Dom, the Jolly Viking ; Dom Joly Raises a Glass of Overpriced Beer to Norway, Land of Viking Longboats, Fjords and Blondes with Blinding White Teeth [Eire Region]

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My Scandinavian experiences haven't been all that successful. In Helsinki, for a TV show, I was suspended above the main square on a crane dressed as a sailor. A hundred thousand Helsinkers, all packed into the city centre, laughed and taunted me - they just wouldn't fin(n)ish (sorry). I still have nightmares.

Then there was the time I visited the Ice Hotel in northern Sweden. It was closed and there were only three hours of daylight per day. I got very depressed and nearly became a suicide statistic in the Arctic Circle.

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Dom, the Jolly Viking ; Dom Joly Raises a Glass of Overpriced Beer to Norway, Land of Viking Longboats, Fjords and Blondes with Blinding White Teeth [Eire Region]

Yet despite all this, I've always had a soft spot for Scandinavia. So, finding myself with a couple of spare days, I decided to take a whistle-stop tour of Norway - as you do. I started in the capital, Oslo.

It's a gorgeous little port city nestled under hills and forests with a population of only half a million.

When I told anyone I was going to Oslo, they all went: 'Ooh, take your savings, it's Pounds 8 (E9) a pint over there.' Everyone was very consistent ...

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