The Trip — Norway 2026

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Day 1
Oslo

First day in the capital
- Roseslottet — Vebjørn and Eimund Sand's open-air WWII memorial on the Holmenkollen ridge
- Across to Hovedøya, the nearest of the Oslofjord islands
- The older adults take in the Opera House roof and the Munch Museum; the younger ones wander the city
- Check in at the Tjuvholmen hotel
- Dinner on the Oslo Harbor near City Hall
Day 2
Oslo

The city by bike
- Walk from the Tjuvholmen hotel to Viking Biking (Nedre Slottsgate 4J)
- Private e-bike tour: Akershus Fortress → City Hall → Karl Johans gate → Royal Palace → Vigeland Park → Frogner → Tjuvholmen / Aker Brygge
- Free — sauna, wandering, or finding the local angle
The group splits
Day 3
Norway in a Nutshell

Across the country in a single day, Oslo → Bergen

Ungdommene (the Youngsters)

Bergen Railway: Oslo S → Myrdal
Flåm Railway: Myrdal → Flåm
Electric bus up to the Stegastein viewpoint
Nærøyfjord cruise: Flåm → Gudvangen
Bus through the valley: Gudvangen → Voss
Voss Railway: Voss → Bergen
Sleep at the Bergen hotel near the wharf
Slektsreisen (the family-lineage journey)

The drive north

Gråhårsklubben (the Oldsters)

Depart Oslo, drive north toward Trondheim
Check in at the Trondheim hotel on the Nidelva river
Day 4
Bergen → Lillehammer

A morning in Bergen, then east by air and north by road

Ungdommene (the Youngsters)

Bergen Fish Market on the harbor
Fløibanen funicular up Mt. Fløyen
Bryggen — the medieval wharf and its row of wooden warehouses
Flight Bergen → Oslo
Drive Gardermoen → Lillehammer (~1h45m)
Stjørdal, Hegra & Kylloplass

The heritage day

Gråhårsklubben (the Oldsters)

Drive out from Trondheim to the Stjørdal valley
Værnes Church — the stone medieval parish church beside the airport
Hegra Church and the Hegra Fortress ridge above the river
Kylloplass — the ancestral farmstead
Return to Trondheim for the night
The group reunites
Day 5
Lillehammer

A day in town while the Gråhårsklubben drive south

Ungdommene (the Youngsters)

Storgata — walk the long shopping street
The 1994 Olympic Park and Lysgårdsbakkene ski jump
Reunion dinner — the whole group at one table
Trondheim → Lillehammer

Drive south to the reunion city

Gråhårsklubben (the Oldsters)

Drive Trondheim → Lillehammer down the E6 (~5 hours)
Arrive Lillehammer — reunion dinner
Day 6
Lillehammer

Together in town
- Visit Øyer Church up the valley from Lillehammer
- Walk through old-town Lillehammer along Storgata
Day 7
Lillehammer → Oslo Gardermoen

Last full day, then the long drive back south
- Maihaugen — the open-air folk museum on the hillside
- Marthe & Trygve depart for Croatia
- Drive Lillehammer → Oslo Gardermoen
- Check in at the Gardermoen airport hotel
Day 8
Departures

Flights home from Oslo Gardermoen
- Sara, Kirsten, Dave, Nathan, Autumn — OSL → AMS
- Christopher & Jade — OSL → CDG
- AMS → MSP (Sara, Kirsten, Dave, Nathan, Autumn)
- CDG → CVG (Christopher & Jade)
- MSP → MCI (Nathan & Autumn)

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The split phase The two parallel excursions tap to expand

On Days 3 through 5 the group splits in two — each travel group following its own arc, its own places — before both rejoin in Lillehammer.

Excursion for Ungdommene (the Youngsters) · Days 3–5

Norway in a Nutshell

A packaged Bergen Railway journey across Norway in a single day. The Ungdommene (the Youngsters) ride train, bus, fjord-cruise, and train again — Oslo to Bergen by way of three real places.

Flåm Stegastein Nærøyfjord

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Excursion for Gråhårsklubben (the Oldsters) · Days 3–5

Slektsreisen (the family-lineage journey)

The three-day drive north — Oslo to Trondheim and back via the Stjørdal valley parish churches and Kylloplass, taken by the Gråhårsklubben (the Oldsters).

Stjørdal & Hegra Kylloplass

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