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(1889) [MARC] Author: Karl Baedeker
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does not enter this hay of the Throndhjem Fjord, but steers to the
W. through the narrow Sknrnsund on the W. side of the Inderø,
touches at Venrues, and enters the broad Beitstadfjord, the
innermost recess of the Throndhjems Fjord. It then either proceeds
direct to Stenkjær, via Krogsvaayen, steers into a narrow
ramification of the Beitstadfjord to the N. to Malmo and Fosnces, and
thence to Stenkjær. From the skyds-station of Østvik, near Fosnæs,
the traveller may drive to Elden and Namsos (see below).

Stenkjær ([Hotel Haaka or Huakenstuen; Thorbjernsen s Hotel;
telegraph-station) is a small town with 1800 inhab., on the
By-Elv.

Travellers who intend to visit the beantiful Snaasenvand (80 ft.) and
the Fiskumfos should telegraph for skyds before the arrival of the steamer
at Stenkjær, so that they may proceed the same evening to (11 Kil.) Sunde,
at the S. end of the Snaasenvand. A steamer plies thence four times weekly
to &R hrs.) Sem. at the E. extremity of the lake; and from Sem we take
skyds to (31 Kil.) Homo (3G0 ft.) and (16 Kil.) Fosland, on the road to
Fiskum (p. 225). — Failing the steamer at Sunde, travellers must drive
from Stenkjær. The stations by road, all fast, are: 15 Kil. Langhammer,
8 Kil. Kvam, 15 Kil. Østre Hegge, 15 Kil. Nedre Vekset. 28 Kil. (pay for 33)
Homo, 11 Kil. Vie (p. 225), 16 Kil. Fosland, 17 Kil. Fiskum. Tolerable
quarters are to be had only at Kvarn. Nedre Vekset, Homo, and Vie; but unless
the traveller is prepared to put up with very humble fare, he should
telegraph beforehand, especially to Vie. The whole road lies through a series
of magnificent landscapes, with wood and lake, and streams dashing over
rocks. Between Vekset and Homo, near the point where we cross the
watershed (805 ft.), there is a noteworthy waterfall. In the last stage,
we cross the Namsen-Elv by a ferry.

The road to Namsos passes the following stations: —

If) Kil. (pay for 17) Østvik (good quarters), on the
northernmost hay of the Beitstadfjord. The road now quits the fjord of
Throndhjem, and crosses an Eid or isthmus, about 300 ft. high, to
the Namsenfjord. 15 Kil. Elden (290 ft.).

18 Kil. Redhammer, on the Lyngenfjord, the S. arm of the
Namsenfjord. We then proceed over the pass of Anskaret to (16 Kil.)
Bangsund (12-13 Kil. from Namsos by water) and(ll Ki\.~) Spillum.
From Spillum the road leads to the Stremshylla Ferry (3 Kil.),
whence we cross the fjord (4 Kil.) by boat or drive (8 Kil.) to —

Namsos (A. Jensens Hotel; English Vice-Consul, Mr.
Som-merschield; telegraph-station), a town with 1900 inhab., charmingly
situated on the N. bank of the estuary of the Namsen-Elv. It was
almost entirely burned down in 1872, but has since been rebuilt.
A wood on the hills to the W. of the town was also destroyed by
the same fire. The new Church stands on a rocky height in the
middle of the town. The staple commodity of the place is timber.
— The richly wooded Namsdal, containing 8000 inhab., is very
picturesque, the scenery improving as we ascend. — Two or three
of the large coasting steamers touch at Namsos weekly, both on
the outward and homeward voyage (comp. p. 230).

Excursion to the Fiskomfos. This most interesting excursion is
made either from Spillum, or from Namsos, the. roads uniting near Hun.

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