Originally Posted by
redct
Has anyone taken the long sleeper journey from Stockholm to Narvik on the Arctic Circle line? I’ve always wanted to visit the Lofoten Islands, see the northern lights, and explore that far north region.
1. For those who’ve taken it, what was your experience like with the sleeper?
2. Is the public transport reasonable between major towns? I was thinking of taking a bus to Bodø or Tromso and using that as a base to rent a car, etc.
Thanks!
The sleeper trains used to Narvik have sleeping berths the same as the ones used on say Stockholm-Malmo/Malmo-Stockholm and Stockholm-Åre trains. I have slept well enough on them but not so well as to be eager to substitute a hotel night+flight for a train.
Norway’s pretty good about bus/shuttle transport where I didn’t even expect it but it can run so infrequently in places that I would want to plan ahead and definitely not want to risk being late by even a minute. There is — or at least used to be —Narvik-Tromso bus service on a daily basis at least.