Narvik Ofoten Train Excursion - full report

the often rail excursion is a 26 mile journey on a train through the EU border from Norway to Sweden sit back and relax I'll tell you a few things about the journey and the excursion which may help you the best user on the left-hand side as the Train travels out of the station some windows open so if you're a photographer you want to be by an opening window bear in mind photographers will open the windows but the coach is heated you won't get cold summer in this valley a German warship was sunk we didn't see it but I guess it was under the wrong turn I want you to bear in mind one thing and it seems so ridiculously simple it's hard to want to tell you but it's a train it has a schedule it leaves on time whether the crews coaches are there or not so if you're on a coach and time is creeping on you might ask your guide quite nicely if they wouldn't mind leaving two coaches completely missed the Train just to say the coach with a cruised Doris visits escort on actually got there on time because we've done it before you will get to stop at sheduled stations which sometimes no more than a hut or a small building and also you'll stop for passing iron ore trains hopefully you'll have a great guide who would tell you stories and also what's going on along the track it is a very pretty journey and if you have clear weather like we were lucky enough to do we could see everywhere we could see the skiers that had probably come cross-country across from one place to another and all of these little beautiful ski stops along the way some of these little villages may have originally been built for workers who built the actual railway line but now used by skiers and holidaymakers who like to stop in the snow beautiful buildings classical buildings if the sky is this clear you've had a great day and eventually you will end up where we're going to stop and here we are just about to take the slope up to the next level not everybody on the train is with our crews or will be with your crews here at the top we've come up from that level below there you can see here you have the choice do I look at the scenery and take pictures or do I go in for a cup of tea and a cake those who stayed outside will have had some great views those who went inside a cup of tea the coach journey back is three hours long and a totally different perspective on looking at the lake and up at the railway line and luckily we saw a whole herd of reindeer and our driver was kind enough to stop so we could get that sort of photo moment not that we could shout to him from the coach do remember if you meet a semi it is rude to ask him how many reindeer he has it's a bit like asking how much money you have in your bank and for those of you want to know what a soft EU border looks like and there are loads of them all over the EU this is the one between Norway and Sweden this is a soft border you basically just drive through it another wild experience is the speed with which lorries trucks cars drive on these snow-covered roads in Britain would have come to a standstill but these trucks go zooming past the coaches the coach journey finishes as we enter town over the old new bridge which is a bit strange but it is the new bridge built in 1964 which actually ended the life of the ferry and you have great views of the new suspension bridge but much later than that it's one and a half kilometres long and a hundred and seventy two metres high and as you go into town the Wargrave is on your left-hand side along with the peace chapel and you'll have the chance of either getting off at the shuttle bus stop or taking a trip round town if you're interested in trains don't forget if you ever stopped at Hamburg the most incredible Wonderland is the miniatur wunderland and it has an incredible coverage of Norway not only the railways but Norway itself and it even has a cruise ship in please subscribe to our cruise Doris visits YouTube channel and share tell all your friends thank you you