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5. Sights to see, places to visit

Visit Oslo, the capital of Norway at the inner end of the Oslo-fjord, surrounded by green sloping hills. Airports: Fornebu and Gardermoen.

Have a mountain flight to Fagernes, Leirin, Dagali in the inland of the southern Norway.

Jump to Stavanger(Sola airport) - the oil industry city - take off and go north for a visit to Bergen-Flesland. Follow the coast northbound to Aalesund, Molde and Kristiansund airports and have a brake at Trondheim-Varnes airport.

Then fly along the coast of Nord-Trondelag and Nordland counties (Namsos, Rorvik, Bronnoysund, Sandnessjoen and Bodo airports), before you pay a visit to the famous Lofoten islands (Rost, Leknes, Svolvar). Lofoten is an alpine landscape at sea, and a very exotic place to visit even for norwegians. Jump into Evenes and Narvik and go north, north.....via Tromso - the largest city in the northern part of Norway - to Finnmark. In Finnmark, buzz the Northcape plateau at Lat. N71 ! (go from Honningsvag airport and fly north)

Largest airports (medium passenger jets, md90/b737 etc., Braathen, SAS)

Oslo-Fornebu
Oslo-Gardermoen
Kristiansand
Stavanger
Haugesund
Bergen-Flesland
Aalesund
Molde
Kristiansund
Trondheim-Vaernes
Bodo
Evenes
Andoya
Tromso
Alta
Banak
Kirkenes

From any of these airports you should choose a commuterplane (dash8, Fokker50) or the Cessna to visit the numerous smaller airports along the coast and in the inland. In the northern part the Wideroe Flyveselskap are using the dash8 to service the travelling people along the coast and feed the main airports with passengers.


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