{"id":2473,"date":"2023-09-18T05:46:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2023-09-18T05:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:48:58","slug":"tour-of-scandinavia-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/tour-of-scandinavia-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Scandinavia, Day 5: Oslo to Stockholm in a Whirlwind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We started the day with a rainy tour of Oslo, Norway, which is nestled gracefully on a harbor at the end of a 110-km-long fjord. We walked through a glorious sculpture park, Frognerparken Vigelandsparken, (Vigeland Sculpture Park) with its captivating sculptures and monuments and its amazing flowers in bloom in late September. We\u2019ll share photos of the many sculptures in our blog at messysuitcase.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tour of Scandinavia, Day 5: Oslo to Stockholm in a Whirlwind\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUn5KZy1TDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back on the bus toward Stockholm, we had a couple of hours to stretch our legs in the Swedish town of Orebro and saw a lovely 14th-century palace, Orebro Castle. No time to go in, though! We took an hour to wander the scenic streets, and then hustled back onto the bus to head to Stockholm for dinner and bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whirlwind day gave us a taste for future exploration in Oslo and Orebro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ITINERARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/t\/181671#itinerary\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/t\/181671#itinerary\">TourRadar itinerary <\/a>listed for the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day &nbsp; 5. Lunes, 26 De Septiembre De 2022<br>OSLO,&nbsp;OREBRO,&nbsp;ESTOCOLMO<br>Total distance: 530 km.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scenery: Impressive scenery, with mountains, forests and lakes.<br><br><em>Free time to stroll around Oslo before continuing our journey.<br><strong>11:30 h. &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;Oslo- Departure. We travel to Sweden with its impressive lakes, dense forests.<br><strong>13.00 hrs.-<\/strong>&nbsp;After the border crossing, we stopped at a service area for lunch.<br><strong>17.00 hrs-<\/strong>&nbsp;Orebro- Arrival to this Swedish town next to a beautiful lake with a castle and charming historic center. Time for stroll.<br><strong>18.00 hrs.-<\/strong>&nbsp;Orebro. Departure.<br><strong>20.30 hrs.-<\/strong>&nbsp;Arrival in STOCKHOLM in the evening.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoy Photos!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Frognerparken Vigelandsparken, (Vigeland Sculpture Park), Oslo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/oslo-scupture-park-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/oslo-scupture-park-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/oslo-scupture-park-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/oslo-scupture-park-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/oslo-scupture-park-1536x1026.png 1536w, 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data-id=\"2482\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_100455-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_100455-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_100455-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_100455-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Swedish town of Orebro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"2493\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162500-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_162506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2492\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20220926_164109.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INFO:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/321477060682938155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tourradar<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/321477060682938155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Europamundo<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/321477060682938155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Oslo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitoslo.com\/en\"><br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/321477060682938155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vigeland Sculpture Park<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We started the day with a rainy tour of Oslo, Norway, which is nestled gracefully on a harbor at the end of a 110-km-long fjord. We walked through a glorious sculpture park, Frognerparken Vigelandsparken, (Vigeland Sculpture Park) with its captivating sculptures and monuments and its amazing flowers in bloom in late September. We\u2019ll share photos &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/tour-of-scandinavia-day-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tour of Scandinavia, Day 5: Oslo to Stockholm in a Whirlwind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,407,222,489,486,488,211],"tags":[632,137,647,27,493,648,640,9,491,646,492,630,261,262,649],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-history","category-lisa-blogger","category-norway","category-scandinavia","category-sweden","category-videos","tag-europamundo","tag-europe","tag-frognerparken","tag-messysuitcase","tag-norway","tag-orebro","tag-oslo","tag-retirement","tag-scandinavia","tag-stockholm","tag-sweden","tag-tourradar","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-vigelandsculpturepark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}