Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
Mon, Jun 16
From our most northern point we now turn south. Since we don’t have unlimited time to roam in Norway, I’ve booked a flight with SAS to Bodø. First of two. After breakfast and packing we take a cab to Tromsø airport. Continue reading “Bodø”
We are in Tromsø. Still Sat, Jun 14. At 69.65° it is about 660km longitudinal north of Iqaluit, Canada, and 340km north of the Arctic Circle. Its centre is located on the island of Tromsøya (Tromsø island) and is connected to the mainland Tromsøbrua, by a kilometre-long bridge Continue reading “Tromsø”
Sat, Jun 14
Moving further north day. Not that we are not north, but today we’ll take a bus all the way to Tromsø. The farthest north I’ll likely ever be. There was a time we dreamt to ship our van (now long time gone) and drive all the way to the North Cape, Europe’s most northern point at about 71° and some 470km north of the Arctic Circle. Continue reading “Narvik to Tromsø on bus 100”
Fri, Jun 13
And so late last night we checked in Scandic hotel, Narvik. As the previous two posts covered, we had to part with my dream to cross the arctic circle by train. As far as we understood from various conversations, due to a mud slide the tracks were damaged somewhere after Gällivare. Continue reading “Narvik, Norway”
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