Kimkim Trip Reviews for Norway

This was my 2nd trip with KimKim. Planning couldn't have been easier. Anna was very attentive and responsive to our questions and always had good suggestions for tailoring the trip to our needs/wishes. Accommodations were all good. Tours and scheduling also good. The only real miss for us was the Aurora Dinner Cruise in Tromso. Maybe during summer months when it's not dark and you can see something it might be better. But the cruise itself was boring - there was nothing to see and the food was unexceptional. Walking tours of Oslo and Bergen were great ways to orient ourselves in the cities and the guides were top notch. Snowshoeing/Northern Lights Chase/Hot tub on Tromso Polar Cruise and Bergen Fjord Cruise were all highlights.

Hotel Reviews

Clarion Hotel The Hub

Oslo

Comfortable room, great central location, nice bar, fantastic breakfast buffet. Very lively hotel!

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Thon Hotel Tromsø

Tromsø

Hotel was comfortable, clean, centrally located, nice breakfast buffet, good gym.

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The Hanseatic Hotel

Bergen

Great character, comfortable room, centrally located, nice/helpful staff

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Explore Oslo's Hidden Gems with a Local Expert

Oslo

Our guide Stig was amazing. He shared local and personal stories, history, insights. We toured on one of the coldest days in Oslo in 30 years. Stig brought hand and foot warmers for us and kept us moving so we could get warm!

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Northern Lights Adventure in Tromsø

Tromsø

Due to weather, we had to chase the lights rather than go to the outfitter's home base. Trina (our guide) was great - very enthusiastic and clearly has a lot of experience chasing the auroras. We had to drive to within 20 minutes of the Finland border, which meant a 2+ hour drive in each direction. We didn't get back to hotel until after 2 am, which was about an hour later than expected (and rough since we had an early morning flight to Bergen!)

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Mostraumen Fjord Cruise from Bergen

Bergen

Awesome tour and we even had good weather so we got to see the fjords!

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Explore Bergen with a Local

Bergen

Our guide John was very knowledgeable about the area and walked us everywhere in under 3 hours! Lots of hills! Great way to get oriented in the city.

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Guided Snowshoeing on Kvaløya Island

Norway

We had to go to an alternate location due to bad weather, but the guide was knowledgeable, friendly and put safety first always. It was a good activity to be outside and active.

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Aurora Dinner Cruise

Tromsø

Nothing to see in the dark. Food was unremarkable. People (travelers) were not particularly friendly or encouraged to mingle/get to know each other.

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Sail the fjords of Tromsø

Tromsø

This tour on a sunny day would be amazing. We had a gray/cloud/rainy day so we had to be inside most of the time. Kenneth, the captain, was great. We got a real sense of his love of being on the water. The small group enabled us to get to know other people which was nice. Hot tub was definitely a highlight. Others jumped into the cold arctic water (we did not, but might have if the weather was nicer!)

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Thank you Meree and Fenne and Julia. Your care and attention in preparing our 6 week trip around Scandinavia, Tallin, Finland and Iceland has been exemplary. We’ve experienced countless ‘pinch-me’ moments and have loved every minute. We would love to return to continue the adventure and will definitely travel with Kim Kim again. Thank you!!! Marie-Claire, Jeff and family

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Bristol

Oslo

Beautiful hotel - elegant, luxurious yesteryear vibes in architecture and decor complimented by excellent service.

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Scandic Copenhagen

København

LOVED the breakfast room - chic and stylish- and the breakfast was excellent too

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Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel

Helsinki

The staff here are wonderful. Great to chat with them!

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Activity Reviews

Winter Dog Sledding in Svalbard

Svalbard

AMAZING. Interacting with the dogs was an incredible experience for my family who have limited experience with dogs

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Private guided Stockholm tour + Vasa and Abba Museum

Stockholm

A must do to understand the history and layout of the city. Our guide was lovely.

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Guided City Tour in Tallinn

Tallinn

Wonderful tour around Tallin - not just the charming old town. Jana our guide was knowledgeable and fun

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Tour to Katla Ice Cave

Reykjavík

The highlight of my northern adventures. A surreal experience walking over giant “pillows” of crystal clear ice. Otherworldly

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Christina and Mathia were extremely helpful. Everything was amazing! The apartment in Aurland on the fjord was incredible. We were on the water and the view was breathtaking. We also truly enjoyed our experience at the GLOD Aurora Domes. We saw the Northern lights all 3 nights, loved the dog sledding and the reindeer sledding. A truly incredible experience! Thank you!

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Wangen Apartments AS

Aurland

Cute apartment with spectacular view!! We were there over the winter holidays and the restaurants were not open, but the grocery store was a 1 minute walk from the apartment. Highly recommend!

