STUNNING Flight up to the Arctic Circle with Widerøe!

A stunning Flight up to the Arctic Circle with Widerøe!
Date of Travel: December 2021
Class of Travel: Economy Class
Aircraft type: Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Operator: Widerøe
Flight Number: WF 692
Origin: Bergen, Norway
Destination: Harstad/Narvik, Nordland, Norway
Cost of Ticket: 510kr (£42.30, $56.75, €50.90)
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[@HumbertoMesa]

Nice flight report ... thanks Dylan

[@michaelformaini7053]

Something a little different from your usual offerings. I was delighted to view the fiords off the eastern coast of Greenland on my flight with TransAt from London Gatwick to Vancouver as I started my return to Australia in mid-October 2018. Cheers from Michael.

[@mwallace2922]

Nice one mate. Thanks for taking the time to post. Awesome stuff. 👍👍🇦🇺

[@briandobson9272]

nice one dylan stunning is the only word for it. brian d.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Really admire your confidence useing the various train and tram self serve machines, all over Europe, I would be stressed out, going back to Norway twice this year, a really fabulous place.

[@couplingrhino]

They almost all have English as a language option, or at least something resembling English. Once you've managed to use an Italian ticket machine, the others tend to be less intimidating.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

@@couplingrhino I don’t use them in the u.k. so in Europe I steer well clear of them, and use a window, though I haven’t a problem buying them on my phone.

[@hansfroon]

Wonderful scenery. I suggest that you take the Hurtigrute along the Norwegian coast to enjoy the scenery even more!

[@kennethbell54]

Great video Dylan. Laughed when you described the toilet as bog standard. Keep them coming. All the very best from Thailand.

[@SimonLiddo]

Another fabulous video Dylan. More airline videos please! Stunning scenery and very good value flight!

[@samtrak1204]

Good to see turboprop still in service and the de-icing procedure is a new one on me. Do all airlines de-ice before departing in sub-freezing weather?

[@JScot92]

That bus is eye-wateringly expensive. £25 to travel 36 miles is outrageous. The flight was only about double that for 600 miles.

[@yasukiwi]

That's because many (if not most) of the Wideroe Arctic flights are "community-subsidised" services they provide on behalf of the central govt to keep connections for the lesser populated north of the country.

[@s125ish]

Glasgow airport bus is £12 for 8 miles

[@JScot92]

@@s125ish I know, i actually used to live not far from Glasgow and always avoided that rip-off bus for getting to the airport.

[@pengolodh]

The bus he took is an airport shuttle bus - they are always more expensive than the regular public transportation. If he'd caught a regular scheduled bus, the price would have been a little less than half if buying onboard, or barely above a third of the price if using the regional bus app (thus escaping the onboard surcharge).

[@aaronparsons877]

the scenery is absolutely stunning and I love these planes they have a sense of character to them

[@mancs123]

it was cool to see a flight journey report! loved it, keep it up!

[@carolynalexander314]

Lovely video, thanks Dylan. Some more info to add to my proposed itinerary for my own visit to the Arctic Circle. At the end, did I see some aurora on the horizon? Always easier to see on camera than with the naked eye unless it is very active.

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Thank you for a splendid review ! I thoroughly enjoyed the flight, and the scenery was stunning, especially on the bus ride into Narvik.I hope you show us how you came back to the U.K !

[@simonnlaroche5438]

Great content!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Cheers!

[@markmcclintock4820]

Excellent trip as always Dylan!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks!

[@juliannwatson9232]

Beautiful Scenery- thank you

[@andrewwilson6240]

The toilet was _bog standard_ I see what you did there 🤣

[@mydailyblog9680]

POG!

[@khaliff38223]

Interestingly,I also went there on December 2021 and stay at the same hostel as you did !! City Hostel Bergen :D

[@DylansTravelReports]

Nice!

[@harryelliott4310]

Fight Up

[@imsbvs]

Did you see the Northern lights? I'm amazed to see the bus driver wearing a short sleeve shirt ... chilling! I went to Bodo when I was in my early 20's .. drove there from Oslo, beautiful drive, but it was June so it didn't get dark at night!!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Unfortunately not 😭

[@egpx]

Nice one Dylan, that was a great value flight. I’m assuming most of the Wideroe flights to Northern Norway are Public Service Obligation flights, subsidised by the Norwegian government. I can’t see them being that cheap any other way, especially in Norway. Congratulations on the 100k subscribers too!

