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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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50 Comments
Great trip and beautiful landscape,. Please in what time of the year you did it ? Thanks a lot from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🧑🦰🌷🌿
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!
No, it's not the higher mainline in Europe, but only in northern Europe: Brenner railway reach, for example, the altitude of 1371 m at Brenner pass.
Hi, how ya doing, mate
I have been busy last few weeks due to which I wasn’t able to watch last few videos, I will be watching it soon and loved this amazing scenic journey and great video as always. 😊
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!
These countries look so empty, sad, quiet and gray, also clean which contributes to the feeling of emptiness and lifelessness, but I'm seeing more diversity which is very good for them, will make the place more lively.
All thumbs up !!!
Such contrasting scenery – nice. Wooden cutlery in the dining car though 🤔
I rode this train in July. It was a snow blizzard at the highest point. I liked Bergen more than Oslo.
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Perfect video
What an awesome trip. Not high-speed, but high-viewing-content 😊. And thanks for all the additional facts about the areas passed.
So beautiful. Travelling on the train in Norway and exploding the wilderness and the backdrop is just incredible.
IDK, Max, if I’d be so concerned about Wi-Fi speed nor speed of the train when there’s such beautiful views outside the window.😉👍🏻. For lunch, I would have chosen the wrap, yogurt with raspberry sauce and muesli. 😋. I’ve done the “Norway in a Nutshell” tour but not this entire ride. Guess I must plan it for next summer. Is it me or did parts of the journey sound loud in the carriage or were you filming from the vestibule?
Oslo Central Station is the same age as me👀😂🥴
Wonderful scenery! Comfy seats. I would not want high speed or night travel on this route. Thanks Max😀💚
Me and my family did this train ride , but in reverse. It sure is spectacular. Would love to do a trip where I get of at Myrdal and bike my way to Flåm one day.
Looks like Re460/LOK2000's are pretty popular
I have seen them in India, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and even Hong Kong lol
If I remember, didn't you have a channel that had videos about transport fever 2? If it is your channel is really cool! I'm doing a metro in the game
😊😊😊
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
All the VY trains have similar seats and cabin configurations! In general they standards are pretty high!
Amazing trip and hope very soon I am too experience this trip
Bergensbanen is nice but I feel people really overlook the Dovre line. In Winter especially cruising through the mountain plateau is really something
I just see your video now, because I was in Bergen for 4 days! I did the part of the Bergensbanen to Voss and it is amazing. Surely an amazing country (I agree on the expensiveness though hahah)
As a local, I have to correct one thing you wrote in the captions at 22:38 in the video: Although you got the name Sørfjorden right, it's not a branch of Hardangerfjorden, but its own fjord that opens up towards the archipelago North and West of Bergen.
With a name like Sørfjorden ("South Fjord"), there are bound to be a few of these in the country, including both the one that branches off from Hardangerfjorden, South towards the town of Odda, and the one North-East of Bergen that the railway passes along, which you filmed here.
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.
Fun fact – the clock at 2:47 is a digital replacement of the old mechanical Swiss Mondaine clock that used to hang there, and the movement is replicated on the digital version. It uses less than 60 seconds to do a full circle, and stops while the minute hand moves forward one minute, and the the second hand movement starts again. 🤩
Thank you for sharing such a spectacular trip! Definitely on my bucket list now.
Not the highest main line in Europe. France has one at well over 1,500 metres in the Pyrenees. The service on the line to Bergen is being reduced from 6 train pairs to 4 with a fifth but only on 2 days a week. Not good news. In fact I get the impression that railways in Norway have more than their fair share of problems. Great video, though.
Lovely 👌❤👍
Another excellent report capturing some of the beauty of the journey. You might be interested to know that all the seats are reversible, so the majority face the direction of travel. That explains the table against the wall which could be used if you want a bay of four. Great filming.
The views on this train trip remind me of places here in Canada and the United States, but much shorter and less expensive (powered by electricity, no less) than with VIA or Amtrak, and absolutely as stunning as anything in either North American nation.
You just missed the launch of a "real" first class in norway, with a 2 + 1 seating, included meal and 45 degree seats.
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Great video!
Norway certainly has beautiful scenery, but I've yet to see anything to beat Switzerland. I've been to Myrdal (via Fläm) and it was a wonderful journey.
Perfect video of e epic ride.
Another fantastic video! Absolutely love Norway!
I think the four most beatiful railway lines in Norway are Oslo-Bergen, Myrdal-Flåm, Dombås-Åndalsnes and Narvik-Riksgränsen(-Abisko-Kiruna). I travelled all of them again this Summer!
Norway is beautifull, but not more Zwitzerland or Oestreich! They are wonderfull! But…
What time of year did you travel? Summer?
Great video 😀txs 👍👋 watching form god's own country ❤️🙏
This a very good country in Norway world. 🇳🇴👌👌🇧🇩
Gorgeous trip!
The Sørfjorden on this railway line is NOT a part of Hardangerfjorden. It is another fjord. An entirely different fjord 50 km north of Hardangerfjorden.
Wow, no rain in Bergen? That's luck! 🙂 As far as i know its the "rainiest" town in Europe 😉 Few years ago they had something like 80 rainy days in a row 🙂
beautiful trip, plus train pulled by stylish locomotive of Swiss design origin (;-)
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.
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. 👍🏻😎🇨🇦