From Fjords to Fiats

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Waterfront buildings near Old Town bridge are a photography magnet. We walked back towards the Radisson and took our photos looking across the water to Bakklandet. We had dinner at Lan Na-very nice Thai food with cold draught beer & white wine.

Old Town Bridge - Wikipedia
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Built in 1898 and housed the first department store in the city
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Those painted houses are so pretty.

When you said you were catching the train to Dombas I was thinking that was in Ukraine and why (and then I realised I was thinking of Donbas )

Loving the TR

 

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Andalsnes AirBNb

A 2 night stay in a small freestanding house located on the same big block as the owners own home. Great spot about a slow 10min walk from the train station. Very responsive owners but not interested in conversing while we were there. They have a nice, although a little cramped, set-up. A great general room, excellent bed, a small but functional kitchen and a very cramped bathroom where everything at least was well maintained, extremely clean & functional. Another upstairs bedroom wasn't used & the washing machine was downstairs in a basement.















The unused upstairs bedroom

 

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Around Andalsnes
There is a well-stocked supermarket and a wine shop are near the train stop along with other commercial shops-Intersport has had a presence everwhere so far. We ate both nights at the Grand Hotel- just a couple of minutes flat wobble away-nice enough food and reduced our risk of getting wet on the walk home

More fish soup


Fried brie with walnuts


More salmon


Pretty good version of a burger


A supermarket buy




Still in troll territory Trolls






Muskox near the information centre


A general town view from the train station area with funicular top station in background

 

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Our highlight was the funicular ride- weather held off pretty well & we scored some excellent views of various peaks & valleys. There seemed to be a real mix of nationalities up top with the dreaded American accents loud & clear. The funicular goes every half hour & the carriage wasn't overcrowded at this time of year-we could see some hardy people making the accent by foot & some seemed to be really struggling. Thankfully not a lot of wind up the top & we restricted ourselves to a circular walk not far from the top station- gone are our days of clambering everywhere like some others were doing- pretty reasonable rock steps & crusher dust tracks in the areas we used.

Base station for the 1,676 lift


Plenty of room






Top station




Some of the area we saw from the train








Ottarbu Cabin approx 708m above sea level










Some cairns


A couple of young blokes were running up & down this area!

 

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On our way back down




Around the port area


Navvy statue-erected in 1999 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Rauma line


Commemorative brass plaque celebrating the 100th anniversary (1924–2024) of the Raumabanen (Rauma Line) railway in Norway. Line took 12yrs to construct