THE BERGENSBANEN: NORWAY'S MOST SCENIC RAILWAY JOURNEY

Hello and welcome to another video from Norway on the channel!

Today we will be taking one of my top 5 most favourite train trips ever, the stunningly beautiful Bergensbanen, recently voted 'Europe's 2nd Most Scenic Railway Journey'. We will travel in a comfortable Second Class coach from Norway's capital, Oslo, winding our way past mountains and alongside Fjords, to Bergen on the west coast... enjoy the video!

Date of Filming: 7/5/22
Camera: GoPro Hero 10
Operator: VY
Departure: Oslo, Norway
Arrival: Bergen, Norway
Cost: Second Class 359 NOK (£31.31, €36.19, $36.04) in advance. 2-3x the price closer to travel!

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[drdal]

I am Norwegian and I think Bergensbanen is the most beatiful and spectacular railway journey you can take in Norway when the weather is like in this movie. The landscape is so beautiful.🥰😍😊😇😉😊

[PhoenixAviation]

Looks like Re460/LOK2000's are pretty popular
I have seen them in India, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and even Hong Kong lol

[geraldb]

Hello, I’m a new subscriber and just watched your videos on train travel in Norway. My son is living in Oslo now so I look forward to visiting and taking one of these magnificent trips. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏻😎🇨🇦

[trippinoutdoors]

I am almost affronted that any place could ever be so gorgeous and captivating! Genuinely, this is the definition of a paradise to me! Not the tropics, no cities, just all this gorgeous, quiet beauty, snow, trees, rivers... Everything! I love it. DEFINITELY a must do bucket list item for sure! Thank you for taking us along this journey!

[franciscolepiz]

I follow you since a year ago, your trips are amazing, I’m not sure but in four or five year, if I still alive (about 65 years) I will dedicate my retired time to travel and ride trains like you all around the world, send my best wishes to you, thanks to share this beautiful videos!!!

[jjulhjoh]

Nice video. I live in Bergen, beeing familiar with the geographi of the surrondings. You had a miss in the comment abouth the Sørfjiorden. the one you mentioned is not a branch of Hardangerfjorden, but another fjord named Sørfjorden. Bergensbanen line is not in any part close to Hardangerfjorden. Anyways, thank you for a nice video from my country.

[timweather]

Years ago we had a train holiday in Norway from Oslo, taking in Andalsnes and Trondheim. The weather was exceptionally warm and on one journey near Lillehammer the crew handed out free ice creams to us. The line from Dombas to Andalsnes is spectacular with two 180 degree bends inside tunnels and one waterfall actually fell on the train due to the unusual amount of snow melt.

[orsobrianzolo]

August 1995.A stunning ride on the Flamsbana to Myrdal, with stop do take pictures of the Kjosfossen (waterfall). It seemed to me to be in Switzerland (The Rhaetische Bahn from me). Great video, compliments.

[manmeetsinghmahajan]

Amazing trip and hope very soon I am too experience this trip

[tomchung]

Thanks for your beautiful video. Me and my wife ( from California ) are traveling for 2 weeks with Sky Princess cruise ship from London to all of coast lines of Norway … what a beautiful country !!! We are truly enjoying !!!
We plan to come back next year but traveling with train rail whole Norway … your video is very helpful, thanks again

[robertenskog]

I think the four most beatiful railway lines in Norway are Oslo-Bergen, Myrdal-Flåm, Dombås-Åndalsnes and I travelled all of them again this Summer!

[Kappenn]

I took that compartment seating from Geilo to Oslo. It was super nice and chill. I ate a pizza and the feeling of you’re own room was great. We were 4 traveling so the price was a bit on the expensive side.

[italianlifestyle]

What a lovely journey that must have been!🌄🚅

[DanUnplanned]

You have no idea how bad I wanna ride this train! And then over to Finland and spend some time up in lapland! Love Scandinavia and Finland is my all time fave country

[cindyfandtx]

I did this trip in reverse a few years ago but travelled in first class, The free drinks were a bonus. Scenery is spectacular all the way from Bergen to the outskirts of Oslo. The previous day I had made the trip from Bergen to Myrdal and took the train down to Flam. This line is nothing but spectacular with continuous waterfalls and amazing scenery. One day I will return.

[samtrak]

Scandinavian Holiday (October, 2012)

Norway was the last stop on my Scandinavian tour which included mini-adventures in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark...and I was looking forward to roller coasting down the mountain from Myrdal to Flam on the coast... then ferry through the magnificent fjords that line the icy waterways.

I got to know train and ferry crews along the way and enjoyed talking shop and trading war stories after I told them I was an Amtrak Conductor. They treated me like a king...offering free rides and complimentary upgrades to business and first class. Surprisingly, some Nordic railroaders didn't seem to realize their passenger rail system is far superior to emaciated Amtrak in the USA.

But first the railway.

The Flam Railway is one of the steepest railroads in the world and the scenery is breathtaking. Flam conductors and engineer gave me a free ride enabling me to take 3 trips up and down the mountains and take tons of extra photos while waiting for boat to depart the small pier next to the Flam train station.

The spacious station restaurant offered a tasty selection of Norwegian dishes.

I wore my warm Amtrak jacket everywhere and railways workers in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway knew more about Amtrak than the average American who've never been on a real train...or out of the country. Many Scandinavians have traveled to U. S. on their 6-8 week vacation breaks and during liberal annual leave their governments offer them.

For the record: American complain about high taxes in Europe but the many many Europeans I've recorded over the years over love their Socialistic form of government: liberal leave and long vacations, universal health care, free education and decent train service.

Most Nordic countries have offered Marriage Equality and gay rights for years while Amtrak gay workers - like me - were hiding in the closet for fear of losing jobs and "friends".

Of course there are complaints but nothing on the scale I hear here...LIKE RAILROAD WORKERS WITHOUT SICK LEAVE. Europeans can't imagine doctor and medical bills bankrupting families.

College students on the train from Copenhagen to Goteborg talked about who paid college expenses, waiting times for medical treatments and how the Swedish government gives families an allowance for each child.

I got the same feedback talking to bare naked men in a popular spa in downtown Stockholm. I was a social anthropologist on a mission...looking for butt-naked truth.

LOL. How did I get on that soapbox?

Back to Norway..

[bospdxyvr]

I absolutely love your Norwegian videos! I was an exchange student to that beautiful country many years ago, and seeing your images of Oslo makes me smile. I did the train trip between my "home" village of Gran (on the line to Gjovik) and the capital several times during my stay, and the views out the window were gorgeous. If I'm ever back in Norway, I'll definitely do the Bergensbanen trip!

[sjokomelk]

I am pretty sure someone else already has commented, but the old railway terminus for Oslo Øst (East) was the yellow building behind the tiger statue at the beginning. Oslo S/Central was opened in 1980 to replace Oslo Vest/West and Oslo Øst/East and link them with a tunnel under the city.

[dannestrom]

You can actually go on a night train around the summer solstice. Even though there is no midnight sun this far south, it is really quite bright outside due to the bright twilight.

[UnshavenStatue]

It's a testament to just how far north Norway is that the treeline is merely at 1000+m. In the Alps or Rockies, the treeline is much closer to, or even higher than, 3000m.