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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful: By This review is from: Norway (Insight Guide Norway) (Paperback) I bought this book as a gift for my Host Family in Minnesota, USA , when I went there as a foreign exchange student. The book is good, and tells a lot about Norway, but for a book being marked as printed in 2000, the pictures are really old. I would say some of the pictures in this book looks like they are from the 80's. One example is the Royal Family, where the Crown Prince looks like he is around 11-12 years old. He is now in his 20's and engaged. But the nature still looks the same, so if you don't care too much about pictures, you can buy this book. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Norway (Insight Guides) (Paperback) The Insight Guide Norway is a beautiful book with well-written descriptions of the country and breathtaking photos. If you want to get an idea of what Norway is like, get ideas of which areas you want to visit, or are on a package or bus tour, this is your book. If your travel style is more like my husband and I where you just buy a plane ticket, rent a car and start driving across the country, this is not a terribly helpful book. The most frustrating thing I found with it is the tendency to describe a stunning hotel or excellent restaurant, and then not include any logistics for how to find it! The hotel/restaurant guide in the back is laughable. Even the sections on Oslo and Bergen had very limited information on where to stay and where to eat. I also purchased the Lonely Planet Norway and found this a much more useful guide for our style of travel. It's not exciting at all, very few color pictures and substandard maps, but the logistical information about each area was much...Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: By camera buff (kansas) - See all my reviews This review is from: Norway (Insight Guide Norway) (Paperback) We bought this book before traveling to Norway. It gave us so much valuable information. We traveled along the fjords, Bergen, and Oslo. We would have missed so much if it were not for this book. It even prepared us to expect the astronomic price of food. I think it made for a great trip because of the information in this book. Do not even think of traveling to Norway without this guide. It is worth every penny. |