DESTINATIONS NORWAY RAIL ESCORTED TOURS
enormous talking lamp post – step on a pedal at its base and you’ll hear a three-second recording of local life, whether it’s sea birds squawking or locals gossiping in the marketplace. That evening, we dine at NYT, a
new restaurant where the delicious (but tiny) portions are accompanied by swirls of foam. It’s a great example of how young and creative minds are breathing new life into this arctic town. On our final day, we visit the
Norwegian Aviation Museum. Exhibits include the infamous American U2 spy plane, destined to land at Bodø but shot down over Soviet airspace in 1960. The US government tried to cover up the plane’s purpose, but eventually came clean when the Soviet government presented data retrieved from it. Afterwards, we head for the docks and a high-speed rib-boat ride. After a few minutes bouncing over the foamy wake of passing boats, we enter Saltstraumen, the strait with the world’s strongest tidal bore.
ABOVE: Norwegian Aviation Museum
ABOVE RIGHT: Bodø
It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen – in some areas, sections of water flow one way, while just metres away the water roars in the opposite direction, before transforming into vast expanses of black flatness. Our guide – this time a salty seadog-type who knows these waters like the back of his hand – explains that the phenomenon is caused by the presence of a deep underwater trough. Water surges up
from the depths before being sucked towards the nearby fjord as the tide recedes. As we fly out of Bodø, we spot another Norwegian fighter jet preparing to take off, perhaps on a mission to send Putin’s planes back over the border into Russia. I can’t help but think that if I was a Russian fighter pilot, I might enjoy a sortie over this beautiful landscape, too.
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