Inside the latest issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK)
Looking for a wilder kind of summer adventure? Voyage to Norway with the May issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK), which invites travellers to explore the Scandinavian nation at a time of year when its perfumed pine forests, sauna-lined harbours and mountain-fringed fjords hum with the promise of the midnight sun.
With summer on the horizon, National Geographic Traveller (UK) is turning its gaze northwards, inviting readers to swap the balmy beaches of the Mediterranean for the fjords, forests and mountains of Norway.
Over the last few years, the number of travellers considering so-called ‘coolcations’ has surged dramatically, with global travel network Virtuoso reporting a 44% increase in bookings to more northerly destinations such as Iceland, Canada and, of course, Norway. But the latter’s appeal lies beyond its pleasant summer temperatures. Teetering on the northeastern edge of Europe, the Scandinavian nation is one big outdoor adventure, with the summer months promising kayaking excursions between islands, hikes over mountains carpeted with wildflowers, and cabin stays in forests filled with cloudberries and chanterelle mushrooms.
This month, the team set out to explore Norway from top to bottom, roaming from the art-filled streets of Oslo’s Grünerløkka district to the wild archipelago of Vesterålen and the region of Sunnmøre, where a new generation of Norwegians are keeping ancestral foraging and farming techniques alive. Readers can uncover all this and more in the the May issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK), available now.
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