Travel Reference
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GO TO HELL
It may be a cliché but who hasn't been tempted to pull over and snap a photo of them-
selves under the sign at Hell train station? If you give in to the temptation - and, hell, we
have - you'll have the perfect riposte whenever someone tells you to go to hell. I've
already been, you can reply, to Hellandback… Trondheim's Værnes airport is next door,
but clearly naming Trondheim's main portal Hell International Airport was a road too far
for the Norwegian authorities. For the record, the town's name means 'prosperity' in Nor-
wegian.
Namsos
Pop 12,988
Namsos is the first port town of consequence on the northbound coastal route between
Trondheim and Bodø; it makes a pleasant overnight stop and has a few interesting diver-
sions.
Sights
Lysstøperiet
CANDLE FACTORY
( 74 21 29 00; Finn Christiansens Vei 14; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm Sat)
Geir Arne Opdahl and Mona Nordfjellmark have converted a former train shed into an
artisan-scale candle factory where they fashion around 15 tonnes of prime-quality paraffin
wax each year into pumpkins and peppers, boots, cats, flowers, and candles all colours of
the rainbow.
Rock City
MUSEUM
( 95 08 49 39;
www.rockcity.no
;
adult/child Nkr100/50; 5-9pm Sun-Fri, 4.30-6pm Sat)
The large white cube under construction is a temple to rock and roll - and homage to the
disproportionately large numbers of artists from Namsos who have made it big on the
Scandinavian popular-music scene.
