I'm not exactly sure why, but we elected to take the train from Bodø to Trondheim. The train ride would take 10 hours, whereas a plane flight would probably take about an hour.

Before we left Bodø, we stopped by the harbor and bought fresh shrimp from one of the fishermen to eat on the train (and it was really delicious-there's nothing like freshly-caught shrimp).

Norwegian trains are a little different than trains in the US: the seats are pretty large and comfortable (with excellent pitch) and the rides are always scenic


The trains made frequent stops to pick up many passengers who were heading to Trondheim (sorry no interior pics-all the ones I took involved a family member eating said shrimp...). Occasionally the train would stop at a destination for 10 minutes and a good number of people would step off for a smoke. At least the train had wifi so that wasn't completely bored looking out the window for 10 hours (the wifi thing everywhere is kind of standard-more to come on that).


Trondheim's most notable destination is probably the Nidaros Cathedral, built over St Olaf's burial site. The Cathedral is a local pilgrimage site and the site of Norwegian royal coronations. Unfortunately no photos are allowed inside the cathedral and some of the surrounding museums (though of course it didn't stop some people from snapping away)


Another walking street-they seem to be everywhere in Scandinavia


Also, since I live in the US, this excited me to no end:

I mostly bought it for the novelty to actually see what it was all about

I swear this entire country is just one NatGeo spread


More on this wifi: It seems like Norway has wifi everywhere. In the US we see this as every coffee shop having wifi and stepping in if we need access. In Norway, buses, trains, commuter trains, etc all have free wifi so that you're always connected. The transportation vehicles are also pretty nice

Unfortunately a lot of the public transit in the US seems to be crowded, uncomfortable, and dirty, especially in comparison.

Some more sights of Trondheim

TV tower-you can go up there and eat while the floor rotates around so you can see the city, similar to eating at the Space Needle (not that I've actually done it here in Seattle)


Near Skistua overlooking the nearby area:


After returning from Skistua, we ran into some type of market in downtown Trondheim. Instead of selling produce, a lot of the products being sold were meat, and lots of it. Of course there were still some people selling produce, but that wasn't too relevant. Especially since there was street food:



In Trondheim I noticed no shortage of Beliebers (ugh why???), but another nearby market seems to have taken the cake for a massive Norwegian identity crisis



There was also some kind of music going on too after some random catwalk where people of all ages were strutting their stuff

Anyone know these guys? They were pretty entertaining