How to Book Train Travel From Oslo to Myrdal

Myrdal is a remote mountain village surrounded by spectacular beauty, and it is especially known for its amazing waterfalls that cascade down into the Flåm Valley. The trip from Oslo takes about 5 hours, and it will seemingly transport you not only in distance but also back into Norway's long-ago past.

Instructions

1. To book accommodations, contact Norwegian State Railways at 011 ([phone] or visit their Web site (see Resources, below). Type 'Oslo' and 'Myrdal' into the 'From' and 'To' fields, then select when you'd like to travel to Myrdal.

2. Choose how many and what type of tickets you need. If any children are traveling with you they may be able to ride for free (2 children under the ages of 4 or 1 child under 16 may ride free with each full-fare adult).

3. Enter your contact and payment information, then submit payment. Your ticket reservation has been made, but a printed ticket will not be issued until you pick it up from any Norwegian train station (either from an attendant or an automated ticket machine).

Tips & Warnings

• When in Myrdal, you might like to check out the Flåm Railway, a train trip from the Myrdal station to the Flåm station in Aurlandfjord. It is widely known as one of the world's most beautiful railway lines and is one of Norway's top tourist attractions.

• In order to use the Norwegian State Railways Web site to book tickets online, you will need to spell Myrdal and Oslo correctly when you type them into the selector box, as even a minor misspelling will result in an error message.

• If you use the backspace key when on the Norwegian State Railways Web site, you may find yourself on a page in Norwegian (this does not happen all of the time, but does happen on occasion). If you do this, just click on the 'NSB' (this stands for Norges Statsbaner) logo in the top right-hand corner, and this will get you to a page (also in Norwegian) that has a link (also in the top right corner, beneath the 'NSB') called 'English'. Click it and you're right back where you started from.

• If you plan on going for a hike to explore all of the scenery up close, remember that it is easy to get lost in this region, and that waterfalls can make for treacherous footing. Make sure someone (a travel companion, hotel concierge or even a local policeman) knows where you plan to hike and when you plan to return.