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Thon Hotels – with fantastic breakfast
Strawberry – a different hotel company
Radisson Blu Hotels – discover your favourite destinations
Classic Norway Hotels – some of Norway's most charming hotels
Scandic Hotels – in all major cities from north to south
Holiday homes
DanCenter – your specialist in holiday homes in Norway
Norgesbooking – book your perfect cabin stay in Norway
Camping
Campcation – book camping all across Norway with Campcation
Campanyon - discover unique stays in nature
Widerøe – the largest regional airline in Scandinavia
Travel by train
Vy – travel by train to Bergen and the fjords
SJ NORD – travel by train north of Oslo
Travel by bus
NOR-WAY Bussekspress – comfortable bus trips to the fjords and cities
Vy express – travel with express bus throughout Norway
Car and van rental
AutoEurope – always a smooth car rental experience
Rent-A-Wreck – the smart car rental alternative
Arctic Campers – Norway’s camper van rental
Cabin Campers – your cottage on four wheels
Hurtigruten – "The World’s Most Beautiful Sea Voyage"
Fjord Tours – Home of Norway in a nutshell® - Norway’s most popular tour
Authentic Scandinavia – Travel created by locals
Up Norway – Bespoke luxury tailored by insiders
Discover Norway – skiing, biking and hiking holidays in Norway
Norrøna Hvitserk – expeditions and adventure holidays
Booknordics.com – hundreds of activities, tours and day cruises in Norway
Fjord Travel – self guided tours of Norwegian highlights and fjord cruises
Go Fjords – book fun experiences and activities all over Norway
50 Degrees North – tailor-made and small group tours to Norway
Norwegian Holidays – low-price package holidays with Norwegian.
My Nordic Travel – Do It Yourself, make your own itinerary
Ski holidays in Rauland – Go skiing in beautiful mountain nature
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The people of Bergen are some of Norway’s fiercest local patriots. When combined with a true Christmas spirit, their love for the city sparks some extraordinary ideas.
In Norway, Christmas without gingerbread cookies is hard to imagine. We call them “pepperkaker” – literally pepper cookies – even though they rarely contain any pepper. Usually, they come in the form of women and men, angels and reindeer, hearts and bells – and even houses and castles. Placed, for instance, in the world’s largest gingerbread city.
Every year since 1991, kindergarteners, schoolchildren, local businesses, and thousands of other volunteers have participated in the construction of Pepperkakebyen in Bergen. Here, you’ll find everything from tiny homes to local landmarks, trains, cars, boats and international signature buildings.
The Pepperkakebyen gingerbread town is not the only one in Norway. You’ll find them all over the country, in cities like Stavanger, Hammerfest, Haugesund, Fredrikstad, and Bodø. More and more kindergartens and schools also join in on the fun with their own miniature towns.
Even Americans with Norwegian roots in Duluth, Minnesota have started their own gingerbread city tradition, inspired by Bergen.
Pepperkakebyen is open to the public from mid-November throughout December. The profit is always donated to a relief agency that works primarily with children in need.
26-27 November
Christmas market in Fredrikstad's main square
4 November - 18 December (weekends only)
Pre-Christmas adventure in Henningsvær
17 November - 31 December
The Christmas Town Tromsø
29 October - 23 December
Christmas market at Hadeland Glassverk, Jevnaker
25 November - 22 December
Christmas market in Bergen
12 November - 1 January 2023
Winter Wonderland in Spikersuppa, Oslo
26-27 November
Christmas at Granavollen, Hadeland
26 November - 12 December
Christmas market "Jul i Viken", Lillestrøm and Norges Varemesse
26 November - 22 December
Christmas market in Kristiansand
26 November - 23 December
Christmas in Bærums Verk
1-18 December
Christmas market in Trondheim
1-4 December
Christmas market in Røros
4 December
Christmas market at the Stenberg Museum, Toten
2-3 December and 9-10 December
Christmas market in Lillehammer
1-11 December
Christmas market in Egersund
3-4 December and 10-11 December
Norsk Folkemuseum's annual Christmas fair, Oslo
3-18 December (weekends only)
Christmas in the old town, Fredrikstad
10-17 December
Julegada Christmas fair, Vennesla
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Discover more Norwegian holiday traditions and treats.
See our selection of companies that work hard to make you happy all through your trip.
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