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There are plenty of guidebooks for travel to Norway and Scandinavia.
Here’s an overview of some of the better ones that will be useful to either
give you ideas before your trip or to assist you during your journey.
Moon travel guides are not as popular or as glossy as the above two, but they have excellent straight forward information and are fairly comprehensive. They make some unorthodox sightseeing recommendations, which is refreshing as most travel guidebooks tend cover the same sights.
DK Eyewitness travel guides have the best visual illustrations I’ve seen. They are great for dense urban areas packed with sights or navigating through a large museum. As much as I like them, I think they are better suited for a visit to London or Paris than travelling around Norway
If you can’t decide between two guidebooks, buy the one that is the most recent. Also be aware that there’s often a year between when books are researched and when they are published, so some information can be outdated.
You’re usually best off buying a Scandinavia guidebook if you’re combining your trip to Norway with a visit to Denmark and or Sweden. The Norway section in those books will be close to what you’ll find in a Norway only guidebook.
Lonely planet and Rough Guides are the two big names. Both are fairly
comprehensive and are worth browsing through before your trip to give you ideas
of where you might like to visit. Rough Guides tend to be stronger on culture
while Lonely Planet has better maps and practical information. I would give the
edge to traveling with Lonely Planet unless it’s an older edition.
Moon travel guides are not as popular or as glossy as the above two, but they have excellent straight forward information and are fairly comprehensive. They make some unorthodox sightseeing recommendations, which is refreshing as most travel guidebooks tend cover the same sights.
Rick Steves guide books have a more focused approach than the others.
Rick limits his coverage to those places he feels are central and he likes. He
has a wide following of independent travelers in the mid price range. His
walking tours are very well done. The maps and practical information are not as
strong as Lonely Planet’s but this is a good choice if you are in sync with
Rick’s travel philosophy.
Insight Guides have great pictures and inspiring text but are not good
on practical information. So I would read these before your trip and not bring
them with you.
DK Eyewitness travel guides have the best visual illustrations I’ve seen. They are great for dense urban areas packed with sights or navigating through a large museum. As much as I like them, I think they are better suited for a visit to London or Paris than travelling around Norway
If you can’t decide between two guidebooks, buy the one that is the most recent. Also be aware that there’s often a year between when books are researched and when they are published, so some information can be outdated.
You’re usually best off buying a Scandinavia guidebook if you’re combining your trip to Norway with a visit to Denmark and or Sweden. The Norway section in those books will be close to what you’ll find in a Norway only guidebook.
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