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Norway
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- Drink/drive laws are strictly enforced. The recently introduced 0.20ml
limit means in effect no alcohol 12 hours before driving.
- Distances can be great, roads narrow and winding and speed limits low.
Driving takes longer than you think.
- Norway is very expensive - bring plenty of money, especially if
intending to eat and drink in restaurants and bars.
- The control of illegal drugs is strictly enforced. Khat, although
legal in UK, is illegal in Norway and possession, depending on the amount,
will lead, at least, to immediate deportation.
- Ensure you are in possession of E111 form to cover medical treatment
and have adequate travel insurance, including medical cover - especially
if intending to ski.
- Check Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice before travelling.
- Enter next of kin details into the back of your passport.
- Bank opening hours are more restrictive than in the UK - especially in
summer, though cashpoints are widely available.
- The winter is long (it can last well into April) and temperatures can
drop to minus 25 degrees C and below. Winter visitors should bring warm
clothes and practical footwear to cope with icy roads and pavements.
Special clamp-on grips (brodder) to give extra security in icy conditions
can be bought locally.
- Summer visitors intending to visit forest, lake and mountainous
regions should bring plenty of insect repellent as mosquitoes and midges
can be a problem. Fire bans (ie no camp fires) are strictly enforced in
many areas during the summer months.
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