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The Namsen-Elv, through the valley of which the road ascends, is considered
one of the best salmon-rivers in Europe, and is accordingly far famed
among anglers. The fishings are always let to English sportsmen, and
are jealously preserved. The stations from Namsos are: 15 Kil. Hun
(good quarters), 11 Kil. Haugum, 17 Kil. Vie (125 ft.; Inn, very poor
accommodation), a great fishing station, 11 Kil. Fosland (200 ft.), 17 Kil.
Fislcum. The last stage is through a magnificent ravine. The *Fiskumfos
(220 ft.), a most imposing fall, sometimes compared to the falls of the
Rhine at Schaffhausen, with a copious volume of water, is 100ft. in height.
To reach the best point of view, a projecting rock on the left bank
(inaccessible when the river is in flood), a guide is necessary. This is the
upper limit of the salmon-fishings.
29. The Nordland.
Communication with the Nordland is maintained by the steamers
of the united companies Bergenske Dampskibs Selskab and
Nordenfjeldske Dampskibs Selskab, of which the formerhasits headquarters
in Bergen, the latter in Throndhjem. The agent of the combined
companies at Christiania is Mr. Berg-Hansen, at Throndhjem Mr.
J. Eriksen. Detailed time-tables may be obtained on personal or
written application either to the agents or to the head-offices
(‘direction’) at Bergen and Throndhjem; and the Norges
Communica-tioner mentioned at p. xix also give all the necessary information.
The Mail Steamers ply throughout the year, leaving Throndhjem
once weekly for Vadse (midnight on Tues.) and twice weekly (noon
on Thurs. & Sat.) for Hammerfest and the North Cape. The
Tourist Steamers are put on in the height of summer, from about
June 20th to July 20th, and run twice weekly (leaving Bergen
about 9 p.m. on Mon. & Frid. and Throndhjem at 10 p.m. on Mon. &
Wed.) to the North Cape.N During the season there are thus five
opportunities weekly of starting from Throndhjem for the North
Cape. Smaller steamers also ply from Bergen to the Lofoden
Islands, but are not used by the ordinary tourist.
The Mail Steamers (see Communicationer, Nos. 200-202) call
at numerous intermediate stations and take 2-3 days for the voyage
from Throndhjem to Bode, 2 days more to Tromse, and another
day (5-6 days from Throndhjem) to reach Hammerfest. For a visit
to the North Cape, which lies fully half-a-day beyond Hammerfest,
the mail-steamers will be found quite as convenient as the tourist
boats, except that they allow no time for an excursion to the
‘bird-mountain’ of Sværholt (p. 264). The mail-steamers take 12 days
to make the journey from Throndhjem to the North Cape and back.
The ordinary route of the Vadse steamer leads through the Magere
sound to Vadse (21/2 days from Hammerfest to Vadsø), but if the
passengers desire it and the weather is favourable, the captain of
♦he Vadse boat will change this for the course round the North
Cape, though without stopping to allow of landing. The steamer
leaves Vadse again the day after its arrival, and the whole voyage
from Throndhjem and back thus takes about 17 days.
Baedeker’s Norway and Sweden. 4th Edit. 15
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