Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Several marked walking trails radiate fromits topstation oryoucan bounce downasigned
mountain-bike route. From February to April, it will whisk you up high for trail, off-piste
and cross-country skiing with outstanding views.
Rallarveien
HIKING TRAIL
This popular hike parallels the Ofotbanen railway, following the Rallarveien, an old navvy
(railway worker) trail. Few walkers attempt the entire way between Sweden's Abisko Na-
tional Park and the sea, opting instead to begin at Riksgränsen, the small ski station just
across the Swedish border, or Bjørnfell, the next station west. It's an undemanding descent
as far as Katterat, from where you can take the evening train to Narvik. For more exer-
tion, drop down to Rombaksbotn at the head of the fjord and site of the main camp when
the railway was being built (it's since returned to nature). From here, a
boat (adult/child
Nkr280/100)
runs erratically to Narvik in summer. Check with the tourist office to avoid
an unwelcome supplementary 10km at the end of the day.
Narvik Golfklubb
SCENIC GOLF COURSE
(
www.narvikgolf.no
, in Norwegian)
The fjord-side journey to this unique golf course at
Skjomendalen is wondrous (follow the signs to Skjomdal just before the Skjomen bridge
on the E6, about 18km south of town). Sheer, treacherous faces will leave you guessing
how there could possibly be a golf course here. Yet nature works wonders, and there's a
valley hidden amid the peaks. Find golf a bore? There's also worthwhile hiking nearby.
Fjord Cruise Narvik
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
( 91 39 06 18;
www.fcn.no
)
This outfit mounts summer fishing and sea-eagle viewing
trips.FromNovembertomid-January,whentheorcas(killerwhales)gathertogorgethem-
selves on the winter herring run, it runs trips to their feeding grounds in search of the ac-
tion.
Festivals & Events
EachyearduringMarch,Narvikholdsits
Vinterfestuka
,anaction-packedwinterweekof
events, partly in commemoration of the navvies who built the railway.
Onthe last Saturday in June, some 2000walkers take the train to various stops along the
Rallarveien, then hike back to party at Rombaksbotn.