[@yasukiwi]

Yeah I took them on a Dash 8 as well from Bodo to Tromso and also got a good price cos the flights up there are public service govt subsidized ones.

[@DylansTravelReports]

I believe they are. THanks!

[@TheSitruc46]

Very enjoyable journey!

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Boa noite Dylans boa viagem lindo avião ✈ gostei show

[@Backwardlooking]

Done the round trip Bergen to Kirkenes with Hurtigruten sea route. 👍🏻❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@alextoft9199]

Awesome videos at the moment Dylan. I've had some great memorable trips recently, visiting the places on your videos that have inspired me! You also film on a decent camera, and not a potato like some KZbinrs. Much appreciated! 🙂👍

[@samtrak1204]

Interesting I didn't know if light rail was an option when heading to the airport from my hotel located across the street from the Bergen train station in 2012? I took a bus with speakers blasting a show talking about circumcision in Norway in the wee hours of the morning. I can't remember much about what was said, but I think it is illegal.

[@NatoHJ]

Sooooo close to 100K. 99.9K lol

[@amesavis]

you can keep that scenery. little planes make me afraid as do endless snow and ice

[@davidaarthur]

That terminal looks about five times the size of the one I flew through in 2013!

[@eckligt]

The old terminal is now the international terminal, but you still enter through the new terminal. The old combined departure/arrival hall, i.e. before security, has been used as a covid test centre these last two years.

[@timweather3847]

Bergen airport has certainly changed since I was last there, 20+ years ago and I don’t think there were trams to the city, either. I made many flights along the coast in my work and they were always spectacular, whether at height or in helicopters, with the added bonus that I was getting paid for them!

[@ste.h9825]

Brilliant,a nice change from trains.Did you film the northern lights while you where there.?

[@DylansTravelReports]

Unfortunately no 😭

[@magpie1862]

I miss Norway now. Even though it’s ridiculously expensive it’s beautiful beyond words.

[@DylansTravelReports]

I agree!

[@John_Fugazzi]

It's been a long time since the last flight review. It was great that you went when it was light enough to see the fjords below. The flight was a bargain as well, but the bus trip into Narvik costs a little over half the plane trip.? At minus five degrees I guess they've got you since no one would want to walk into town.

[@yasukiwi]

The flights up north are run as public service subsidized ones on behalf of the govt. Hence why fares are ok. Otherwise...

[@pengolodh]

I like the Dash-8 - I actually find the window seats on the Dash-8 have more shoulder room than on Boeing 737. Using public transportation buses that call on Evenes on their way from either Lofoten (line 300) or Harstad (line 200) would have cost you less than half of the airport shuttle (current adult price for the distance is 111 NOK if using the regional bus app, 20 NOK surcharge for buying onboard cash or card), although at four departures/day on weekdays and less on weekends I believe it goes much less frequently than the airport shuttle. At the airport, public transport buses have to stop in the lane outboard of the airport shuttles.

[@stewartbrodie1720]

Brilliant toilet signage on the terminal wall at 3:11 :)

[@mydailyblog9680]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I've seen that in Denny's restaurants!

[@andreawoelke]

And I'm talking REALLY fast because it's FREEZING! 😂

[@maxart3392]

So basically you spent the whole day between the sunrise and the sunset on that bus?

[@DylansTravelReports]

Yes 😂

[@treenabell]

It’s the dramatic ‘’or’ and ‘and’ for me. Love the videos. Beautiful views and informative info for trips. Makes me want to get back to travelling!

[@samtrak1204]

Bus ride from airport to Narvik is half the regular plane fare in U S. dollars...$33/$66. "In my opinion" that's highway robbery!😱

[@dqckie]

CONGRATS ON 100K!! your videos are so fun to watch when i'm just tired of the regular stuff, and this is so deserved :)

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks!

[@sjc14031974]

Where you mentioned about a problem with the plane before take-off reminded me of the time in 2009 when I flew from Edinburgh to Norwich. We should have left Edinburgh at 5.45pm but ended up leaving at 8.10pm due to a mechanical issue with the plane in question. As you said, a safe flight is much more important than a punctual one

[@mydailyblog9680]

Yeah.

