Train destinations from Vatnahalsen in 8h

Bergen

Bryggen’s colourful wooden houses line the harbour, a reminder of Bergen’s Hanseatic past.

Fredrikstad

Walk Gamlebyen’s star-shaped ramparts and take in the 17th-century fort town beside the broad Glomma estuary.

Oslo

Walk up the sloping roof of the Oslo Opera House for a broad view across the fjord.

Tønsberg

Climb Slottsfjell for a look around the medieval fortress ruins above the harbour.

Skien

The Telemark Canal starts at the waterfront, while Venstøp preserves Henrik Ibsen’s childhood home.

Lillehammer

At Maihaugen, timber farmsteads, town houses and a stave church trace five centuries of Norwegian life.

Sandefjord

By the harbour, the Whaling Monument turns slowly, a reminder of the town’s Antarctic whaling era.

Hønefoss