Uff. Considering going to #Harstad fo a conference in february. From #Oslo.

Problem: I won't fly.

Everything #Vy and #Entur spits out is by night train to Trondheim, but from there on it's a nightmare. Buss for train on parts of the route, mostly bus anyway, I have to change four or five times and the highlight: being stuck for nine hours at Lødingen buss taxi stand over night in midwinter.

#Hurtigruten could be an alternative, but it's way too expensive.

#TrainTravel

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#Harstad in Northern #Norway with 30 degress Celsius right now. Madness :(
Some records from 1893 as screenshot

#globalwarming

Såkalt ansvarlige partier mener at en kommune som snart er på ROBEK-lista har råd til å bruke 2 millioner på planlegging av golfbane.

#harstad #norpol

Here's my idea for a winter trip (starting from Warsaw in Poland) to see northern lights, but without flying:

• #train from Warsaw to #Gdańsk
• #ferry from Gdańsk to #Stockholm
• train from Stockholm to #Narvik
• bus from Narvik to #Harstad

The last step is optional and could be changed to any other city nearby, but I found it to be a good compromise between tourism opportunities and distance from Narvik.

Anyone got any experience to share? Dos and don'ts? Comments?

#northernlights #norway #sweden