[@Bracci0]

Haha dude I was in Bergen basically the same day, trying to travel back to Aalborg - which I couldn't because of the gigantic snowstorm they had in Denmark at that time

[@JISJ1964]

Fantastic film again! Whenever you feel like visiting Norway again I could really recommend doing the trip from Oslo via Trondheim to Bodø, the part from Oslo to Trondheim could be made two different ways (one of them unelectrified aswell as the Nordlandsbanen).

[@yasukiwi]

Yes I did a similar Nordic trip 3 years ago to what Dylan did but instead of flying from Bergen I night-trained back to Oslo (I had taken the day train over) and took a day train up to Trondheim (almost as good scenic-wise as Oslo-Bergen), and then night-trained up to Bodø and flew Widerøe from there. The fjord scenery up near Bodø is great too. And I liked the cafe on the upper floor of Bodø station too.

[@rjspain56]

my thoughts while viewing this is "what are you thinking?" -15 is 5 degrees in Fahrenheit. Too cold for me

[@Yate_Haugan2]

Just wondering, since the seats are all economy and you can choose where to sit, why didn't you select a seat further up front where your view won't be blocked by the propeller?

[@ajaybhaskar7324]

Hey, i havent seen your videos in a long time, since when have you started speaking in your videos?

[@davidjewood]

I'm going to do this trip. Great vlog 👍🏻 I love the cold 🥶 don't @ me!!

[@samtrak1204]

Bus views are stunning but why is airport so far away from Narvik?

[@steveignots8123]

Just as you came down the stairs getting off there was a young lady in a brown coat. Your sweetie?

[@michael7191]

Really enjoyed the video! Hope you do more air trip reports. I really hope to be able to take a trip on a Dash 8 one day. My favorite part was the close-up of the landing gear on touchdown!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@martinfoss]

I believe that take-off was from rwy 17, not 35

[@chbmckie]

Great! I was hoping you’d be on a Twin Otter as Widerøe do fly these a lot and it’s one of my favourite aircraft! But the Dash 8 is a brilliant turboprop!

[@hugoamdal3337]

They stopped flying the twin otter ages ago sadly :(

[@pengolodh]

The last Twin Otter in Widerøe service was removed from service in 2000, adn the Norwegian Air Force had sold off theirs by 2001. There were no Twin Otters under Norwegian registry 2001-2006, when the skydiving club in Tønsberg bought one of the former Air Force ones for their needs.

[@ziauddinkhan5699]

The toilet was bog standard....lmao

[@mercilessmage7300]

Nice to see that you still managed to get some rail action into this video!

[@dukc9012]

wait those trams are very similar if not the same as the newer ones in croydon

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

Congrats on 100K subs! When are you next coming to South Wales? I’d love to meet you one day on the South Wales Valley Lines!

[@DylansTravelReports]

I'm not sure yet.

[@huxleypiguk]

I love the wheels going up on turboprops like these. This is a country we want to visit so your videos are very welcome. And bad pun in the loo - bog standard???

[@DylansTravelReports]

Me too!

[@shirellx5471]

5:11 - 5:27 boarding

[@markhill7901]

Another awesome video Dylan. We travel to Norway in 2019 and flew into Olso. Caught the train across to Bergen and then the coastal cruise up to Kirkenes. Flight back to Oslo and then onwards to Stockholm. I assume there is a train trip coming from you from Narvik to Oslo. Watching from Brisbane, Australia.

[@DylansTravelReports]

Yes, I already published a review of the Narvik to Stockholm leg 😁

[@SeanMidlandstransporthub]

Congrats on 100K Dylan! Must mean silver play button coming soon!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks!

[@IrishTransportGuy]

Amazing scenery! I'd love to see a few more flight reviews on the channel, as they're actually very good! Keep up the good work! 😀

[@DylansTravelReports]

Cheers!

[@Delta-pantages]

What is your favourite destination - worldwide? Mine is Bergen, followed by Banjul!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Probably Japan.

[@leopold7269]

Hi mate what camera do you use?

[@samtrak1204]

Deserted Bergen streets feel safe.

[@foamingbob]

I was skeptical that anyone would willingly pay to travel to Narvik in December, but then I remembered the bit about mad dogs and Englishmen. It all makes sense now. Thoroughly enjoyed the video!

[@nivardofloresperez1169]

Awesome views, cool... !

[@shirleynitka5030]

lovely. Your first tram ticket was a bargain for a 45 minute ride. The flight was a real bargain. You'd never see those prices here in the States. I was surprised at the expense of your final ticket back to town. That was almost the costliest price you paid. Wonderful experience you'll never forget. Thanks for taking us along.