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GLØD Aurora Canvas Dome

Alta

Very cozy! A great experience!

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A different experience compared to your regular hotel room.

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Very helpful with making phone calls and reservations.

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Coffee in bed!

Activity Review

Snowshoe to Stegastein Viewpoint

Norway

A nice experience. Amazing views, but a little short.

Linda was incredible. Helpful, kind, patient and very responsive. I loved working with her. She gave great recommendations and was there every step of the way. 10/10!

Mar finished all the bookings for us and then Fenne took care of all our bookings and was in touch with us throughout the trip. The bookings / planning everything was perfect for us on this trip.. we hit a big bump on our first day when our flight was cancelled and the whole plan looked falling apart, but Fenne and team helped us a lot in making sure to liaise with the vendors and moving our bookings without any hassle. It just took off all our stress. And while we were in Tromso they will in touch with us all the time.

Highly recommend booking through KimKim team. Their itinerary’s are just perfect to see any place u plan to visit.

I am grateful to kimkim for creating a wonderful Norwegian experience. All of the guides, including Krista, Fenne, & Julia were so helpful and so quick to respond to all of my questions. We loved every city we stopped in but wished we had more time in Bergen. The day trip to Bergen was too much travel - boat (amazing), bus, train, bus again - and then we got lost for an hour trying to walk to our hotel as we did not have clear instructions on how to get to our hotel. We ended up only sleeping in Bergen.
The highlight of the trip was Kirkenes and we were blessed to see the Northern Lights there!

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Private Fjord Sauna experience

Norway

Hunting the Northern Lights by Bus

Kirkenes

Norway in a Nutshell Tour

Norway

The boat trip on the fjords was beautiful. The rest of the "tour" consists solely of moving from one mode of transportation to the next, without any real sightseeing.

Husky Experience - winter 13:00

Kirkenes

Luggage Transfer Service

Norway

Snowhotel Kirkenes Visit & Dinner Incl. Transfers

Kirkenes

The trip to Norway was an amazing success. Having a personal contact from the country to help discuss options, plan and book the trip, as well as answer any questions that we had during our trip helped us have the best time with minimal stress.

All of our guides, hotels, and transit bookings were exactly what we were looking for and all of the information/tickets were easily available within the KimKim itenerary page.

Thank you Mathia, Stig, Ute and everyone else who helped us see the beautiful country of Norway.

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Explore Oslo's Hidden Gems with a Local Expert

Oslo

Stig was an awesome tour guide with so much knowledge of Oslo and Norway as a whole. He has been around the world and you can easily see his passion for history, art, and people.

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Visit Stegastein Viewpoint

Norway

By far the best viewpoint of an incredible fjord.

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Fjordcruise on UNESCO Nærøyfjord

Norway

Extremely serene and cozy way to see the Næroyfjords, a must do if you are in this part of the country.

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Bergen Walking Tour With a Local Guide

Bergen

Great way to see and learn about Bergen. There is a lot of preserved history within the cityscape and the cobblestone streets are incredible places to walk.

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Christina was amazing. This was our first time booking with a tour company and it was way beyond our expectations. Christina was so prompt with responding to all our needs it was just a great experience! I will definitely use Kimkim again. All the tours Christina sent us on were perfect! We went on a walking tour in Oslo, Stig was great! We took a train to Flam. The scenic train ride was picture perfect! We also took a boat ride through the Fjords. Unbelievable! Then off to Bergen by train. We went on another walking tour. That was more of a hike because of the hill but was very picturesque. We spent 2 nights in Bergen. Then took a plane to Tromso. We went on a Chasing the Northern lights tour and that didn’t disappoint either! The last thing we did was Dog Sled Ride and that was a blast! I think we have to go back in the summer to see all these wonderful views with out snow.
Everything went so smoothly, Thank you Christina for a trip of a life time!

Hotel Reviews

Bergen Børs Hotel

Bergen

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Thon Hotel Opera

Oslo

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Fretheim Hotel

Flåm

This was probably my favorite hotel on the trip! It was so warm and cozy.

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Radisson Blu Hotel

Tromsø

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Bergen Walking Tour With a Local Guide

Bergen

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Explore Oslo's Hidden Gems with a Local Expert

Oslo

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Fjordcruise on UNESCO Nærøyfjord

Norway

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Both Fenne and Ellise were very informative, professional, responsive and knowledgeable in helping me plan our trip to Norway. I was able to change itinerary several times, easily and always got quick responses. It was comforting knowing if at any time I had a problem or needed to make a change I could call them for help. I would definitely recommend Kim Kim, especially for people traveling somewhere for the first time.

