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The best train tours in Norway
42 hotel-based trips in Norway had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:
- Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
- Rail share (35%): the estimated share of itinerary days with a train leg (a share of days, not distance or time); trips not assessed are not ranked.
- Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
- Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
- Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
London to Bodø on rail and ferry, crossing four countries northward.
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 100
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
11 days · from $1,957 ($178/day)
Nine-day rail journey from Tromso to Stockholm through Swedish Arctic
- Rail share
- 75
- Value
- 17
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 100
9 days · from $4,300 ($478/day)
Escorted 15-day rail journey through five countries to the Arctic Circle and back.
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 67
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
15 days · from $4,660 ($311/day)
Rail journey from London through four Scandinavian countries to Bergen
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 79
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
12 days · from $3,222 ($269/day)
Eight-day Oslo to Bodø rail journey with sleeper trains and Northern Lights hunting
- Rail share
- 85
- Value
- 74
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $2,160 ($270/day)
London to Bergen by rail through six cities, eleven days.
- Rail share
- 73
- Value
- 90
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
11 days · from $2,565 ($233/day)
Self-guided rail trip from Oslo to Trondheim and Bodo, aurora hunting
- Rail share
- 67
- Value
- 98
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
9 days · from $1,769 ($197/day)
London to Norway via overnight ferry, Bergen Line, and Flåm Railway.
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 88
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
8 days · from $1,890 ($236/day)
Bergen to Oslo escorted rail tour on six named Norwegian railways
- Rail share
- 60
- Value
- 83
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 13
10 days · from $2,533 ($253/day)
Nine-day rail journey from London to Bergen via Scandinavia and Norway's fjords
- Rail share
- 65
- Value
- 81
- Completeness
- 100
- Departures
- 0
9 days · from $2,363 ($263/day)