Please be at NEWARK AIRPORT at least 3 hrs prior to flight departure time. Scope representative will assist you with check-in. Your baggage must be checked to your final destination STOCKHOLM (ARN). If you have more than one piece of checked baggage, a surcharge of $50 will be collected at airport by agency representative for porterage.

Upon arrival at Arlanda Airport, the group will be met and transferred to their centrally located hotel in Stockholm where we have arranged for early check-in. Remainder of day is free to explore this city with its many museums, restaurants, shops and cafes. Dinner will be served at the hotel.

After a traditional Scandinavian breakfast, the group will be met and taken on an exciting four-hour private guided bus tour of the city, which includes Old Town, the Royal Castle, City Hall, with its famous Blue Hall, where the Nobel Prize banquet is held each year. The excursion also includes a panoramic view of Stockholm. Highlight of the tour is a visit to the Vasa Ship Museum.

Tonight you will enjoy a three-course dinner at the hotel before you are transferred to the Opera Hall for the night's performance, Rigoletto. Transfer back to the hotel after the show.

Today you will enjoy an interesting half -day excursion with bus and guide to the picturesque city of Uppsala, where we will see all the main attractions. We visit Old Uppsala with the famous Cathedral and the Viking mounds.

This evening you will experience Stockholm's coolest bar - ABSOLUT ICE BAR STOCKHOLM. Here in the world's first permanent ice bar, the temperature is -5^¡C all year round. The entire interior, including the glasses, is made from 100% pure, clear ice from the Torne River in Swedish Lapland.

After breakfast, it is time to board the train that will take you through the beautiful countryside of Sweden, over the border to Norway and to the capital city, Oslo. Check in to your centrally located hotel and spend a relaxing evening in Oslo. Dinner will be served at the hotel.

Today you will see all the highlights in Oslo. On this 4-hour guided city tour you will see many of Oslo's most impressive sights, including the great scenic point at Holmenkollen Ski Jump, the Viking Ship Museum, the Vigeland Sculpture Park, the Royal Palace, the Norwegian Folk Museum, Akershus Fortress and downtown Oslo. Enjoy!

In the evening you will attend the Ballet Arstidene Four Seasons. Enjoy the four seasons, as you have never experienced them before. That is a promise as Jo Str¿mgren takes on Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the dancers of the Norwegian National Ballet.
Depending on time of performance, dinner at hotel, either before or after the ballet.

After an early breakfast, transfer to Oslo Inter airport for non stop flight to Newark.

OPTIONAL EXTENSION

Depart by train on the famous Oslo/Bergen Railroad. At Myrdal board the Flam Railway, ranked as one of the top 20 train rides in the world. Within 13 miles descend 2800 feet to the idyllic fjord community of Flam. Here you board the Flam Express boat to Balestrand for dinner and overnight. The following day take the Songnefjord Express boat to Bergen. Clarion Hotel + city tour are included. Departure by plane from Bergen-Oslo-Newark TBA.

Included in tour package to Stockholm and Oslo:

• 3 nights at First Hotel Amaranten or similar including breakfast and early check-in
• Transfer from Arlanda Airport to your hotel in Stockholm
• 4 hours private guided bus tour in Stockholm
• Entrance fee to Vasa Ship Museum
• Entrance fee to City Hall
• Return transfer from the Opera Hall for Rigoletto
• 4 hours private guided bus tour to Uppsala
• Entrance fee to Uppsala Cathedral
• Return transfer from the Ice Bar
• Entrance fee to the Ice Bar including 1 vodka/soft drink
• Transfer from the hotel to Stockholm Train Station
• Train tickets from Stockholm to Oslo, 2^nd class
• 3 nights accomadation at Thon Hotel Opera, including breakfast
• 4 hours private guided bus tour in Oslo
• Entrance fee to Viking Museum
• Four 3-course dinners
• Transfer from Oslo to Gardemoen Airport at departure