Trondheim; Saturday, 27 May, 2023

Our train down to Oslo wasn’t due to depart until after 3pm so we had a bit of time to spare in the morning to see a little of Trondheim and after a late-ish breakfast we checked out of the hotel and headed down to the pier for the boats out into the fjord and the small island of Munkholmen.

We had a bit of a wander around the small island, mostly taking in the views back across the fjord to the city centre before stopping in the island café for a late morning coffee and waffles.

Picking up the next ferry back to the city we had a brief wander around the city centre before heading back to grab the bags from the hotel and then heading onto the station to pick up our train down to the capital.

Once again we’d paid for premium class so we were able to enjoy coffee and snacks throughout the journey without needing to constantly go to the buffet.

Shortly after leaving Trondheim we had the last view of a fjord as the train turned inland and started the 492km journey down the Dovrebanen towards Oslo.

The train continued to shadow the E6 road for most of the journey down towards Oslo, occasionally swapping sides of the different rivers that we followed up into the mountains before we finally crossed over the peak of the line about 2 hours after leaving Trondheim and then a relatively quick descent back down the other side of the plateau into the small town of Dombås where we had to wait for the late running train in the opposite direction, allowing a couple of minutes to step off the train and stretch the legs.