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Posted 25 July 2015 - 03:14 PM

Daily Mail, London, UK, 7/25:

 

All aboard for the Fjords! The Nordland Railway offers a thrilling way to enjoy Norway's spectacular landscape
  • The railway runs 450 miles from Trondheim to Bodo by a night or day train
  • Witness Norway's third largest fjord, the spectacular Trondheim
  • See the Norwegian Aviation Museum, where planes dangle from the ceiling

My father, a lifelong railwayman, died recently. After the funeral, one of his friends tried to cheer me up by recommending a trip on the Nordland Railway in Norway.

'You can see half the country in ten hours — we've nothing over here to compare. 

The West Highland Line, Settle to Carlisle Railway, the Cornish main line — they're London to Croydon in comparison.'

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Nordic but nice: The Nordland Railway speeds through the most scenic parts of Norway 

 

But the trip is not just for railway specialists. The Nordland offers the chance to see arguably the most scenic parts of Norway, while its termini are fascinating.

 

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