Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
The
tourist office ( 76 96 56 00;
www.destinationnarvik.com
; 9am-6pm Mon-
Fri, 10am-5.30pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug, variable rest of yr)
is at the train sta-
tion. It has internet access (Nkr10 per 15 min) and rents bikes (Nkr200 per day). Allow
time to view its 25-minute film about the Ofotbanen railway and browse its small display
of arts and crafts in northern Norway.
Getting There & Away
Air
Nearly all flights leave from Harstad/Narvik Evenes airport, 1¼ hours away by road. Nar-
vik's tiny Framneslia airport, about 3km west of the centre, serves only Bodø, Tromsø and
Andenes.
Bus
ExpressbusesrunnorthwardstoTromsø(Nkr360,4¼hours,threedaily)andsouthtoBodø
(Nkr534, 6½ hours, two daily) via Fauske (Nkr407, five hours). For Lofoten, two Lofotek-
spressen buses run daily between Narvik and Svolvær (Nkr225 or Nkr425, 4¼ hours) and
continue to Å.
Between late Juneandearly September,bus91runstwice adayupthe E10toRiksgränsen
(45 minutes) in Sweden and on to Abisko and Kiruna (three hours).
Train
Heading for Sweden, there are two daily services between Narvik and Riksgränsen (one
hour), on the border, and Kiruna (three hours). Trains continue to Lulea (7¼ hours) via
Boden, from where you can pick up connections to Stockholm. The route takes you up the
spectacular Ofotbanen Railway and, in Sweden, past Abisko National Park, which offers
excellent hiking and lovely Arctic scenery.
Getting Around
Narvik's Framneslia airport is 3km from the centre. Flybuss runs four to eight times daily
between Narvik and Harstad/Narvik Evenes airport (Nkr210, 1¼ hours), 79km away.
