Oslo

We traveled overnight from Bodø to Trondheim, where we connected to the 7 hour day train to Oslo. The night part of the journey was spectacular - We covered the same route as our journey up north, but this time we had the midnight sun to make the scenery extra dramatic. It was a bit annoying in the end cuz I knew I needed to have some sleep, but I just wanted to stare out of the window all night. We got some kip and then found the Trondheim-Oslo section of the journey pretty dull - it was overcast/raining and the train took an hour longer due to flooding...

When we got to Oslo (finally) we jumped on the local train to Asker to meet my friend who was letting us stay. I won't say anything about that on here, but it was wonderful - I'll never forget your hospitality Von & family :). Anyway, mushy-ness aside. The next day we had an awesome tour of Oslo. We went to the Olympic ski-slope, and had a gander at the museum where I received a ribbing about Amundsen vs Scott :P.

We then went to the awesome Vigelandsparken Sculpture Park, followed by the the opera house where we stood on the roof overlooking parts of the harbour, and then chilled around central Oslo for the afternoon.

On Saturday, we went to a local lake for some swimming in fresh water. It was bloody freezing, but very fun. 

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Bodø

It took us ten hours to travel to Bodø and we passed the arctic circle with about 3 hours to go - they announced it which I thought was pretty cool plus there's a little marker on the ground. The scenery was the most amazing yet - forests, snow capped mountains, waterfalls - all with sparse towns in between. Loved it.

Arctic marker

When we arrived the weather was surprising -  23 degrees in the Arctic circle. We got settled and then went for a walk at 10pm to watch the midnight sun. While the sun set in Trondheim it didn't get fully dark, but here the sun never actually set - it rested just above the horizon and then rose again. It was always daytime.

11pm...

1:45am 

We only briefly walked around the town the next two days as we were not as lucky with the weather, although we did manage to climb to a viewpoint over Bodø.

Trondheim

We took the overnight train from Gothenburg to Storlien, leaving Gothenburg at 18:40 and arriving on the Swedish border at about 8:30. We waited around for about 40 minutes, chatting to an American couple before boarding the 90 minute local train to Trondheim. We saw some pretty awesome scenery, even if it was overcast and threatening rain. Our host picked us up from the station and we stayed in for the majority of the day as neither of us slept and I was feeling really travel sick from the really rough journey.

On Saturday we walked around the town centre, passing the Nidaros Cathedral, the old town bridge and going to the harbour. We kept getting rained on so we headed home early for dinner.

On Sunday, we took a walk to the fort to look out over the town, and then walked around the fjord that Trondheim is built on.