Laura Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Could anyone familiar with travel in these areas give me some feedback on my itinerary? Here’s the (tentative) plan: Fly into Copenhagen (stay 3 days)Overnight ferry to Oslo (stay 1 day)Train to Bergen (stay 2 days)Fly to Helsinki for vegan week ( !) (6 days)Ferry to Tallin (stay 1 day)Ferry back to Helsinki (stay 3 days)Ferry to Stockholm (stay 5 days)Fly home out of Stockholm Any suggestions or advice? Do you think I’m trying to cram too much into a 3-week timeframe, and if so what would you recommend leaving out? I'm not too concerned about seeing all the touristy stuff; when I travel I really just like walking around, exploring, observing, reading and eating tasty vegan food (although with the sad state of the US dollar I'll probably stick mainly to supermarkets, lol). I'm really looking forward to this trip. I appreciate any advice or insight anyone can offer. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I've been to every city but Bergen but I was there so briefly I don't have much to recommend at the moment....but I'll think about it and let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 It seems like you will have enough time at all the places.Are you traveling to Stockholm from Norway with train? It might be nice to see some of the country side.I don't know much about vegan places in any of the cities you're visiting but I'm sure you will have guides while you're there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Thanks Robert and Offense. Robert: What cities did you enjoy most? Offense: I'm thinking of taking the train from Oslo to Bergen, and from Bergen I'll fly to Helsinki for vegan fitness week. I would rather take the train to Stockholm and go on to Helsinki from there, but time will be a big factor. My itinerary isn't set in stone, though. Where in Sweden do you recommend I go, besides Stockholm? What about Malmo, Gothenburg and Gotland? Thanks for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I can't help you at all. I haven't been anywheres outside of NABut I just wanted to say have fun, and pack lite are you going by yourself or with a friend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 norway is pretty poor when it comes to vegan food and everything is seriously overprized. i just woke up and i'm kinda in a hurry but when i get home again i can write down a couple of my favourite places in stockholm. this site hasn't been updated for too long but it's still worth checking out http://www.veganstockholm.se/lang_eng/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 I can't help you at all. I haven't been anywheres outside of NABut I just wanted to say have fun, and pack lite are you going by yourself or with a friend? Thanks, Tasha . I'll be sure to pack light, nothing worse than lugging too much stuff around. I'm going by myself. I've done a lot of solo travel (it sounds funny to some people, but I actually like it; I guess I'm kinda antisocial, lol). I'm sure I'll make some new friends at vegan week in Helsinki, though. We should take a trip next year to get you out of NA! I really want to go to both Croatia and either Panama or Costa Rica. Seriously, we should pick one and start planning for next year. It could be like a mini vegan vacation . nrway is pretty poor when it comes to vegan food and everything is seriously overprized. i just woke up and i'm kinda in a hurry but when i get home again i can write down a couple of my favourite places in stockholm. this site hasn't been updated for too long but it's still worth checking out http://www.veganstockholm.se/lang_eng/ Thanks Johan, I'll check out that site. Yeah, depending on $ I may have to cut out Norway, although I'd really like to see the fjords. I hear they're spectacular. Thanks again for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 no probs. norway is amazing just expensive but it's really worth it.when in stockholm most vegan/vegan friendly places are on what we call "söder", basically the south part of the inner city but there are resaturants and cafes all over the city really. you should check out Söder VeggIt's located on Katarina Bangata 27. Everything is vegan and they have tons of cakes, cupcakes, sandwiches, salads and soups. It's pretty cheap too. Fairly new place.http://www.vegankrubb.se/wp-content/uploads/fotka.jpg about 300 meters from that place you'll findGoodstore http://goodstore.se/index.phpit's a small vegetarian (mostly vegan) and organic food store. they have tons of fake meats, soy cheeses (everything from redwood, viana and such companies), a lot of cool snacks and vegan milks. If you're there on a clear day just buy a pack of hotdogs and go to a park and have a bbq. it's awesome. For snacks, try bonvitas different chocolates. rice milk, cranberries, nougat and coconutbars (remember that refined sugar in sweden is vegan kosher). the adress is skånegatan 92 http://goodstore.se/img/products/butiken_0001.jpg also pretty close (on medborgarplatsen 3) you will find a big place called söderhallarna. inside there's a lot of different restaurants and shops. you should go toSödermannaeverything there is vegan except for some butter they serve with the bread. it's mostly a lunch place i think. try the brown rice/soy burgers. there a tons of more great places but i can't figure them out right now. but these three are located pretty close. almost all the asian places can replace the meat with tofu and most of the conventional food stores sell soy milk, soy cheese and so on. 98% of the bread in sweden is vegan, we almost never use dairy products when baking bread so breakfast should be fairly easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Johan, THANK YOU!!! for all the Stockholm info. The vegan cupcakes in that photo look way too tempting, though. I'm going to have to make sure I don't spend too much time in that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offense74 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Offense: I'm thinking of taking the train from Oslo to Bergen, and from Bergen I'll fly to Helsinki for vegan fitness week. I would rather take the train to Stockholm and go on to Helsinki from there, but time will be a big factor. My itinerary isn't set in stone, though. Where in Sweden do you recommend I go, besides Stockholm? What