Budget Travel in Norway
Noway is an incredibly expensive country (according to many indexes the most expensive in the world). This is my guide to travelling around Norway on a very small amount of money.
How small you ask? Well – I was doing an experiment with money while I was there and was trying to live on 5 Euros a day. I didn’t make it, it took 7-10 Euros a day while I was in Norway. I stayed for about 3 weeks and travelled from Oslo to the South part of the country and then up to the Artic Circle.
GENERAL
Food- Rema 1000 – Kiwi – Ethnic Grocery Stores
Drill them into your head, they are going to be your bread and butter (literally).
Kiwi is better for fruit – Rema 1000 has good yogurt – Ethnic grocery stores usually have good vegetables and ramen noodles and the like. You’ll have to browse around these places for yourself.
Tip: You can get a pack for stale crackers with lots of fiber in them for about an Euro, they are good, nutritious, and if you don’t put anything on them, cheap! Those coupled with yogurt in the mornings and nights were the mainstays of my diet in Norway.
Norway is a land of great opportunity! You get to loose weight and maybe try a day or two of fasting! You’ll feel lovely and exuberant.
I’ve heard dumpster diving can be really good and in Tromso I was able to see and experiment a little with it. The rest of the time I was on the road and it was hard to spec out the best places. Look next to every Rema 1000, Kiwi and Ethnic Stores or really wherever food is sold! If you’re up in a bind start asking in different stores and in food places if they have left over food.
Public transport in cities- AVOID, AVOID, AVOID Expensive! Walk everywhere.
TRAVELLING
Trains – Make sure and book 2 weeks before and get the “Mini-price” This will surely be the best and probably only “deal” you’ll get while in Norway. You can get a train from Oslo or from Stavanger all the way to Bodo (where the train ends), in the Arctic circle for about 40 Euros (it sounds like a lot but it’s a DEAL in Norway!)
Busses – Avoid them like the plague, they are super expensive. Either avoid them or go on without tickets.
Hitchhiking – Although the Norwegians swear that hitching is bad, it seems alright. Had really great times where I was picked up while making a sign…and others where it took me 12 hours to make it 300 km or I had to wait 6-7 hours for rides. All in all pretty good.
Enjoy Norway!
How small you ask? Well – I was doing an experiment with money while I was there and was trying to live on 5 Euros a day. I didn’t make it, it took 7-10 Euros a day while I was in Norway. I stayed for about 3 weeks and travelled from Oslo to the South part of the country and then up to the Artic Circle.
GENERAL
Food- Rema 1000 – Kiwi – Ethnic Grocery Stores
Drill them into your head, they are going to be your bread and butter (literally).
Kiwi is better for fruit – Rema 1000 has good yogurt – Ethnic grocery stores usually have good vegetables and ramen noodles and the like. You’ll have to browse around these places for yourself.
Tip: You can get a pack for stale crackers with lots of fiber in them for about an Euro, they are good, nutritious, and if you don’t put anything on them, cheap! Those coupled with yogurt in the mornings and nights were the mainstays of my diet in Norway.
Norway is a land of great opportunity! You get to loose weight and maybe try a day or two of fasting! You’ll feel lovely and exuberant.
I’ve heard dumpster diving can be really good and in Tromso I was able to see and experiment a little with it. The rest of the time I was on the road and it was hard to spec out the best places. Look next to every Rema 1000, Kiwi and Ethnic Stores or really wherever food is sold! If you’re up in a bind start asking in different stores and in food places if they have left over food.
Public transport in cities- AVOID, AVOID, AVOID Expensive! Walk everywhere.
TRAVELLING
Trains – Make sure and book 2 weeks before and get the “Mini-price” This will surely be the best and probably only “deal” you’ll get while in Norway. You can get a train from Oslo or from Stavanger all the way to Bodo (where the train ends), in the Arctic circle for about 40 Euros (it sounds like a lot but it’s a DEAL in Norway!)
Busses – Avoid them like the plague, they are super expensive. Either avoid them or go on without tickets.
Hitchhiking – Although the Norwegians swear that hitching is bad, it seems alright. Had really great times where I was picked up while making a sign…and others where it took me 12 hours to make it 300 km or I had to wait 6-7 hours for rides. All in all pretty good.
Enjoy Norway!
