CHAPTER I.
COPENHAGEN AND ENVIRONS. |
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| LÜbeck—Journey to Copenhagen—Herr Rentier—Bertel Thorvaldsen—Museums—An Evening at the Tivoli—Souvenirs of Hamlet—A Famous Mother-in-law—The Frederiksborg Palace—An Aimless Widow | 15 |
CHAPTER II.
ACROSS SWEDEN BY THE GOTHA CANAL. |
| A Day at Gothenburg—The Gotha Canal—Life on the “Venus”—Keeping our Meal Accounts—The TrollhÄtta Falls—Pastoral Scenery—Swedish Boarding-School Girls—Lake MÄlar | 41 |
CHAPTER III.
IN AND ABOUT STOCKHOLM. |
| The Islands and Features of the City—The Westminster Abbey of Sweden—Interesting Museums—Leading City for Telephones—Scenes at Evening Concerts—The Multitude of Excursions—Down the Baltic to Vaxholm—Royal Castles on the Lake—University Town of Upsala | 57 |
CHAPTER IV.
RAILWAY JOURNEY TO THRONDHJEM. |
| Swedish Railways and Meal Stations—Among the Snow Banks—The Descent to Throndhjem—The Shrine of St. Olaf—North Cape Steamers | 75 |
CHAPTER V.
THE NORWEGIAN NORDLAND. |
| The Ever-Present Salmon—A Cheese Exhibition—The Blessed Island Belt—TorghÄtta and the Seven Sisters—Scenes within the Arctic Circle—Visit to the Svartisen Glacier—Coasting along the Lofoden Islands—Sea Fowl and Eider Ducks—Reindeer Swimming across the Fjord | 89 |
CHAPTER VI.
FROM TROMSÖ TO THE NORTH CAPE. |
| The Sights of TromsÖ—A Visit to a Whale-Oil Factory—The Most Northern Town in the World—Bird Islands in the Arctic Ocean—A Picnic at the Base of the North Cape—The Midnight Sun—Perplexities of Perpetual Day | 111 |
CHAPTER VII.
THE VOYAGE BACK TO THRONDHJEM. |
| The Lyngen Fjord—Lapp Encampment in the Tromsdal—A Smuke Pige—Lapp Huts and Babies—Reindeer, and their Manifold Uses—Loading Cattle—Farewell Appearance of the Midnight Sun—Scenes among the Steerage | 133 |
CHAPTER VIII.
MOLDE AND THE ROMSDAL. |
| Christiansund—Resting at Molde—Leprosy in Norway—First Carriole Drive—Struggling with the Norse Language—Walk through the Romsdal | 151 |
CHAPTER IX.
A MOUNTAIN WALK. |
| Steamboat Service—A Night in a Mountain SÆter—Primitive Accommodations—A Talkative Farmer—Riding Horseback under Difficulties—An Exhausting Tramp and a Trial of Patience—Up the Geiranger Fjord to Merok—Approach to Hellesylt | 169 |
CHAPTER X.
ACROSS COUNTRY DRIVE. |
| Posting System and Manner of Travelling in the Interior—Characteristics of the Norwegians—A Day’s Carrioling—A Morning Walk—Rival Innkeepers—Scenes in the Hay Fields—Our Third Day’s Ride—Resting at Sande | 187 |
CHAPTER XI.
ON AND ABOUT THE SOGNEFJORD. |
| A Day on the Sognefjord—Evening Scenes at a Norwegian Hotel—Carrioling through the Laerdal—Borgund Church—The Grandeurs of the NaerÖfjord and Walk through the NaerÖdal—Our Drive to Vossevangen—A Morning Walk to Eide | 211 |
CHAPTER XII.
THE HARDANGER FJORD. |
| A Sabbath at Vik—Road Building—Visit to the VÖringsfos—Odde on the SÖrfjord—Excursion to the SkjÆggedalsfos—The BruarbrÆ—From Odde by Steamer to Bergen | 231 |
CHAPTER XIII.
BERGEN. |
| Our Experiences in the “Weeping City”—Scenes in the Fish Market—Rainy Walks about Town—A Beneficial Licence System—Voyage across the North Sea—Up the River Maas to Rotterdam | 253 |
CHAPTER XIV.
EXPENSES AND PRACTICAL HINTS. |
| What Did it Cost?—The Route and Time Allowed for the Journey—Clothing and Food—Ladies Travelling Alone—The Result of Politeness and Consideration—Conclusion | 267 |
