Merwie

In the morning we went on a three and a half hour tour of the mine. We had to walk 4.5 km from the hostel to the tourist information office, not because our accommodation was so far out, but because the city center and some residential areas are being completely relocated and rebuilt. The ore vein lies

Now we have left 🇸🇯 and taken the train to Kiruna. A spectacular train ride through spectacular scenery. Long ore trains were allowed to pass several times.



Kiruna is home to the largest (iron ore) mine in the world. Huge waste heaps are piled up. After arriving and eating in the hostel, we hiked up

Today we took the bus to Narvik. The journey took about three and a half hours, luckily we were sitting at the front of the double-decker bus with the best view.



Narvik has the northernmost train station in Norway, but it can only be reached via Sweden. The railway line was inaugurated in 1902 and is

We use our last day in Tromsø for a city tour and the Polar Museum. I only recorded the route up the Fjellheisen via the Sherpa stairs, but I'll just add the photos of the city, which were taken on different days.



Tromsø has over 75,000 inhabitants, a university and the Norwegian Polar Research Institute

Still a little tired from yesterday, we took it easy today. We didn't want to drive far because we had to return the car in the late afternoon.

So we drove to Ersfjordbotn, a village between the fjords. From there we went on a short hike to a saddle from which we had a perfect view in all directions

On Wednesday we drove to the Lyngen Alps - very rugged, steep mountains, unfriendly mountains - according to our friend, up to 1300 m high. The road winds along the edge of the river, hiking trails usually only lead a short way into a valley or up to a peak or glacier and back again.



Our goal was a glacial

A night hike has the disadvantage that you don't get enough sleep, especially if you have to pick up the rental car at 9 a.m. We treated ourselves to the luxury of three days to see a bit more of the surrounding area and also to be able to drive to our friends who live just outside of Tromsø.

Today we

The fact that it is as bright here at night as it is during the day opens up the possibility of shifting many activities to the night. You completely lose track of time until you get tired.

To really experience the midnight sun, which can be seen here from mid-May to the end of July, you have to go to

First of all: Since komoot currently does not allow you to assign pictures and image titles, I have added two photos from the journey to and from Bodø.



The night train to Bodø was well booked. So it was relatively full in the seating carriage, but still fairly quiet. At around midnight the interior lighting

We arrived in Trondheim very early, the night was short, I couldn't get used to the tilting technology of the train...



Today we had the whole day for this city, the spots are quickly visited, we were too tired for sports activities like canoeing or something like that. In addition, the temperatures rose