Day 2 : Oslo - Bergen route

It takes seven hours and a half of train to reach Bergen. Why choosing to go there by railway rather than plane then?... For the landscapes!

Norway counts more than 3’000 km of railway tracks with a total of 775 tunnels and 3’000 bridges.

Moreover, the Bergensbanen (connecting Oslo to Bergen) is considered by Lonely Planet as one of the most beautiful train trip. The 492-km journey goes through the highest European mountain plateau (Hardangervidda) with an average altitude of 1’200 metres. Reflecting the topographic particularity of this journey, there are no less than 200 tunnels, 300 bridges and viaducts and 28 kilometres of snow sheds.

On our way to Bergen, we were able to admire altogether stunning views of lakes, waterfalls and cascades, barren plains and snow-capped plateaus: A delight to the eyes!

Bergen is Norway’s second largest city with 250’000 inhabitants, as well as the country’s second largest port. It is then impossible NOT to go to the fish market, open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. It is located on the port and offers the daily catch, dried fish and also a few fruits. Most stalls are meant for tourists, selling elk sausages and caviar. One must know that Norwegians do not eat that much fish after all, and even less than the French. Fish sold on the touristic stalls can sometimes prove defrosted. Buy them cautiously then and prefer the “fresh” products.