Løvstien parkrun, Bergen, Norway. Oslo to Bergen - The Most Scenic Train Journey in the World?!
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- We visited Norway to explore parkrunworld and to take advantage of Norway's extra day parkrun - Labour Day. Rather than run two parkruns in Oslo we took the opportunity to see some of Norway's spectacular scenery. We took the 7.5 hour train journey from Oslo to Bergen as it is said to be one of the most scenic train journeys in the world!
The train journey did not disappoint! We particularly enjoyed seeing where the snowy scenes in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back were filmed and the incredible scenery took our breath away. There's not many 7.5 hour train journeys that you can't wait to do again!
Løvstien parkrun, Bergen, is extremely hilly! A double out-and-back with what I think is one of the best parkrun start/finish locations in parkrunworld. The views looking out over Bergen are just spectacular! Run Director Alan made us all feel so very welcome, and we set a new attendance record for the event which was lovely. You could tell that the locals are very proud of their stunning parkrun and really enjoyed having visitors to show it off to which added to the atmosphere.
I can't thank Alan and his team enough for a wonderful morning. We enjoyed visiting Norway so much and without parkrun we might not have had the opportunity to meet these fantastic communities. parkrun really is the best way to travel!
Happy running,
Nicola :)
I love the relationship you have with poppy, it’s adorable. I have 2 similar aged girls and I’m in a similar single parent situation and seeing your videos really gives me reassurance that taking them to park run is the right thing for the 3 of us - poppy is growing up with a true role model x
Thank you ❤️ ooh... The dynamic is always harder when you're outnumbered so massive kudos to you! 💪 I think it's so important to do things that keep us, the parents, sane and happy and parkrun is that for me. I don't care if we run, walk, get distracted by the views. I'm experiencing the world with Poppy and in a few years she'll be a teenager and might not want that so for now I'm appreciating every second! 😃🤗❤️
Two Norwegian Park Runs in a weekend? That's a veritable fjord fiesta Nicola. Great video as always, the footage from the train was incredible
Lol... Excellent fjord punnage 🤣🤣🤣 Gotta love the extra days 😃 the scenery from the train was epic! 😍
That train journey was awesome, both the train itself and the views. It was also noticeable how clean Norway looks. Tusen takk for sharing the video with us :)
Norway was spotless! Puts us to shame! And yes the views from the train were just unbelievable 😍
The parkrun looked amazing!
But that train journey looked incredible! 🤩
The perfect combination! I'm so pleased we risked it and left the safety of multiple parkruns in Oslo! We were very well rewarded! 😍
The scenery on that train journey was magical. Everything was so beautiful it would be hard to decide where to look. The views from the parkrun were beautiful, too, but those hills would have done me in.
Wasn't the train just incredible?! 😍 Couldn't believe that after 7.5 hours we wanted to do it all over again! Yeah the parkrun hills were walking hills 😜
Heading to Norway this summer and planning on going to both Tøyen and Løvstien parkruns. Even more excited after watching your videos.
You'll love it! They're just brilliant places and awesome teams 🥰
wow what a stunning few days! having been there myself I can also imagine that you mustbe quite exhausted from all of the walking running and doing. But what an amazing attitude Poppy has! she is happy with everything and not tiring up. so amazing! you did so many things right. ❤️
Thank you so much. I thank my lucky stars every single day that Poppy is my daughter. She's the best adventure buddy ever! We did loads and she took it all in her stride. I'm hoping it gives her the spirit of adventure for her future 🥰
I live in Bergen and I love Bergensbanen. ❤
Lucky you, it's such a stunning place 😍😍😍
@NicolaRuns Thank you. ❤️
What a lovely video. Thanks for visiting us and for sharing your joy.
Thank you so much for having us. We'll be eternally grateful for the warm welcome we received ❤️🇳🇴❤️
So strange to see myself in this what a great tough parkrun it was
I'm so pleased we went to Bergen, I think those of us that chose Løvstien chose so well! It was brilliantly tough wasn't it?! 😃
What a lovely film - well done Nic. Thanks for sharing and we can continue to live parkrun tourism vicariously....!
