Twenty kilometres, 866 vertical metres, one of the steepest standard-gauge lines on earth: the Flåmsbana drops from mountain-plateau Myrdal to the fjord-side village of Flåm past waterfalls, cliff farms and hairpin tunnels. The train pauses at Kjosfossen falls, where a red-dressed 'huldra' spirit dances for the cameras in summer. Combine it with the fjord cruise to Gudvangen for the classic Norway in a Nutshell day, and book weeks ahead in July.
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