Longest tunnel in the world - 2,500,000m3 of rock excavated over the 5year construction period
Best Park - The University Botanical Gardens, Oslo
Finally a garden that we both enjoyed, it has lovely plantings of all sorts, from rockery, herbs, sensory, Granny’s garden, Vikings, roses, a palm house, museum and plant research buildings, green spaces and a systemic garden (whatever that is).
Best Tour - Nobel Peace Prize Museum, Oslo
Best Free Tour - Kniven Viewpoint and Stairs, Alesund
Best Food - Reindeer Stew & Pikelet Sandwich with Brown Cheese and Butter
Brown cheese and butter pikelet. Brunost or brown cheese is just cheese boiled until it caramelises.
Best Beer - Ringnes
Definitely Ringnes wins the award but the other two were close...
Best Purchase - Heavily Discounted Cookbook ($22 NZ)
It's written in Norwegian - ezy pezy!
Best Accommodation: Kristiansand
Best Geocache #1: The Grimstad Travel-Bug Hotel GC2NW9
Best Geocache #2: Lillehamer Promenade Bridge GC3DMZW
Lillehammer – a devious geocache hide that took some time to find on the Lillehammer promenade
Best Discovery: Norway is a lot like NZ but Colder