The passage that I quoted from your post indicates three train rides, which is an expensive proposition in Norway.>

Yes if you pay full fare but actually some of the passes, especially the Norway Railpass would probably be far cheaper than buying three solo train tickets. It does not take much for the Scandinavian railpass to pay off and it is also valid on many key ferries.

The passage that I quoted from your post indicates three train rides, which is an expensive proposition in Norway.>>

and what is the alternative? If you do it in a relaxed way you take the train from Oslo to Bergen - do the Nutshell as a day trip from there and then take a third train back to Oslo )or drive of course)

Michael - what is the alternative to taking three trains - actually four if you include the Flamsbaanen. Fly back from Bergen?

I really miss your point of the three train things!

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Here's Copenhagen/Denmark...Sweden/Stockholm and Norway, Finland coming up next..just to give you some ideas on Scandinavian travel.

Here is all of Scandinavia..hope you get some upclose ideas from these pics.
stu
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https://picasaweb.google.com/stuarttower/Finland#

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Renaud..I should have mentioned that in Finland we drove a good part of southern and middle country(see map); in Norway, we used a combination of train, Hurtigruten for 3 split days, rental auto (from Bodo) through the Lofotens then on to drive to Tromso. Took an overnight train from Narvik to Stockholm.

stu

Michael? Looking for an answer to your perplexing, flummoxing question!

Thanks to everyone for the many helpful suggestions.

Lynn