Tours and activities

Flåm Railway and Nærøyfjord

Norway Vestland Aurland

Flåm Railway and Nærøyfjord
Photo: Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the steepest standard-gauge railways in the world, climbing 863 m in 20 km from Flåm at the end of the Aurlandsfjord to Myrdal on the Bergen line, past waterfalls such as the Kjosfossen, where the train stops.


Combine it with a boat through the Nærøyfjord, one of the narrowest fjords in the world and a UNESCO site, to Gudvangen, as on the 'Norway in a Nutshell' route. The Stegastein viewpoint above Aurland gives a superb view down over the fjord. Book the train ahead in summer.

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