Scandinavia: Norway & Denmark - Study Abroad Association

Norway & Denmark: Norse Mythology

11 days

TBD

Arrive in Oslo, Norway
Airport Transfer
Check In, Relax & Refresh
Orientation Walking Tour – The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency.
Welcome Dinner & Program Orientation – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Oslo Historical & Cultural Walking Tour – (Parliament House, University of Oslo, the National Theatre, Royal Palace)
Lunch Time
City Hall Guided Tour – There are 16 wooden friezes in the City Hall’s courtyard made by Dagfin Werenskiold (1892-1977), painter and sculptor. They show the motifs from Norse mythology: the life of gods and the stories of wisdom and love, war and hate, and magnificent visions of the future.
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Viking Ship Museum – All the viking ships at the museum were ocean going vessels before they were hauled onto land to be used in burial rituals for their wealthy owners. In the burial mounds, archeologists unearthed skeletons, beautiful wood carvings and a diverse range of artifacts from the fascinating world of the vikings.
Lunch Time
Vigeland Park – The Vigeland Park is the world’s largest sculpture park made by a single artist, and is one of Norway’s most popular tourist attractions.
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Historical Museum – The Historical Museum is located in one of Oslo’s most beautiful jugend buildings, and shows permanent and changing exhibitions on four floors.
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Ferry Larvik to Hirtshals
Arrive in Aalborg, Denmark
Check In & Refresh
Orientation Walking Tour
Group Dinner – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Lindholm Høje – Where the history of the area comes alive. With an outset in the recovered relics, you will be introduced to Viking life through magnificent reconstructions, panoramas, illustrations and 3D animations. Experience how the inhabitants of Lindholm kept cattle, worked the field, built and decorated their houses, cooked, wove and traded.
Transfer to Odense – The city is named after Odin, the Norse god of war, poetry and wisdom, a perfect patron for a cultural and historical hotspot.
Check In & Refresh
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Odense Cathedral – Built in the 1300s, it’s a Gothic cathedral with a bright, high nave. Many consider this to be the finest Gothic building in Denmark.
Lunch Time
Transfer to Copenhagen (approx. 2h)
Check In & Refresh
Copenhagen Historical & Cultural Walking Tour – (City Hall, Christiansborg Palace, Old Town, Nyhavn Harbour, The Royal Palace of Amalienborg and more…)
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
The National Museum – The museum is a time-machine with destinations such as Vikings, Egyptian mummies and a hash stall from Christiania.
Lunch Time
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Free Day in Copenhagen
Farewell Dinner & Program Closing – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.

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