Christina at Kimkim did a great job booking a wonderful trip to Norway for us. She was sensitive to our specific requests (I wanted spas and saunas everywhere) and also very knowledgeable about all things Norway - where to stay and what to see and how to get from one place to another. We were three people traveling together, and Kimkim walked us through all of the various railroad trips and transfers so that we very easily could find our way to wherever we needed to be. Christina chose beautiful and convenient hotels for us and arranged great experiences. All of Norway was wonderful, but the northern lights boat ride in Tromso, the Sauna/Fjord experience in Flam, the incredible Flam railroad, the Hotel Norge in Bergen all stand out. Mathia at Kimkim was the person on the ground during much of our trip and he was extremely helpful in making sure we made all connections and everything ran smoothly. We had a couple of little wrinkles - miscommunications with a hotel and a tour guide that caused some confusion and delay. And in both cases, Kimkim staff worked seamlessly to make sure our concerns were quickly addressed and everything was sorted. We would love to visit Norway again - it's amazing - and would be happy to return to Kimkim for help.

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Fjordcruise on UNESCO Nærøyfjord

Norway

This was amazing from start to finish and 100% worth doing - so beautiful and great.

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local specialists were very communicative. having everything pre-booked was very convenient - no problems with excursions, hotels, etc....had some bad luck with early winter weather and road closures, but a ferry ride and saw other parts than planned - no worries! most places were great, one was only option in that town and led to an expensive meal (since no other options), so some more warning about out-of-the way places in off-season could have avoided that one perhaps...Tromso and surroundings was beautiful. Learned tons for first kim-kim trial...would use again for sure...thanks!

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RIB Boat tour Geiranger

Geiranger

great guide = fun trip - off-season and still worth it - they provided perfect gear! would do again!

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Northern Lights Chase

Tromsø

we got lucky - unbelievable evening - well guided - highlight of the trip for sure!

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Fenne and Julia from Kimkim ensured that the entire trip was a memorable one. Making sure to understand the goals and wants of my trip. At times I would get lost and confused and both of them ensured I got to the place n participated in the events.
Although I can't remember the names of everyone a big shoutout goes to everyone who helped make this event amazing
A big thank you Truelson on the Hermes 2 boat and a high 5 to Jonas from chasing lights..
Jonas was exceptionally good at what he did .. things I did were
Meet the husky
Feed and sled with the Reindeer
The cable car..
The artic plunge
The Hermes 2 boat ride and the chasing lights northern lights chase tour
Kim kim made this tour a lifetime experience for which I'm grateful

Hotel Review

Comfort Hotel Xpress Tromsø

Tromso

This hotel is ok.. slightly crammed but comfortable. Not the best of accommodations but has a good price point

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Northern Lights Minibus Chase

Tromsø

The whole experience was great .. the campfire the chase and viewing of the aurora was spectacular. Jonas and his team made this a great experience

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Jonas made sure the journey was good.. providing warm clothing was great

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My friend and I had a wonderful experience in Norway. Our travel specialist, Mathia Pacenti, was easy to communicate with and very responsive. He ensured that we were well-informed by sending us detailed itineraries in advance. The choice of hotel locations was excellent as they were conveniently situated and easily accessible.

What impressed me the most was how he regularly checked in on us when we reached each new place. It made us feel well taken care of and ensured a smooth transition between destinations.

The two local walking tours provided a fantastic opportunity for us to delve deeper into the culture and history of the two places we visited. A big thanks to our guides, Stig Frislid Torset and John Grahl-Madsen, for making the tours enjoyable.

We are glad to have booked through kimkim and will definitely book with them again in the future!

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Explore Oslo's Hidden Gems with a Local Expert

Oslo

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A big thanks to our guide, Stig Frislid Torset for showing us around!

Bergen Walking Tour With a Local Guide

Bergen

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A big thanks to our guide, John Grahl-Madsen for showing us around!

Mar and her team did an amazing job organizing our trip to Norway! We had a general idea of what where we wanted to go during the trip (based on an itinerary found on the KimKim site) and Mar did a great job building on that. She scheduled us in the right places for the right amount of time, which we wouldn't have been able to do on our own. We enjoyed all the activities that she planned and it was a great mix of adventuring, site seeing, and just taking in the amazing scenery.

Communication was very smooth and they were very quick to respond to questions, especially during our time in Norway. The platform was great to have all the trip details and needed documents in one place. It was clear where we had to be when so we never missed an activity.

I highly recommend visiting Norway and using Mar to plan an unforgettable time there :)

Hotel Reviews

Thon Hotel Astoria

Oslo

Nice hotel in a good location in Oslo. Only complaint was that the walls seemed thin, we could hear people in the hallway and next door at times.

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Fretheim Hotel

Flåm

There aren't a lot of hotel options in Flam, so this seems like your best bet. Overall a nice hotel but the rooms could use some updating.