about Malmo, Gothenburg and Gotland? Thanks for your advice.I would take the train from Stockholm and then take the ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki (or Turku and then train to Helsinki). People regularly take the train here, it's not like in the US were people are mostly flying.Gothenburg is nice and so is Malmo but you don't need as much time there as you would in Stockholm since they are smaller cities. Check out wikitravel if you want to read up on the different places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Thanks, Offense. I'd much rather take the train than fly, I was just thinking about the time crunch since I'd only have 5 days for Denmark and Norway before going to Helsinki for VF week. I'll do some rearranging, though, and see what I can figure out. I'll check out Wickitravel, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 I hope you have a great trip & take lots of photos to share with us! I've become intensely interested in visiting Scandinavia - esp. Sweden - after meeting several cool Vegan Swedes, watching Tillsammans, visiting Ikea ( no, i'm actually not joking about this! ) & of course lots of reading. Now if I could only win the lottery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 hahaha tillsammans is great if you don't count the part where they sell out their veggie beliefs to buy hot dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveliberate Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 True Johan! I forgot to mention that I've started listening to The Knife too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 the knife is a cool band. i've seen them live like 5 times i think. kick ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osric Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Laura - looking forward to hearing about the Stockholm end of your trip. It was great hanging out at VFW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisrolinski Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 no probs. norway is amazing just expensive but it's really worth it.when in stockholm most vegan/vegan friendly places are on what we call "söder", basically the south part of the inner city but there are resaturants and cafes all over the city really. you should check out Söder VeggIt's located on Katarina Bangata 27. Everything is vegan and they have tons of cakes, cupcakes, sandwiches, salads and soups. It's pretty cheap too. Fairly new place.http://www.vegankrubb.se/wp-content/uploads/fotka.jpg about 300 meters from that place you'll findGoodstore http://goodstore.se/index.phpit's a small vegetarian (mostly vegan) and organic food store. they have tons of fake meats, soy cheeses (everything from redwood, viana and such companies), a lot of cool snacks and vegan milks. If you're there on a clear day just buy a pack of hotdogs and go to a park and have a bbq. it's awesome. For snacks, try bonvitas different chocolates. rice milk, cranberries, nougat and coconutbars (remember that refined sugar in sweden is vegan kosher). the adress is skÃ¥negatan 92 http://goodstore.se/img/products/butiken_0001.jpg also pretty close (on medborgarplatsen 3) you will find a big place called söderhallarna. inside there's a lot of different restaurants and shops. you should go toSödermannaeverything there is vegan except for some butter they serve with the bread. it's mostly a lunch place i think. try the brown rice/soy burgers. there a tons of more great places but i can't figure them out right now. but these three are located pretty close. almost all the asian places can replace the meat with tofu and most of the conventional food stores sell soy milk, soy cheese and so on. 98% of the bread in sweden is vegan, we almost never use dairy products when baking bread so breakfast should be fairly easy. I am in Stockholm soon and will find this post really useful! tack så mycket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Awesome. I acctually live in Stockholm now. Holler if you want to meet up for a cupcake or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lena01 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Awesome. I acctually live in Stockholm now. Holler if you want to meet up for a cupcake or two I'd take that invitation! But I'll use it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjohanx Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Awesome. I acctually live in Stockholm now. Holler if you want to meet up for a cupcake or two I'd take that invitation! But I'll use it later. I really hope you will use it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Well, depending on what you are looking for. You are listing only the big places, but if you are more interested in nature and beauty I highly recommend the Danish Island Bornholm http://www.bornholm.info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thanks everyone . Finland/ vegan fitness week (more pictures of vfw08 on veganfitness.net): http://i33.tinypic.com/2vab1x1.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/290zwq1.jpg vegan donuts!http://i36.tinypic.com/vskoec.jpg http://i36.tinypic.com/34rjcyq.jpg Hey there's osric!http://i38.tinypic.com/2vkymfa.jpg Helsinkihttp://i33.tinypic.com/2z8rk1x.jpg Estoniahttp://i33.tinypic.com/druz9.jpgTallin is so lovely and picturesque . . . wait a minute, is that a freaking McDonald's ? http://i34.tinypic.com/2ce6ou1.jpg StockholmThe Stockholm train station is ridiculously nice (as is the rest of Stockholm)http://i34.tinypic.com/vl354.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/30sxbh5.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/ibvzm8.jpg Oslohttp://i33.tinypic.com/2dsn7es.jpg near Vosshttp://i38.tinypic.com/33onsex.jpg Vosshttp://i35.tinypic.com/11vmjnp.jpg kayaking/ Naerofjordhttp://i34.tinypic.com/16jo9eh.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Sorry about the size of those photos . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osric Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 thanks for posting those pics! looks like you had a great time in Sweden, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Nice to see these pics, really awesome places in Scandinavia. Has u visited Noway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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