Capitals of Scandinavia
From CAD $4,410 Was CAD $4,900
Guarantee
Group Tour
Easy
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(10 reviews)
Experience Overview
Travel to northern Europe’s historic, stylish and cosmopolitan cities on this fairy-tale tour of Scandinavia. See the iconic mermaid in Copenhagen and visit the grand city hall in Stockholm. During this tour, you’ll learn about the region's Viking history and why Helsinki is the capital of cool.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 2 Dinner (D)
- 9 Breakfast (B)
- 1 Lunch (L)
Be My Guest
- Kumla: Indulge in a delicious Swedish meal at a family-run organic restaurant, Egastronomi AB, with hosts Niklas and Anna.
Dive into Culture
- Stockholm: Visit the Stockholm City Hall, with its spire featuring the golden Three Crowns. Admire the ornate architecture and unique artwork of one of the city's most famous landmarks, and learn about the building's eminent history.
Iconic Experience
- Copenhagen: With your Local Specialist, view Christiansborg Palace and the cathedral where the King of Denmark married Queen Mary. You'll also see Nyhavn and Amalienborg Palace the Royal residence of Copenhagen.
- Gothenburg: Pass Gothenburg on a scenic drive through Sweden as you travel to Norway.
- Oslo: With your Local Specialist, see Akershus Castle, Oslo Harbor and the Royal Palace.
- Travel through unspoiled Swedish landscapes and see Lake Vänern, the largest lake in the country.
- Stockholm: With your Local Specialist, visit the Stockholm City Hall and enjoy a panoramic tour of the city with your fellow traveling companions.
- Helsinki: Your Local Specialist will show you the sights of the harbor city. Wander through the aromatic stalls of a traditional food market and sample local produce like liquorice or smoked reindeer before enjoying free time to explore the harbor of this fascinating city of design.
Must-see Highlights
- Explore Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki
- Visit Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo and the City Hall in Stockholm
- View the Little Mermaid and Nyhavn in Copenhagen and Finlandia Hall in Helsinki
- See Børsen, Christiansborg Palace and Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Akershus, the Royal Palace and the Opera House in Oslo, Storkyrkan, Riddarholmen Church and the Royal Palace in Stockholm, the Sibelius Monument, the Olympic Stadium and the Opera House in Helsinki
- Scenic Cruise across the Baltic Sea
Trip Details
Product Code: 34532
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+
Tour Operator:
Trafalgar (CA)
Supplier Code: 573.1580B
Starts: Copenhagen, Denmark
Finishes: Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 10 days
Departures: Not Guaranteed
Physical Rating:
Easy
Includes
Whats Included
- An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
- Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
- All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
- Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals
- Must-see sightseeing
- Audio headsets for flexible sightseeing
- Luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)
- Ferry from Helsing�r to Helsingborg
- Overnight Cruise from Sweden to Finland
- Optional Experiences and free time
- On occasion, hotels of similar standard and location may be utilized
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD $4,410 ($441 /day)
Itinerary
Hans Christian Andersen would have been right at home in 21st-century Copenhagen. The Danish capital hasn't lost any of its fairy-tale charm over the centuries, as you'll come to discover on your first day exploring this colorful city. Start your Scandinavian adventure with your Travel Director and fellow travelers, and enjoy dinner together to kick things off.
Accommodation: Hotel Phoenix
Meals: Dinner
Connect with the heartfelt hygge of your Danish hosts when you join a Local Specialist this morning for a sightseeing tour that will reveal all the highlights of Copenhagen’s Old Town. See Christiansborg Palace and the Little Mermaid, demurely seated on a rock overlooking Langelinie Promenade. See the home of Denmark’s beloved royal family, Amalienborg Palace, then spend the rest of the day exploring Copenhagen your way. Enjoy a cold øl overlooking the colorful façades of Nyhavn.
Accommodation: Hotel Phoenix
Meals: Breakfast
For now, it’s a fond farvel to Copenhagen and a bright and cheery hej to Sweden, as you cross the Øresund by ferry and wind your way north, through the Swedish countryside to Norway. You’ll want to keep your camera at the ready to capture the scenic landscapes that line your route to Oslo, Norway’s modern buzzing capital, where the Norwegian philosophy of friluftsliv can be felt along the flower-lined boulevards and bustling waterfront promenades.
Accommodation: Scandic Helsfyr
Meals: Breakfast
Tread in the footsteps of the Vikings this morning as you join your Local Specialist for a sightseeing tour that will reveal Oslo’s long-standing seafaring heritage. See the medieval fortress of Akershus, the elegant Royal Palace and Oslo Opera House, which seems to rise up from the water in all its marble, granite and glass glory. Visit a wonderland of Norwegian sculptures left behind by Gustav Vigeland in his sculpture park, then enjoy a free afternoon to explore the city on your terms. You could choose instead to embark on an optional experience to explore Oslo in more depth.
Accommodation: Scandic Helsfyr
Meals: Breakfast
Enjoy a scenic drive south through Norway’s lush forest landscapes to Sweden, bound for its enchanting capital. Journey past Lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden, before stopping in the countryside to Connect With Locals at a special Be My Guest experience with lunch. Brother and sister Niklas and Anna will welcome you to their renovated 19th-century venue and share their philosophy of using local produce to delight all your senses. Later, arrive in Stockholm and enjoy a free evening to explore ‘Beauty on Water’. Consider joining an Optional Experience at the first Ice Bar in the world.
