Tromsø; Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

The crossing from Olderdalen to Lyngseidet takes about 45 minutes and was the drivers opportunity to have his statutory rest break so after rolling onto the ferry we all had to disembark and head into the passenger lounge for the crossing.

To add to the already impressive engineering feats of the road this ferry also turned out to be pretty amazing as it has, in the last couple of years, been converted from diesel to battery powered, with a totally electric engine powering us across the Lyngen Fjord

Just before landing we all headed back onto the bus to continue the journey westwards, albeit only for about another 10 minutes before we reached the second electric ferry crossing between Svensby and Breivik, albeit this time with a crossing time of about 20 minutes the driver decided to keep everyone on the bus so we could make a quick get away once we’d landed.

From Breivik it was about another 30 minutes before we turned a corner on the fjord side road and the familiar shape of Tromsøya came into view, indicating we were almost at the end of this leg of the journey.

Sadly during the ferry crossings the weather had turned a little for the worse and by the time we left the bus station in Tromsø a light drizzle had started that would stay with us on and off for the rest of the day (and in reality all the way through until Oslo a couple of days later).

After dropping off our bags at the hotel and grabbing a bite to eat we had a little bit of a wander, but given the weather and that this was the second visit to Tromsø within the week decided relatively early to head back to the hotel, grab a drink and then turn in for the night.