Narvik Travel Guide

 Manara Says:  This small wood building you see in my picture dates back to the time when the town of Narvik was still named Viktorahavn and was not even a town yet. In the years when the railway was being built, i.e. in the 1890s, this was the post office. My impression is that it looks... 

 Manara Says:  Watching the port of Narvik is like watching an enormous industrial machine at work. You see the trains arrive, with the iron ore from Kiruna, be efficiently emptied and go back to the iron mines. You see also the cargo ships that, loaded with the iron pellets, leave for all... 

 Manara Says:  In 1946 the Norwegian government drew a plan for the creation of war cemeteries and founded the War Graves Office to take care of the considerable number of bodies of foreign war dead on Norwegian territory, as well as of the graves of Norwegian combatants who had lost their... 

 Manara Says:  This small museum shows how Narvik developed from a small fishermen’s village into a small city with an important port. It happened mainly in the late 1800s and early 1900s with the construction of the railway to connect this seaport and the mines of iron ore in Kiruna.... 

 travelfrosch Says:  Narvik had a very tough time during the war. Because of its strategic port and access to Swedish iron ore mines, Narvik was highly contested at the outset of World War II. When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940, the Norwegians (with their British, French and Polish allies)... 

 travelfrosch Says:  While most locals are very friendly, some are downright stone-faced. :) To get answers to your questions, a good place to get started is the tourist office. It's located on Kongensgate, the main road -- not at all far from the train station, bus station, or ferry dock.... 

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 travelfrosch Says:  We were hungry, so Jim took us to a local place he knew. The Bella Napoli probably does not have Italian management (hint: they're well-known for their Kebob), but the food was just fine, if not exactly Neapolitan. I had the "Fettuccine Napolitana," which was really closer... 

 Manara Says:  Ofotbanen, called Malmbanan in Sweden, is the single-track railway line that connects Kiruna (in Sweden) to Narvik. The route of 168 Km, entirely north of the Polar Circle, goes along a fantastic landscape of mountains and finally along the Ofotfjord. The first part of the... 

 travelfrosch Says:  Harstad/Narvik Airport (Code: EVE), while more distant (79 km/49 miles) from Narvik, has significantly more flight options than tiny Framnes Airport (Code: NVK). SAS Braathens and Norwegian Airlines provide service to Oslo, while Widerøe provides regional service to Bodø,... 

 sabzaby Says:  If you try to find a fly from Oslo to Narvik will be surprised by very high price that you find on your PC screen. It is because that netprogram found a airrout to narvik's own airport. But actually you must search for a nearby airport that called Evenes or "Harstad-Narvik... 

 travelfrosch Says:  Strange as it sounds, the only way to get to Narvik by train is via Sweden. The Ofoten Railway works its way from Kiruna, Sweden to Narvik. The primary purpose of this railway is to transport iron ore from Kiruna to Narvik, but passenger trains also travel between Narvik,... 

 travelfrosch Says:  About 30 minutes north of Narvik by car, on the road to Tromsø, there is a sandy area with a number of small, square beach houses. They looked quite similar to the beach houses we saw in Ærø, Denmark. Here, you can wander along the sand, take in the views... and even swim if... 

 travelfrosch Says:  This rather noisy creature appeared quite proud of its perch. I originally thought it was an Arctic Tern, but after further research, it did not have the trademark red beak. I think it's a Guillemot (though I've been told it's probably a Magpie). Whatever it was, it...