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This post continues my sharing the tale of a Norwegian trip that my wife Mary Pat Treuthart and I took last month that culminated with a cruise through the country’s famous fjords: I’m a big fan of ...
The Bergen-Oslo railway journey is a great day trip option. Pictured is Finse, the highest point of the trip. Photo by Sindre Bøyum on Unsplash As one of the most scenic train rides in the world, the ...
The number of daily departures between Bergen and Oslo. Pictured is Bergen train station. Photo by Vidar Nordli-Mathisen on Unsplash The number of daily train departures between Norway's two biggest ...
Europe has some of the most beautiful and jaw-dropping train rides in the world. Many cut through wild landscapes, like the commuter line in Scotland that zooms over Glenfinnan Viaduct in the ...
FLAM, Norway – The train came to a halt far above the valley, at a raging cataract called Kjosfossen Waterfall. Everybody got out to look and take pictures. Cascading from high above, part of it ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The world-famous Oslo to Bergen is finally back open after a ...
FINSE, Norway — The sun had been steadily creeping up a blue dome of sky behind us since we left Oslo on the dawn train. It was still early September, but during a midday stop at the Finse Station, we ...
It just might be the most beautiful train ride in the world. For the past four hours, I have been watching, mesmerized, as one stunningly scenic tableau after another fills the picture window next to ...