Flam, Norway

Tuesday, September 2nd

This morning we had a early sail in to Flam.  The weather was overcast with a light drizzle.  Even, with less than ideal weather, the fjord is beautiful.

 View from our balcony

Today, I have arranged a group tour on the Flam Railway. Flamsbana is spectacular train journey that offers a panoramic view of some of the wildest and most magnificent nature in the Norwegian fjord landscape.Flamsbana is one of the steepest trainlines in the world on normal tracks, where almost 80% of the journey has a gradient of 5.5%

The train journey runs through fantastic nature, past the Rallar road, steep mountains, breathtaking waterfalls, through 20 tunnels and offers so many viewpoints that many feel like travelling multiple times between the mountain and the fjord. In the span of a single hour, the train takes you from the ocean level at the Sognefjord in Flam, to the mountaintop at Myrdal mountain station on Hardangervidda, 863 meters over the ocean. 

Waiting to board the train

First church built in Flam(1667) in the village of Hareina

Rjoande Waterfall with a vertical drop of 140 meters

Kjosfossen Waterfall

Fun train ride 

National Geographic Traveler Magazine has named the Flam Railway as one of the top 10 train journeys in Europe and Lonely Planet named it the best train journey in the world in 2014. We really enjoyed the ride.  I'm sure the scenery would have been spectacular if the sun was out.....

Charlie didn't find a cat but he did find a Troll!