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I am in beginning stages of planning a family vacation to Europe (Me Wife and grade school daughter) . We will probably do the Volvo overseas delivery deal where we order a car from here, pick it up in Gothenburg Sweden and drive it around and then have them ship it back to the US.
I have spent a few months in Denmark a couple of times, and have been to Berlin, Prague, as well as Holland. The main places I want to go are southern Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The map below is roughly what I want to do and then ferry to Kristiansand Norway from Denmark and see some of Norway and Sweden.
Anybody have some suggestions?
What are the good places to go? We want to spend some time in cities but not too much.
What are the good places to see in Norway and Sweden?
Is it worth it to try and go to France / Paris?
I have spent a few months in Denmark a couple of times, and have been to Berlin, Prague, as well as Holland. The main places I want to go are southern Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The map below is roughly what I want to do and then ferry to Kristiansand Norway from Denmark and see some of Norway and Sweden.
Anybody have some suggestions?
What are the good places to go? We want to spend some time in cities but not too much.
What are the good places to see in Norway and Sweden?
Is it worth it to try and go to France / Paris?
You could drive up to Ålesund before going to Oslo, it´s yet another city surrounded by mountains and the sea
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berchtesgaden You can stay in a hotel right by the water. Take a boat ride down the lake, walk around the lake and town, tour Eagles Nest and the museum and in Salzburg take a tour of the salt mines. You could easily spend 3 amazing days in this area. Then if you are trying to make your way to Brussels, I would make sure I crossed through Luxembourg and visited the American cemetery there and pay Patton and his solders my respect. I know you are Canadian, but I'm telling you what I would do. Between Salzberg and Brussels, there are a shit load of castles and ruins. Try doing a search and finding a few you would like to see. Around Amsterdam, I would skip over to Zandvoort beach and stay a night in a hotel on the boardwalk on the North Sea. It is a neat place. https://www.google.com/search?q=zandvoort+netherlands&biw=1024&bih=541&…
I absolutely love touring castles and ruins want to go to Europe for the sole purpose of touring them Germany has some awesome ones. Most I have been in were probably within a couple 100 miles of Stuttgart area. I'll try and find out some of the ones I've been to. A couple of them were totally awesome. I have been to castles during Halloween and a few of them that were having parties or raves going on. Some of them do medieval times kind of stuff. Castles are freaking awesome.
I was stationed in Germany for half of the 90's, so to a German, I had that going against me.
It used to embarass me when Americans were acting like stereotypical Americans. I could immediately pick out a group of Americans in a crowded place, not by the language I heard, but by how loud they were.
Prauge was mentioned above. Such a great city to visit. I'm lucky to have visited when they were just coming out from behind the Iron Curtain. Really cool history to see. Amsterdam is cool to, but probably not for young kids.
https://www.duesseldorf-tourismus.de/en/city-tours/hopon-hopoff-citytou…
I go there sometimes with friends mainly to visit bars and nightclubs but it's certainly a great family place as well.
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