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Day 28, Scandinavia Extreme Winter Expedition

Quick info:

28 Days
Through: 12 Countries
Total by car: 9840km / 6114 miles ;)

Confused ? I was too ;)
Denmark, Sweden, Finnland = EU members
Norway = Not an EU member
Sweden = Not NATO member
Norway, Denmark, Sweden - local currencies
Finnland - EURO currency
Norwegian, Dannish, Swedish - in some points similar languages
Finnish - different..How? Completely.. Totally..

Anyway, here you can learn some Finnish ;). In the middle, that's Swedish 
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And, become an expert in restaurant ;)
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The main goal: Northern Lights
We have been so LUCKY to see them in Tromso city
Around 5hours we have been chasing them. And enjoying them. 

Spectacular 4 days of driving:
Bergen (southwest Norway) - to Tromso (northern Norway)

The second "most wanted place": Nordkapp
Again, weather helped us a lot and we've been on the Top of the World.

Well, 71 10 21 is a special place.
And the landscape !
And the beautiful thriling driving behind a convoy (approx. 15-20min)

Coming back through Finnland...and 3 baltic states. We only have a half-day for Talinn, Riga & Villnius, but it was worth to see it.

Well, i am still sorting out almost 5500 pictures..going through tons of information..it will take some time to sort it out ;)

Now... client is already safely back in China (probably planning next trip) while, me..safely back at home.. trying to relaxe a bit before the main summer season starts.

Some of my "the very best from Scandinavian countries":

1, Denmark: the level of services (spectacular), the friendliest people i have ever met. And generally, very friendly atmosphere. In the cities as well as in the countryside. We added 2 more days.. 
We visited Copenhagen...Odense... Jelling... and Aarhus

2, Norway: the most fascinating countryside.. Also the level of services and friendly people. 
Everybody we talked to was so interested in our driving from Bergen to Tromso and then up to Nordkapp.

3, Finnland: the driving through Lapland.. Very peaceful countryside. 

It was great to see what these Nordic countries have in common, where are the diffferencies. Know about their history (as we visited 3 open-air museums, in Denmark, Sweden and Norway) and also National Museums (in Denmark, Sweden). Also, most of the museums offered the highest quality of presentations/exhibitions.

The most recommended museums: Jelling stone (Denmark), Vasa (Stockholm), Viking & Kontiki (Oslo). 

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