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Zander K Hotel

Bergen

Great hotel, was clean and comfortable with some modern design elements. Is a little set back from Bergen city center, but was still very easy to walk everywhere. Was convenient to be near the bus and train station for early more travel.

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Scandic Ishavshotel

Tromsø

We loved this hotel as it was clean, comfortable and has great views being right on the water. It's near a lot of the places we wanted to visit in Tromso, and the bus stop right in front made transportation to and from the hotel easy.

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Activity Reviews

Naerøyfjord Round Trip via boat & bus

Norway

The views from the boat are incredible, one of my favorite parts of the trip.

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Bergen: A Walk Through Past and Present

Bergen

This was a great way to see the highlights of Bergen and learn about the history. Very worth doing.

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Fløibanen

Bergen

Worthwhile to see the views and the whole city of Bergen. There's also lots of hiking options at the top.

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Northern Lights Minibus Chase

Tromsø

We were so lucky to see the Northern Lights during this activity! Our guide was great and we found a good spot to wait for the lights to appear.

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This trip was incredible. While I may have been able to book this trip on my own - this was WAY easier. They picked great hotels that were closer to the sights. The igloo experience was something that changed my life. It was one of the best things I ever experienced. The only thing I wish was a little better info for the buses and trains - that is my only complaint. But this was a 10/10 experience and would highly recommend to anyone.

Hotel Reviews

Hotell Bondeheimen

Oslo

The Bondeheimen hotel was a pleasant surprise. The location was great and I didn't have to venture very far to get to things. Overall, I was very pleased with this hotel.

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Radisson Blu Hotel

Tromsø

The Radisson Blu Hotel was also well located. However, there were some communication issues regarding my stay on the night of the ice dome experience. I wasn't initially informed that I still had the hotel room for the night, which would have been good to know beforehand. Other than that, the hotel was pretty good

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Activity Reviews

From Bergen to Oslo scenic train route - Bergensbanen

Norway

The train experience was generally okay, but there was a bit of confusion due to some work being done on the train tracks. I had to transfer to a bus at some point which was unexpected. I think it would be helpful if there were some checks closer to the trip to ensure everything is running smoothly.

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Spend the morning in the ice domes and transfer back to the city

Tromsø

The ice dome experience was hands down the best thing I've ever done. It was just incredible. There were some communication issues regarding how I was supposed to get there and whether or not I had to carry all my luggage. But other than that, it was fantastic.

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Aurora Husky Visit

Tromsø

The husky visit, was not my cup of tea. I felt a bit sad for the dogs that were there.

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Northern Lights Chase

Tromsø

The northern lights were very cool, I would have preferred doing another activity like this one versus the husky visit.

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Our trip for a last minute put together was fabulous. We loved each place we visited. The hotels were gorgeous. The scenery was perfect.
Our guide for the waterfall scenic drive (Michael) has the perfect amount of energy. We absolutely loved him and learned so much about the area. He for sure made that experience a great one.
Everyone from the Kim Kim team was so helpful and promptly answered questions or helped when needed. Excellent service.

Working with Kimkim was great! They helped me plan my trip to Norway quickly, and I'm really appreciative of them helping figuring out the logistics of traveling within the country, as well as giving me some good ideas of what to do in each location. Made planning the trip easy.

My trip to Oslo was jam packed full of activities. The team at Unforgettable Nordic was easily able to plan a variety of activities that suit my interests into every single day. Their agents are very flexible with altering travel plans, and quick to respond should any mishaps occur.

We worked with Mar to book an amazing 10 day Norway journey that was virtually perfect - great itinerary, great properties, amazing assistance throughout our trip. We started in Oslo and headed west to Bergen with nights in Heilo, Odda, Eidfjord and Bergen before flying up to the Lofoten Islands with 2 nights in Svolver and 2 nights in Hamnoya/Reine — just amazing — and ending back in Oslo. We could not be more pleased with the recommendations, accommodations, guides and everyone else who jumped in to help. Fenne and Meree were always available if we needed assistance during our trip and even after hours. The properties we stayed at were also great - especially since we traveled in October offseason.

We will absolutely use KimKim and hopefully work with Mar, Fenne, and Meree on a future Norway trip.

Kimkim is a great resource.

Maria and team did an excellent job of organizing a variety of fun and unique activities across Norway, including experiences on land, sea and air. The highlight of our trip was the time we spent in the Lofoten Islands, one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen.

All the logistics were expertly organized and went without a hitch. When we asked to switch hotels in Bergen, it was swiftly adjusted.

A few of activities were too touristy/not good enough quality or too tightly scheduled for our taste, but that is bound to happen when you're traveling with a pre-set itinerary.

Overall, we were very pleased with all aspects of our trip and would definitely use kimkim again. We want to especially thank Fenne for her support day to day.