My wife and I are planning OSD for June next year, and were focused on exploring nature - see Stockholm before the factory pickup, then drive north to the Wilderness Road, and Norway's mountains for 10 days for views and mild hiking.
But this summer we spent a week and a half in Austria, and fell in love with old medieval towns like Hall in Tyrol. This got us thinking..
We have lived out West and have visited the American and Canadian Rockies a lot, they are spectacular, as are the ones in Norway I'm sure. The fjords would be something different. But we don't have beautiful ancient towns in the USA, this is something we can't get here. Maybe it would make sense for us to stick to southern Sweden and Denmark rather than drive up North. How are old towns like Lund, Marstrand, Ystad, etc.? Comparable to Austria or Bavaria, or newer and less picturesque? Would it be worth spending a week exploring such towns? Or is Scandinavia really all about the nature and we should just do the mountains and maybe Bergen?
We are thinking North America is an incredible place for nature, Europe for historical urban places. We aren't taking the Volvo into large cities (we would do 3 days in Stockholm without a car before going to the Volvo factory) but road tripping through small medieval towns would be very cool, if there are enough of them and they are as nice as what we saw in Austria. Any opinions and experiences from people who know Europe better than we do?
But this summer we spent a week and a half in Austria, and fell in love with old medieval towns like Hall in Tyrol. This got us thinking..
We have lived out West and have visited the American and Canadian Rockies a lot, they are spectacular, as are the ones in Norway I'm sure. The fjords would be something different. But we don't have beautiful ancient towns in the USA, this is something we can't get here. Maybe it would make sense for us to stick to southern Sweden and Denmark rather than drive up North. How are old towns like Lund, Marstrand, Ystad, etc.? Comparable to Austria or Bavaria, or newer and less picturesque? Would it be worth spending a week exploring such towns? Or is Scandinavia really all about the nature and we should just do the mountains and maybe Bergen?
We are thinking North America is an incredible place for nature, Europe for historical urban places. We aren't taking the Volvo into large cities (we would do 3 days in Stockholm without a car before going to the Volvo factory) but road tripping through small medieval towns would be very cool, if there are enough of them and they are as nice as what we saw in Austria. Any opinions and experiences from people who know Europe better than we do?