EXPEDITION SHIP KIRKENES TO BERGEN IN NORWEGIAN WINTER (TRAVELLER'S NEST NZ) #TRAVEL SERIES NORWAY
Hi All,
The Hurtigruten boat are definitely an item to be put on your bucketlist item.
We did the Southbound voyage on 11.01.2019 to 16.01.2019
On 10.01.2019 we had to fly from Narvik, in the north of Norway and the most northern railway station in Europe to Kirkenes, further north than the North Cape, to catch our expedition ship to Bergen, in the South of Norway.
As it is winter at minus 20 to 30 normally, no trains run from Narvik to Bergen. In actual fact all train travel goes thru the Arctic circle railroad in Sweden.
The only way to get out of Narvik was to fly..but wait..we had the snow ploughs in front of the bus to make it to the airport to fly back Oslo, then back to Kirkenes in the far north Norway near the Russian, Finland border. By road it is only 750km, by flying it takes 6 hours and 3,500km
We arrived in Kirkenes at minus 25 in the middle of a snow blizzard, just sensational.
After all, that is what we had come to the far north of Europe for. I could only film for 30 seconds my hands were frozen and sore.
We had kept the Ice hotel visit until that day, but unfortunately due to the weather the hotel would not even ring them for me. It was too life threatening for all of us involved, so fair enough.
On 11.01.2019 we caught the boat MS Polarlys for 6 days to Bergen.
Sailing out of Kirkenes was just wonderful. Mr K and I took every opportunity to be out of deck, even with the snow and ice on board.
The ship in high season normally has 620 passengers on board, but we sailed away with only 320 on board.
It is dark around midday, so on the first day Mr K, ie Mark went for an ice swim at a water temperature of 1 and lasted for 42 seconds at Vardo at 4pm in total darkness.
Over night we sailed past the North Cape. It was another item on my bucketlist, but the ship can't dock during winter. In actual fact, you need a police escort to go there in winter..but at least we sailed past it.
The following morning we docked at Hammerfest, the most northern town in the world.
The far north of Norway was totally burnt down to the ground by the Nazi in October 1944 to May 1945. We visited the church first, and then the Reconstruction museum. A very worthwhile museum. Just as good as Nuremberg Palace of Justice in Germany.
Back on the ship, at midnight we docked at Tromso, for a midnight Mass at the Cathedral. It was very good. All local songs and folk songs.
The following day on 13.01.2019 we did an excursion to the Versteralen islands. Just beautiful even in the snow.
If we had our own vehicle with us, it would have taken us days so stunning. Just as I had imagined Norway and its fjords to be.
The expedition ship had organized for us to be seated with a British and Australian couples. We loved it. It was the first time for us in 2 months and we got to talk English and be totally understood. I actually turned my mobile phone off for the rest of the trip..and we talked until late in the evening.
Overall, the trip was just sensational and stunning. We would do it again, but on another season like spring...and bring seasickness tablets. I slept every afternoon after lunch, sensory overload, just knocked me for a six.
11 out of 10 from us both.
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The Traveller's Nest NZ team
Ro and Mark
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