The trip we have been waiting for: Northern Lights 2024 in the first 2 weeks of December 2024.
I’ve finally accumulated enough Krisflyer miles for one-way business class and one-way economy Singapore Airlines air tickets for four. The redemption of ticket opens 355 days before the travel date and since we are eyeing the Savers redemption rate. We had to pin down the travel dates almost a year in advance. Then the planning work began.
In between, there are so many possible routes that we could have taken that it took us months to pin down the places for our trip.
We chose London as our first destination as I was keen to take business class trip on an A380 aircraft. Our return was from Copenhagen as it is the only city in the Nordic region with flights by Singapore Airlines.
In this post, I’ll share a summary of our itinerary. The details of the trip will be posted separately. In these posts, I’ll share more on the thoughts behind our planning. Hope the information comes in useful.
- Day 1 : Flight to London
- Reached London at 4pm
- Day 2 : London
- Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace
- The British Museum
- Hyde Park Winter Wonderland
- Day 3 : London
- Natural History Museum
- Oxford Street Christmas Lights
- Day 4 : London → Bergen
- Morning flight to Bergen
- Day 5 : Bergen
- Mostraumen Fjord Cruise
- Bergen Aquarium
- Day 6 : Bergen
- Flåm Railway
- Day 7 : Bergen → Tromsø
- Morning flight to Tromsø
- Day 8 : Tromsø
- Half day fishing and café visit
- Day 9 : Tromsø
- Lunch at the Northernmost McDonalds in the world
- Afternoon bowling and shopping
- Northern lights tour
- Day 10 : Tromsø → Rovaniemi
- Full day bus ride (7am to 5.30pm) to Rovaniemi
- Day 11 : Rovaniemi
- Santa Claus Village
- Bus to Ranua
- Day 12 : Rovaniemi
- Ranua Resort Wildlife Park
- Day 13 : Rovaniemi → Copenhagen
- Ice fishing
- Evening flight to Copenhagen
- Day 14 : Copenhagen
- Rosenborg Castle
- Nyhavn
- Strøget
- Day 15 : Copenhagen
- Day trip to Malmö, Sweden
- Day 16 : Copenhagen → Singapore
- The Little Mermaid
- Noon flight home
The Trip Cost
This trip total cost came up to $15,360.00. That’s less than $4,000 per pax, including our souvenirs and my hoard of chocolates/cookies. To keep our cost low, besides redeeming our air tickets, we cooked our meals and did our laundry whenever we could. As such, we tried to choose to stay in self-catering accommodation as much as possible.
| Item | Cost (S$) | Remarks |
| Airport Tax | $ 522.00 | For flight from and back to Singapore |
| Accommodation | $ 5,029.00 | |
| Flight / Bus | $ 2,837.00 | Long distance (from City to CIty) |
| Transport | $ 847.00 | Within City |
| Tours and Admissions | $ 3,498.00 | |
| Meals & Groceries | $ 1,495.00 | |
| Souvenirs | $ 231.00 | |
| Winter Clothing | $ 843.00 | |
| SIM Card | $ 58.00 | |
| Total | $ 15,360.00 |