Accommodation: ProfilHotels Nacka
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Style and substance are qualities Stockholm has in abundance, as you’ll discover when you join your Local Specialist for a sightseeing tour this morning. See Stockholm’s historic mother church, Storkyrkan, the Royal Palace and the Swedish Parliament, then Dive Into Culture on a visit to the City Hall, home to the annual Nobel Prize banquet. This afternoon perhaps join an Optional Experience to explore the maritime heritage of the city, or simply do as the locals do and indulge in fika (coffee and cake), embracing the Swedish philosophy of lagom. Tonight consider an optional experience to cobbled Gamla Stan to admire its medieval history on a walking tour, followed by a traditional Swedish meal in a local restaurant.
Accommodation: ProfilHotels Nacka
Meals: Breakfast
A leisurely start to your day could see you embark on some last-minute souvenir shopping or savoring steaming sweet Swedish cinnamon rolls in Stortoget. Consider an optional experience to Drottningholm Palace. The cool capital of Finland beckons as you board your overnight cruise to Helsinki, passing through Stockholm’s archipelago across the Baltic Sea.
Meals: Breakfast
Continue your cruise across the Baltic, arriving in Helsinki in time to join your Local Specialist for a sightseeing tour of all the city’s highlights, its Swedish and Russian heritage and some hidden gems. See the modern marble façades of Finlandia Hall, the Senate and the colorful stalls in Market Square. This evening, join your fellow travelers for dinner to raise a glass and toast your epic adventure across the capitals of Scandinavia. Kippis!
Accommodation: Clarion Hotel Helsinki
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Today is yours to explore Helsinki at leisure or perhaps consider joining a full-day optional experience to cruise to the beautiful capital of Estonia, Tallinn. With its walled, cobblestoned Old Town, you will feel like you've stepped into the pages of a fairytale.
Accommodation: Clarion Hotel Helsinki
Meals: Breakfast
After a memorable journey exploring the history and culture of four Scandinavian nations, all that’s left is to say a fond farewell to your new friends and prepare for your return journey home.
Meals: Breakfast
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Trafalgar (CA)
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Reviews
Robyn Cameron - Traveled, April 2025
I would definitely do this tour again! The service was excellent and very good attention to detail. Most of the local guides were great, very enthusiastic and energizing. I appreciated the friendliness and professionalism of both *Personal information removed by Feefo*, our tour director, and *Personal information removed by Feefo*, our fantastic driver. It was lovely to be able to spend 2 nights at each hotel. The package was manageable, interesting and with enough free time to be able to explore. The meals were so delicious, and the breakfasts really sumptuous.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/13/2025
Mary Churchel - Traveled, April 2025
Saw 5 countries on this trip with *Personal information removed by Feefo*, our TD and RAF, our driver. Both of them made the trip 5 stars!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/12/2025
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2025
Trafalgar makes travel feel like home! You won’t be disappointed with the service on your trip! Our travel Director, Michael was absolutely fantastic. And our Driver got us everywhere on time, and with no difficulty! Literally all the stressful details of travel were lifted by having Trafalgar service taking care of us! Taking my two teenage kids to Europe for the first time was full of unknowns. From the moment we began our adventure with Trafalgar, every possible unknown was tended to, without need of asking. Our accommodations were excellent. Our itinerary was well thought out and explained, the group very quickly became a large family my kids were comfortable and safe in, the excursions captured the best of every city we visited, and I’m pretty sure this is the trip my kids will always talk about the most! Trafalgar covers the details, so you can dig in and just enjoy the adventures of a lifetime.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/13/2025
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2025
Wonderful trip. Excellent tour guide and driver. All was excellent. The Conservatory in Helsinki could have been replaced by something else.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/30/2025
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2025
Excellent Travel Value. Trafalgar's service is impeccable and efficient. Our tour director kept us well-informed and managed many details smoothly. We loved our bus driver, too! This tour is excellent in every way! My tour director, *Personal information removed by Feefo*, was friendly, organized, knowledgeable and efficient. I really liked our hotel locations and my comfortable, attractive, modern room in each one. I thoroughly enjoyed the included activities and loved the optional ones that I chose. I am a huge fan of Trafalgar's "Be My Guest" experiences and the local experts who share their expertise. Everyone gave me interesting pictures of life in these cities. And, of course, I have to brag about the food, so delicious and local.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/04/2025
Viran Yapa - Traveled, April 2025
Exceptional Guidance and a Memorable Journey. We’ve travelled with Trafalgar consistently over the past few years on three trips and we've absolutely loved the experiences across Europe. Both Trafalgar and Insight have been fantastic, great itineraries and optional experiences. Travel Director *Personal information removed by Feefo* and driver *Personal information removed by Feefo* were absolutely superb, thank you both! We really appreciate all your help. You made the trip so special. A day in Estonia was one of the highlights of the trip—absolutely fantastic, especially the cruise across the Baltic Sea.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/02/2025
Trusted Customer - Traveled, August 2024
Very good except one time they left us on our own for four hours in an area that was almost 2 miles from the hotel. We walked back to the hotel and we are 70-year-olds. The tour director *Personal information removed by Feefo* excellent though.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 09/21/2024
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2024
Capitals of Scandinavia - Fun Time. Excellent! Tour was very organized and included a lot of fun things to see and do. I met so many interesting, nice and funny people on this trip. I laughed so much!!! Got to see a lot and have many interesting experiences I may not have found on my own; i.e., the Ice Bar in Stockholm. Our Tour Guide was awesome; *Personal information removed by Feefo*; so funny and so knowledgeable; I want her to adopt me.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/21/2024
Abigail Mitchell - Traveled, April 2025
Awesome experience. Service is great, and daily emails keeps you on track and what to expect for that day. The experience provided a great "taste" of each country. The travel guide, *Personal information removed by Feefo* was awesome. She deserves an award for going above and beyond for all of the individuals on this trip. I am planning on booking another trip soon.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/21/2025
Leticia Matiga - Traveled, March 2025
It was superb! It was wonderful except it was still too cold for us but we enjoyed it so much!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 04/20/2025
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