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letting the mist fog their glasses and enjoying a drink or snack (be discreet, as
“picnics are forbidden”).
Cost:
98 kr, pay on board, no railpass discounts.
Reservations:
Not necessary.
Voss
The Nutshell bus from Gudvangen drops you at the Voss train station, which
is on the Oslo-Bergen train line. Nutshellers should catch the next train out.
A plain town in a lovely lake-and-mountain setting, Voss lacks the striking
fjordside scenery of Flåm, Aurland, or Undredal, and is basically a home
base for summer or winter sports (Norway's Winter Olympics teams often
practice here). Voss surrounds its fine, 13th-century church with workaday
streets—busy with both local shops and souvenir stores—stretching in sever-
al directions. Fans of American football may want to see the humble monu-
ment to player and coach Knute Rockne, who was born in Voss in 1888; look
for the metal memorial plaque on a rock near the train station.
Voss' helpful
TI
is a five-minute walk from the train station—just head
toward the church (June-Aug Mon-Fri 8:00-19:00, Sat 9:00-19:00, Sun
12:00-19:00; Sept-May Mon-Fri 8:30-17:00, Sat 9:00-15:00, closed Sun; fa-
cing the church in the center of town at Vangsgatan 20, mobile 40 61 77 00,
Drivers should zip right through Voss, but two miles outside town, you
can stop at the
Mølstertunet Folk Museum,
which has 16 buildings showing
off farm life in the 17th and 18th centuries (60 kr; mid-May-Aug daily
10:00-17:00; Sept-mid-May Mon-Fri 10:00-15:00, Sun 12:00-15:00, closed
Sat; Mølstervegen 143, tel. 56 51 15 11,
www.vossfolkemuseum.no
)
.
▲Voss-Bergen Train
The least exciting segment of the trip—but still pleasantly scenic—this train
chugs along the valley between the midsize town of Voss (described above)
and Bergen. For the best scenery, sit on the right side of the train if coming
from Oslo/Voss, or the left side if coming from Bergen. Between Voss and
