We're visiting our foreign exchange student and her family this summer and are wondering what all we have to do to go. I know we need a visa but do we need certain shots? (medicine, vaccination?)

Thanks,

Jim

We are cruising the Norwegian Fjords middle July and wanted to know what best to take e.g. eurocheques, travellers cheques, currency etc.

We would also appreciate comments on weather - is it very rainy in Fjords and is the weather going to be cold/warm/hot??

Many thanks for help

Sylvia - West Midlands

Jarhead Jim,

I know this is way too late for a useful answer, but still: You're not stating which country you belong to (are a citizen of) but if you're from any western ("developed") country I don't see why you would need a visa to visit Norway as a tourist.

Sylvia,

I suppose you've already found out that getting money from cash machines/ATMs was/is the best way to obtain cash in Norway. They're practically everywhere, and the user fees are reasonable, if any at all.

As for the weather, there's no way of telling in general terms. It may be cool and rainy one day, warm and sunny the next.

Person: Let the actual weather that particular day decide what you wear. There are no dress codes based on religion or public morals in Norway, if that's what you have in mind. Anything goes, as far as fear of being frowned upon is concerned.