photog11 Loc: San Francisco

We are lucky enough to have some time in Norway in mid-July. We will have extra time in Oslo, Svolvaer, Rorvik, Trondheim, and Bergen. I am sure we will find the usual tourist attractions and photo opportunities on our own. Do you have any suggestions for photography that might be a bit off the beaten path? They would be appreciated. I will be taking a Nikon D7000, with a Nikon 24-85 mm f/2.0-4 and a Tamron 10-24 mm f/3.5-4.5.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Don't order lutefisk.

You should have plenty of daylight for photography, and the golden hour can be quite long, I imagine.
--Bob

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

Norway has increasing numbers of virulently anti-Semitic Muslim immigrants. If you want horrifying action video and are willing to accept abuse and possibly assaults, wear a yarmulka and turn on your video when Muslims are around. A number of people have done this in France and Britain and the results are shocking.

JPL

Seems like you are on a cruise. I guess it will be difficult to get to the unbeaten track on such a schedule. The best advice I have for you is to not wait until in harbor to take photos, when you are sailing f.x. the Oslo fjord and in to Bergen you should be able to get some pretty good pics from the deck if the weather is nice to you.

photog11 Loc: San Francisco

That's a good tip. Thank you.

photog11 Loc: San Francisco

I just checked out lutefisk on wikipedia. I will refrain from ordering it:)
I'm hoping for long golden hours in July. Thanks

photog11 Loc: San Francisco

I'm too old to be a rabble-rouser but might enjoy watching others tease the animals. Interesting idea though.

Los-Angeles-Shooter Loc: Los Angeles

I second the suggestion to avoid lutefisk. Other fisk is good, though, and Norwegian food is hearty and healthy. Anyhow, every cruise ship I've ever seen has excellent food.

Norway is unspeakably beautiful and the people are nice. BTW they appreciate humor based on their fellow Scandinavians. The Norwegians think of Swedes as wimps, consider the Danes to be sissified city slickers, and the Finns as drunken quasi-Russians fighting with their Fiskar fishing knives. When I was in Sweden after extensive travel in Finland, many Swedes were curious about my impression of Finns. They thought it hilarious when I said, "The Finns are always drunk and even business women have Fiskars tucked in their waistband..."

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Don't eat the food!!! (kidding)

strobe Loc: Central Iowa

Here are a couple of places in Oslo to look up.
Vigeland's park. Wonderful statues and other sculptures.

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Holmenkollen. The Olympic sky jump is open as a tourist attraction during the summer. The view from the top is great, and it gives you a whole nother perspective on the Olympic sport we usually only see on TV. I have a whole lot more appreciation for those athletes now.

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If you ask for them I'm sure the natives will point you in the right direction. Most everyone under the age of 60 will know at least some English. When we were there the 'trik' (Street car) was reliable and dependable for getting around. And a great way to meet people. Hop on, stare and or point at a map and sound lost, someone will likely come help you. If they don't ask someone you're near for help. Ask them what to see as well.

We were there in June and in Oslo it never did get 'dark'. Even after the sun went down. The 'golden hour' was well over two hours both going down and coming up, but the golden hours weren't far apart. Further north the golden hour is even longer as the sun never really sets. I don't know how far north you're going so it you might not be seeing it all night, and you’ll be farther from the summer solstice, but . . . I have some decent shots from just balancing my camera on a railing and tripping the shutter, even ‘long’ after sunset, and that was using ASA 200 or 400 film.

Of course the fjords along the coast will have lots of great scenery. If you can swing it, get up on the vieda, the high plains inland of the coastal mountains. Yes, we saw real live reindeer there. We started at Oslo, drove south around the southern end of Norway and up the west coast until we drove roughly straight east back to Oslo.

I took what I thought was an excessive amount of film (my last trip there wasn't all that recent) and used it all up, and ended up buying more while I was there. Every little burg we drove through seemed to have some place interesting to see or something interesting to do.

If you swim in the ocean, it will be chilly, and you’ll need someone watching out for jelly fish. They sting and that would be a distraction from your trip.

By the way, what’s wrong with lutefisk? It’s good if it’s prepared right. And over there you can get it prepared right, although it’s kind of out of season. It’s a winter food.

photog11 Loc: San Francisco

Thank you strobe. The voice of experience should be listened to. Good suggestions.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

In Bergen the town and harbour are very photogenic. Take the cable car in the town to the top for even more shots, time permitting walk down the hill back to the harbour.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

It may be best not to do this early in the morning. That is when I went up and the fog was so thick that photography was out of the question.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

From Wikipedia:

Lutefisk prepared from cod is somewhat notorious, even in Scandinavia, for its intensely offensive odor.

YUM!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

We have an excellent photographer on UHH who lives in Norway. If only I could remember his screen name. :(