Best wishes and thanks for your efforts in filming and sharing.
Thanks Tony, I'm so pleased that you enjoyed visiting Løvstien parkrun with us via UA-cam 🤗 it's definitely one to add to the wishlist! 😉
I think this must be the best parkrun for journey view and fun and great presentation from park run legend
Thank you so much Bertie 🤗 I can't think of a journey to rival it and the parkrun was pretty special too! I feel lucky that we got to visit 😃
Oh my , the landscape made me feel really emotional x
Isn't it stunning?! 😍 What a train journey!
Wonderful video Nicola, it’s been on my bucket list for years to do a Scandinavian winter rail journey for years. One day I will do t. Your rail journey looked absolutely fantastic. And you’re right, no park run is going to top this.
We knew it was going to be good but it blew us away just how good it was! 😍
Another great video, Nicola, I must go back to Bergen & do Løvstien parkrun. If you want to tie in another parkrun with a breathtaking train journey I would suggest taking the train over the St Gotthard Pass to Milan. The train does loop the loop in at few places. Be careful not to book a train through the recently built St Gotthard Base Tunnel or you won’t see anything as it goes right under the mountains.
Thanks, I'll have to check out Italy as we've done Milano Nord parkrun already... Not sure if there's another 🤔
Mura di Lucca is the one I want to do in Italy as it is a beautiful medieval town & running on top of the town walls would be really cool.
Another option if you wanted to travel on the St Gotthard Railway would be to fly into Milan, take the railway over the Alps to Lucerne & then head onto Hockgraben parkrun at Constance (just across the border in Germany) and fly back from Munich. If you go to Lucerne visit the huge Swiss Transport Railway Museum. When I was there they had a fantastic train driving simulator for you to try.
A third option would be to fly to Basle & do Dreilandergarten parkrun just across the border in Germany. From Basle you can easily get trains down to the breathtaking area around Interlaken where the Eiger, Monch & Jungfrau Mountains are situated. Once there you can go on the breathtaking train ride all the way upto the top of the Jungfraujoch through the mountain. I didn’t do that but I took a cable car upto the Schilthorn Restaurant on the opposite side of the valley which was where the Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was partly filmed. I also went up the Pilatus Cogwheel Railway at Lucerne & the Gornergrat Railway at Zermatt. Several of these breathtaking rides are half price if you buy a Swiss Rail Pass for a week which is what I did.
@@mattmiller8139 wow! Thanks for the suggestions 😃
Such amazing views from the train journey and the parkrun. Those hills looked like hard work mind. Another very enjoyable parkrun video
Thanks, it was an awesome journey and a brilliant parkrun. The hills were okay if you walked them 😜🤣
First one to view this video! Planning to explore the same journey.
Oh amazing, it's incredible, I hope you love it as much as we did 🤗
Yay what a nice surprise , glad you had fun .I liked the dog running with his emergency stick , very important 🤣🤣, Poppy has taken a stretch , shes gonna be a tall girl i reckon .Have a lovely week , weather is to be nice 😁
I laughed at the dog too 🤣 so cute! Yes I think Poppy will be my height in no time at all! 😱
Thanks Nicola, we can’t wait now !😳
It's just incredible! You'll love it! 😍
Blimey you never cease to surprise me with your parkrunning Nicola. You keep 'topping yourself' time and again. 👍 excellent vlog as always.
Well I'll certainly take that as a compliment 😃 Thank you so much! 🤗
Come to Stevenage parkrun one day when I am RD. Danny's done it you know. Be great meet you one day.
@@Tonyr2 would love to, hopefully one day 😃
Oh that proper cheered me up! Can we go back?! Loving the train video, I agree, no words!
Yay! Such an awesome trip hey?! And I don't even think the video really does it justice. Just epic scenery hour after hour 😍😍😍
Thank you for this great video! ❤ Heading to Norway in July with my new Hubby. We are excited. 😊 🎉
Ooh exciting! Firstly... Huge congratulations on your wedding 🥰 and secondly... You should be excited! Norway is awesome! We couldn't believe how much we loved it! I'm excited for you 🤗
WOW!! So stunning!
