Car rental Alta, Norway

Car rental Alta – Must Know

• Norway has a system of toll roads.
• All children have to use approved safety equipment matching their age, size and weight. Children less than 135 centimeters must have their own seat or safety restraint. Children over 36 kilos, or 135 centimeters, are allowed to use a normal seat.
• It is obligatory to have at least one visibility vest in a car.
• Third party insurance is compulsory for the cars and green cards are recommended.

Attractions in Alta

Alta Museum 

Alta Museum has a number of permanent exhibitions including different aspects of the history of Alta region of the far North. Exhibitions display the indigenous art of the earliest peoples settled here, including the known Stone Age rock carvings. Another exhibition is devoted to the nature of Finnmark or the history during World War II. The rock carvings belong to the UNESCO World Heritage list in car rental Alta.

Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel

Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in car rental Alta has a long corridor leading to a bar, chapel, gallery and 30 bedrooms; all are carved from ice. It is opened for visitors from January till the spring. Try a luxurious accommodation with beds made of reindeer fur and warm sleeping bags to keep guests comfortable. You can eat in the wooden Lakesestua Restaurant next to the igloo. The restaurant serves breakfasts of porridge, eggs, cheese and ham and dinners of reindeer stews and fish dishes.

GLOD Explorer AS

GLØD is a nature-based arctic adventure of the highest quality in Norway. It is the best expedition where you can see Northern Lights. You can become a participant of a wonderful journey. The trip can be on foot, skis or snowshoes, by off-road bike or canoe - underneath the Northern Lights or the Mid Night Sun. Also you have a chance to ride on a sled. Have a unique travel with car rental Alta.

The Rock Art of Alta

The rock carvings in car rental Alta belong to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. With the help of the art on the rocks we have got a unique opportunity to learn how prehistoric people lived. Alta Museum is an open-air museum, and an exhibition part include the info about the carvings, people, traditions, research on Aurora Borealis, production of slate in Alta, building of the Alta Dam and also history of the known Norwegian ski jumper Bjorn Wirkola.

Tirpitz Museum

The Tirpitz Museum has theitems of the battleships Tirpitz and Scharnhorst stationed here with more than fifteen thousand German soldiers during World War II. The permanent exhibitions retell about both the battleships, showing photographs, uniforms and other artifacts. Here you can learn more about the battle of Kåfjord. Here is a shop with souvenirs and a cafe in car rental Alta.