåm |
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| D03-03-03_A selfie photo taken in the train | D03-02-04_A beautiful scene seen from the train across the Ustevatn Lake |
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| D03-03-05_Another beautiful scene seen from the train along the way | D03-03-06_We stopped at the Ustaoset Station for a while |
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| D03-03-06a_A beautiful scene with houses on the river side relfected in the water, which was seen from the train along the way | |
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03-04 Flåmsbana Train (佛拉姆景觀鐵道火車) --- D. From Ustaoset Station to Myrdal Station |
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| D03-04-01_A scene seen on the way | D03-04-02_A cart seen on the way |
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| D03-04-03_A mountain scene with snow seen on the way | D03-04-04_A scene with waterfalls seen on the way |
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D03-04-04a_Our tour group (photo taken at the Myrdal Station, Norway, 2017/07/19) |
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| D03-04-05_A photo taken at the Myrdal station | D03-04-06_A corner of the station where we transffred to another train to go to the Flåm Station for starting Sognefjordden cruise |
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| D03-04-07_A shot on the station --- the next train tour after this transfer is called Flåmsbana which means "the Flåm Line" in Norwegian | D03-04-08_A shot beside the train we took to go to Flåm |
| D03-04-08a_An impressive view of snow mountains seen on the way from the Ustaoset Station to theMyrdal Station | |
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03-05 Flåmsbana Train (佛拉姆景觀鐵道火車) --- E. Myrdal Station to Flåm Station |
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| D03-05-00a_The train to set out at Myrdal | D03-05-00b_The train route was specified in Chinese for us on the TV monitor attached on the top wall (click the thumbnail to enlarge the image to see the Chinese clearly!) |
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| D03-05-01_Our happy tour group in the train | D03-05-02_A small village seen along the way to Flåm |
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| D03-05-03_A deep valley of Flåm seen from the moving train | Image: D03-05-04_Kjosfossen Waterfall (奇歐斯福森瀑布) seen on the way from Myrdal to Flam where we had a stop to get out of the train |
| VIDEO: D03-05-04v1_Kjosfossen Waterfall (奇歐斯福森瀑布) seen on the way frpm Myrdal to Flam where we had a stop to get out of the train | |
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| D03-05-05_The Visitor Center of Flåm | D03-05-06_A large cruise ship seen at the Flåm Port |
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| D03-05-07_A "strange" ferry boat seen at the port | D03-05-08_A shot before boarding the cruise ship |
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03-06 Sognefjord Ferry (索格納峽灣渡輪) --- A. Start of cruise from Flåm |
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| D03-06-01_The map of the cruise route: from Aurlandsfjord, passing Nærøyfjord, to Gudvangen (along the purple curve)(the two fjords are part of the Sognefjord system) | D03-06-02_Our tour were boarding the cruise ship |
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| D03-06-03_A shot of the village of Aurlandsvangen | D03-06-04_A shot of the interior of the ship |
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| D03-06-05_Another shot of the village of Aurlandsvangen | D03-06-06_A pretty Aurlandsfjord scene at the start of the cruise |
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03-07 Sognefjord Ferry (索格納峽灣渡輪) --- B. More picturesque fjord scenes |
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| D03-07-01_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 1 | D03-07-02_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 2 |
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| D03-07-03_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 3 | D03-07-04_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 4 |
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| D03-07-05_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 5 | D03-07-06_Pretty scenes of Aurlandsfjord & Nærøyfjord 6 |
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03-08 Sognefjord Ferry (索格納峽灣渡輪) --- C. Reaching the goal of cruise, Gudvangen |
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| D03-08-01_In the ship | D03-08-02_A small village at the fjord side |
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| D03-08-03_A screen showing the current position of the ship | D03-08-04_An interesting scene of people of a small village waiting to board the ship |
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| D03-08-05_The ship we took | D03-08-06_Had a rest at the pier of Gudvangen |
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| Image: D03-08-06a_Colorful water seen during cruise in Sognefjord | |
| VIDEO: D03-08-06a_Colorful water seen during cruise in Sognefjord | |
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03-09 Hotel (旅館) --- Staying in a hotel in the town of Sognedal |
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| D03-09-01_We took the tour bus, entered the ship again, and cruised to the town of Sogndal | D03-09-02_Quality Hotel Sogndal where we stayed for the second night |
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| D03-09-03_The map again showing the location of the town and the hotel | D03-09-03a_The map of our tour route from Gudvangen to Sogndal (note: the town of Sogndalsfjora is at the south side of the river of Sognefjorden, and Sogndal is at the north side) |
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| D03-09-04_The front counter of the hotel | D03-09-05_The breakfast we had the next morning |
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| D03-09-06_A glance at the town of Sogndal | D03-09-06a_A large cruise ship seen at the pier |
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