Nordland line. The train stretch from Trondheim to Bodø. Lonely Planet has rated this night-train stretch to be one of the world's most beautiful, and that is not so strange. We drive north under the midnight sun. A cup of coffee makes it a little easier to stay awake. The trains on the Nordland track is old and ready for renewal, but the cafe cart is cozy and comfortable a good place to sit later in the night hours, the windows are large and provide a perfect view into the changing landscape and soon, we pass the Arctic Circle. The new sleeping wagons are very nice and comfortable.

Except for the spectacular nature and the midnight sun Bodø is not much to see. However the midnight sun, the nature and the fact that you have to cross the arctic circle to get there, makes Bodø worth a visit. For a while ago I wrote about the train journey from Trondheim to Bodø, and of course, when you find yourself in Bodø you need a Place to stay.

Most of the hotels in Bodø seems old and worn down, but there are two very good alternatives. Radisson BLU and Thon Hotel Nordlys (northern light). On my latest visit to Bodø I spent a Night at Thon Hotel.

I was in love. We had spent the whole day in Trondheim and at 23.30 our train from Trondheim to Bodø was leaving We had a sleeping cabin, just for the two of us, it couldn't be more romantic.

We travel across the Salt Mountain and passed the Arctic Circle - all lightened by the midnight sun - before we got into the typical north-norway landscape and to the Norwegian railway end-station in the north, Bodø.