We got the train up there just a few days prior to Christmas having stayed at th Ice Hotel in Kiruna the night before. Great train journey actualy - awesome views.

Arriving in Narvik, well.... what can you say :-) an odd but friendly city. The hotel was so-so.. Nothing very special about it - just a safe comfy place to stay - what else do you need sometimes. 'm pretty sure they are all the same and there are very few options. we were skint so didnt eat there, instead had a dinner of pringles and other junk from the local supermarket - very conveniently just down the road.

Friendly staff (when you can find one) but dont take their word for when the airport bus leaves - since we did and it had already been and gone. Ended up having to pay a huge amount of money for a taxi; however after a few emails to the hotel afterwards they actually paid me back whcih was a good deal!

Narvik! even my Swedish & Norwegian friends laugh when I say I went to... more