Norway – World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys

Cutting through the magical beauty of Norway, this train journey begins in the capital, Oslo, and takes us all the way to Bodø inside the Arctic Circle with tales of trolls, Nazi’s, reindeer and Vikings along the way. Our first leg is the 548km Dovre Line (Trail of the Trolls) running from Oslo to the remote northern wonderland of Trondheim, passing along the way, Lillehammer and its medieval village and across the awe-inspiring Dovresell mountain plateau where trolls lurk deep in the forests. The train stops at the picturesque mountain village of Dombås before changing to the Rauma Railway that will travel to the coast passed Norway’s grandest mountains. This line showcases Norway at its most breathtaking, with dramatic Fjords and one of the country’s most famous landmarks, Trollveggen (Troll Wall), the tallest vertical rock face in Europe. The route loops back up to Trondheim, to join a Viking festival, before boarding the Nordland line and settle in for a spectacular 11-hour journey. With 44 stations, 293 bridges and 154 tunnels, it’s the only rail line in Norway to cross the Arctic Circle and head into the land of reindeer and the midnight sun. 00:00 – Introduction 01:29 – Dovrebanen – Dovre Line 04:34 – Lillehammer – Little Rocky Hill 09:05 – Raumabanen – Rauma Line 15:10 – Trollveggen – The Troll Wall 20:17 – Trondheim – Viking Stronghold 28:52 – Indigenous Sámi Country 33:45 – Mosjøen’s Dark History 40:57 – Land of the Midnight Sun Subscribe to Element 18 – https://bit.ly/337R2uO