Category: Scandinavia
Denmark (Northern Jutland). County: Nordjyllands amt. Altitude: 15 m (50 ft). Population: 155,000. Postal code: DK-9000. Telephone code: 08. Aalborg Turistforening,(JsterSgade 8; tel. 12 60 22. HOTELS. Hvide Hus, …
Norway (administrative district of Svalbard). Area of archipelago: 61,723 sq. km (23,830 sq. miles). TRAVEL. Boat services from Bergen viaTromsoand HonningsvSg to Spitzbergen (Longyearbyen and Ny Alesund); cruises. Air …
Krusa to Frederikshavn (E3). The route starts from the frontier village of Krusa. To the NE, on the Nybel Nor, an offshoot of the Flensborg Fjord, is Gras-ten (pop. …
Travel by road The roads. Roads play an important part in the transport system of Scandinavia, since the railways are relatively sparse, particularly in Norway, northern Sweden and northern …
Denmark remains neutral. The occupation by German troops (1940-5) is a painful ordeal for the whole country. The Danish government remains in office. Growth of a resistance movement. In …
Province: Vastmanlands Ian. Region: Vastmanland. HOTELS. Park, Gunnibogatan 2, 205 Metro, Vasagatan 22, 75 Stora Hotel let, Vasagatan 1 5, 164 Astoria Fenix, Kopparbergsvej 29A, 140 Klippan, Kungsgatan 4, …
Norway remains neutral. Half its merchant fleet, which carries cargo for the Allies, is sunk by German submarines. Popular feeling is hostile to Germany. 1920 Norway joins the League …
Counties: Oppland fylke, Hedmark fylke, Akershus fylke. Altitude: 124 m (407 ft). JN Reiselivslaget for Hamar og Hedemarken, Brygga, N-2301 Hamar; tel. (0 65) 212 17. Gjovik Turistkontor, KauffeldtgSrden, …
Formation of the fjords During the last Ice Age, some 3 million years ago, the whole of Scandinavia was covered with a massive ice sheet, reducing in thickness towards …
Province: Kalmar Ian. Region: Smciland. Altitude: sea level. Population: 54,000. Postal code: S-39 … Telephone code: 0480. T Kalmar Lans Turisttrafikforbund, w Box 86, S-39121 Kalmar; tel. 2 82 …