I had no idea just how beautiful Norway is! 🇳🇴😍
Fabulous Nicola ❤
Thank you so much 🤗
I loved Bergen when we sailed there across the North Sea from Lowestoft and it was sunny there! The parkrun looks lovely and will have to visit there one day. Thanks for sharing.
Ooh yes definitely add it to the list 😍
Wow, that was an amazing vlog 👍
Thank you 🤗🤗🤗
Yet another inspirational video. I would absolutely love to do this parkrun but I gather that it often gets cancelled owing to the very changeable weather in Bergen. These vids are amazing. Keep them coming!!
Thanks so much. I wasn't aware of a load of cancellations 🤔 maybe check out the event history to see... It rains a lot there so maybe ice in winter gives reason to cancel but you should be safer in warmer weather 😊
I have watched this again after 7 months since I last watched it. I am hoping to do this parkrun on Easter Saturday next year!! I hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Wow, some spectacular views there Nicola. I imagined Norway to be pretty flat but the hills on that parkrun look brutal. Sounds like your having a good time over there.
Apparently their parkruns are super hilly all round! Loads of mountains out there... This isn't even the hilliest of their 7 parkruns... There's hillier! ⛰️😳😃
That was Adam from my club out front! I would have told him to say hi if I'd have known he was there too.
He was RAPID! 🏃♂️
Brilliant +1🤩
Thank you so much! 🥰
Looks like a beautiful place and parkrun, maybe one day I'll get to go.
I've fallen in love with Norway, it's such a beautiful country and the people are wonderful and the landscape stunning... And they have parkrun! 😃
@@NicolaRuns The most important part! one day hopefully.
If you want to stop on the rail journey, then apart from Finse (where you could stay in the hotel or the DNT cabin), then try Hallingskeid. The railway station itself is impressive (and the no cooking signs are amusing). You can stay at the DNT cabin (self catering) which is only a short walk from the station. If doing it in the summer, then rent bikes (Finse or Myrdal) and cycle down to the fjord at Flåm
Oh wow that sounds like perfection! We'd love to do that, thanks for the advice/recommendations 🥰
Hi Nicola, thank you for posting your fantastic video of Lovstein Parkrun. That is now on my to do list. I plan to go on a Norwegian Coastal Cruise from Bergen, after doing their parkrun, and would appreciate a bit more info please. When you say hilly, how does it compare with the hilliest parkruns in England ? Say Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Durlston Country Park, Lanhydrock ? I assume the only way to get to Bergen from England is to fly to Oslo, then get the train ? I’m happy for you to DM me, as I’m more likely to see your reply. Thank you.
You can fly there but you'd be missing out on one of the best train journeys in the world! It's hilly... Not as bad as Durlston but definitely up there! Sounds like you'll have a fantastic trip! Enjoy 😃
@@NicolaRunsafter seeing your video, I’ll certainly look at flying into Oslo, then going on to Bergen by train.
This is cool! How do you find out about the ones you can 'double up' with? like two in one trip!
If you Google 'parkrun extra days' then there's a page detailing which day each parkrun territory holds it's additional parkrun. There's boxing day in Poland, ascension day in the Nordics (they changed it last year), the Netherlands is this Monday, obviously several countries choose Xmas day, there's Thanksgiving in the US etc etc 😃
One more question please Nicola - what time of year did you do Lovstein ? I’m planning to go in winter.
We went at the beginning of May 😊
12:10 I did notice a pause. lol
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Where does your little one get her energy from?
I've dragged her around since she was little bless her 😜 I remember us doing 10 miles in a day once when she was 4... Not on purpose but we were just exploring. She's just been brought up on an active lifestyle and now has more energy than me 🤦🏻♀️🤣
Hope it's not cancelled when I go
Keep everything crossed! 🤞🤞🤞
@@NicolaRuns have you decided what parkruns you doing in Netherlands yet
@@Clairewy no, we arrive on the Thursday so plan is to check out a few and see where we fancy going 😃