"Let's go as far north as possible!" Okay, we did that. And where is the apparently only place far north where planes from Oslo and trains from Uppsala intersect? It's Narvik!
But it seems that ore is more important than people. Anja and her friends, who came from Uppsala by train, had to switch to a bus some (hundred?) kilometers before Kiruna (Sweden), because it was too cold for the train to go on… at least that's what they told them.
Well, the tremendously long (I tried to count the wagons - when I got to 69 it stopped and I still couldn't see the end…) ore trains from Kiruna to Narvik had obviously no problem with that. And they went just a few meters past the (in Norwegian terms) "cheapest" hostel of Narvik. All day. All night. And they aren't very quiet :)
Uh, yes, the Polar Zoo was one and a half hours away from Narvik - by car (therefore unreachable for us). But that's not worth mentioning on the tourist website. And the sauna at the hostel is out of order but still praised on it's website.
Well, I'm whining far too much. It was a fantastic weekend! We stayed partly at Henning's very nice couchsurfer's flat and enjoyed ourselves there while watching HD movies (huuuuuuge TeeeeVeee!) and having salmon for dinner. Skiing at Narvik's even on Sunday deserted downhill slopes with fresh snow while watching the fight between orange sunset and blue clear sky led to the hard decision of what to concentrate on.
And the last night's clear sky performed finally the North's famous "magical show"…
Enjoy the pictures :)
