Nearly all the ride from Trondheim to Oslo is through countryside with farms and forests between small towns. As we noticed on the Nordland train, Norway is rocky, like the large jagged granite in the Pacific NW Rockies and also with polished slopes of hard steep rock faces. We passed many waterfalls, creeks, and river rapids. Gently arced mountains were snow capped along the way. As we passed through the mountains, a rain shower poured down almost horizontally mixed with snow.

Surprisingly, all along the route until we reached the outskirts of Oslo’s suburbia log houses and barns were common. The corners had interlocking  logs laid one on top of the next. Sometimes the second floor would have vertical siding.

Barns have stone ramps built up to about 10 feet from the barn where a wooden ramp continues up to the second floor door. Perhaps that is so hay wagons can bring the hay up to the loft. Cows, horses, sheep and other farm animals spend the winter inside the barn for warmth. Farmers let their stock out in May, depending on the weather.

It’s lambing and foaling season, and we enjoyed the babies all along the route. Pictures of lambs, barns, log houses, and waterfalls are hard to capture from a moving train. I’ve included some pictures of the scenes out the window.