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Summary: Need facts, not political views!!!
Review: I am a fan of Rick Steve's series. My first was the Germany book and found it absolutely great on a back-packing adventure through Bavaria and the Mosel Valley. But when I bought "Scandinavia" for a recent trek through Kobenhaven, Sweeden, and Norway I was sorely dissapointed.1. The maps lacked A LOT of detail.
2. If you stray from the "Norway in a nutshell" tour, the book has very limited information on the rest of Norway. We travelled to Bodo and the Lofoten Islands to the north. Wish he would have writeen about them...
3. Lot's of voids on where to eat.
4. Spent way too much of the book focused on Denmark. Maybe re-title the book Steve!
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Summary: Should be called Rick Steve's "Denmark"
Review: I am a fan of Rick Steve's series. My first was the Germany book and found it absolutely great on a back-packing adventure through Bavaria and the Mosel Valley. But when I bought "Scandinavia" for a recent trek through Kobenhaven, Sweeden, and Norway I was sorely dissapointed. 1. The maps lacked A LOT of detail.
2. If you stray from the "Norway in a nutshell" tour, the book has very limited information on the rest of Norway. We travelled to Bodo and the Lofoten Islands to the north. Wish he would have writeen about them...
3. Lot's of voids on where to eat.
4. Spent way too much of the book focused on Denmark. Maybe re-title the book Steve!
Rating:
Summary: Should be called Rick Steve's "Denmark"
Review: I am a fan of Rick Steve's series. My first was the Germany book and found it absolutely great on a back-packing adventure through Bavaria and the Mosel Valley. But when I bought "Scandinavia" for a recent trek through Kobenhaven, Sweeden, and Norway I was sorely dissapointed. 1. The maps lacked A LOT of detail.
2. If you stray from the "Norway in a nutshell" tour, the book has very limited information on the rest of Norway. We travelled to Bodo and the Lofoten Islands to the north. Wish he would have writeen about them...
3. Lot's of voids on where to eat.
4. Spent way too much of the book focused on Denmark. Maybe re-title the book Steve!
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Summary: "De facto" travel guide book in Scandinavia
Review: I travelled with this book Norway, Denmark and Sweden. If you go there, you will be shocked about how many people bring this book. On your way to "Norway-in-nutshell", you may read to this guide book loudly for other people in the same train who bring this book. Everybody got this book. I really enjoyed every aspect of this book. However, you may need to some other books to supplement poor maps on this guide book.
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Summary: "De facto" travel guide book in Scandinavia
Review: I travelled with this book Norway, Denmark and Sweden. If you go there, you will be shocked about how many people bring this book. On your way to "Norway-in-nutshell", you may read to this guide book loudly for other people in the same train who bring this book. Everybody got this book. I really enjoyed every aspect of this book. However, you may need to some other books to supplement poor maps on this guide book.
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Summary: Need facts, not political views!!!
Review: It seems that Mr. Steves is more concerned about his political views than giving us good travel info, at times. 'Even suitable for a Republican to dine at' and 'Republicans might be shaking from the customs' were a couple of examples (not verbatum) and he criticized Norway's whaling culture, but approved of Denmark's permissive culture toward drugs and sex. Ok, ok...I'll stop my rant. I just was hoping for more travel substance and less politicizing. The book was geared toward the population centers, so you might not get the info outside of the two largest cities in each country...was hoping for more out of the way information. Also, not too much info on driving. Geared more toward rail travel, which is ok and probably better for students traveling abroad. On the plus side, he had a kind of cool trip suggestion based on the number of days you have available (from 3 to 21 days), but again it is based on the larger cities. I think I will look for more specifics by getting individual books for each country.
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Summary: Need facts, not political views!!!
Review: The book had some decent info, but it was spotty. For example, most info was based on population centers (Oslo and Bergen for Norway, and that's about it). Plus, I don't mind if a writer is liberal or conservative, but he seems to go out of his way to cut down those that don't hold his views. For example, 'even a Republican would eat there.' Or talking about how a Republican would be shaking from sites seen in certain areas. C'mon already. While you might think Republicans are a different species, it does detract from the reason people read your books. Also, cutting down Norway because they allow whaling, but praising Denmark for its liberal views on drugs or cohabitation. Ok, sorry for my rant. The book as some good points, especially if your travels focus on population centers. It is biased toward rail travel (versus travel by car), but that is ok, and probably good for younger travelers. It also had an interesting suggested travel routes, based on the number of days you have. Kind of a neat idea. All in all, the book left me wishing there was more detail. Maybe I need to buy individual books for each country, rather than trying to get all of my Scandanavia reference from one book.
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