[@dannydanny9875]

Dylan's on a Jet Plane! ... what nationality / country is the airline from?

[@DylansTravelReports]

Norway

[@theexplorerlekhrajsinhrath2198]

Fjords View😍😍😍

[@dannybutler8015]

congrats on 100k dylan, been loving these videos for around a year now i think!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks!

[@louisthetravelspotter]

hey dylan mate its your mate louis amazing engine view great sceany please oh please do more flight reviews if you like i will suggest some on insta later

[@Traingenix]

Congrats on 100K! It's been a good journey so far!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thank you!

[@reaperx2657]

Very enjoyable video. I'm glad you decided to mix things up a bit with a flight video. Great scenery and report!

[@craiglogistics2092]

You must be absolutely mad to travel up to the frozen north at this time of year, I would rather be a bit nearer the equator where the weather is a bit kinder but then I hate being cold

[@DylansTravelReports]

Me too usually! This was a bit too much for me I must admit.

[@SweetUniverse]

Narvik looks like where I live in northern Minnesota ... and I'm getting tired of it. I always get tired of winter around this time of the year, tho. ✌️✌️

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I've done that trip, well a tad different, Stavanger to Narvik but by rail,bus and at least one ferry that the bus drove onto.I wish that I could get the Antarctica Circle under the belt!

[@Greeningdon]

My last flight in Feb 2020 was from Toronto to Ottawa on the same aircraft and my view out the left side of the engine and landing gear was about the same as yours. Seeing the landing gear at work on a flight was a fun novelty.

[@Gerrycav]

I did the Hurtigruten cruise from Bergen to Narvik and back, some years ago in the fall. Interesting to see what some of the route looks like from above.

[@AA_8184_1]

Amazing! Definitely enjoy your aircraft reviews, too! Nice to see such a variety of content on your channel!

[@richardblackwell1230]

Really enjoyed this video. Bit different as it was a flight rather then a train journey but nice to ring the changes 👍 Scenery was stunning 😊

[@eckligt]

I would add that Bodø, which you flew over, has the Northern terminus for the domestic railway system in Norway. Narvik, which I know you were departing by train, is only connected by rail to Sweden. There is talk of extending the railway from Bodø to Tromsø, passing through Narvik. This has been the wish of many people in that region for half a century, but there are currently no plans to build it. In the video, it is much easier to spot Bodø's airport than Bodø itself. But they are right next to each other. In the coming years, the airport will be rebuilt a few hundred metres further away from the city centre, to make way for more urban development. The Bodø airport has been doubling as the main airforce base in Norway until recently, when the F-16s were retired. It is also the location where an SR-71 made an unannounced emergency landing during the cold war.

[@DylansTravelReports]

Very interesting. Thanks for the info!

[@eckligt]

@@DylansTravelReports I should have added that the imfamous U-2 spyplane flight with Gary Powers that was shot down over the USSR on May 1st 1960, was intended to land at Bodø.

[@davidwilliams8405]

Beautiful flight, I thought the snow was especially beautiful, because I watched it on my laptop, and it was somewhere far, far away! I couldn't help but notice that your coffee was from Star Bucks; yee gawdz!, are they all over the planet?

[@DylansTravelReports]

Yeah, basically!

[@davidwilliams8405]

Wherever I travel, domestic or abroad, I always make it a point to patronize the local Mom & Pop places...Starbucks, Mac Donalds etc. tend to be the same everywhere. But I know one doesn't always have that option.

[@misterhat5823]

The bus ride cost about half the plane ride.

[@yasukiwi]

Wideroe operate a number of services to the less populated northern regions on behalf of the govt as community-connection subsidised services.

[@iantogriffin9928]

That was an amazing flight. Excellent. thanks for taking us along.

[@TorysSideQuests]

I enjoy the videos immensely. It does not matter if it’s a boat, plane, or train I would still watch. High quality and informative videos

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks a lot!

[@Andrewjg_89]

This is why Norway is so amazing. Even when travelling far north to the Arctic Circle which is so cold.

[@shaneD7378]

Nice to see a different review from you the trams look very similar to the stadler trams in Croydon

[@charlesbaran1106]

Wideroe only offers airline-style seats, it appears.

[@DylansTravelReports]

Yes, no bays of 4 😅

[@Brothero32]

I live in Os, 30/45min from Bergen

[@DylansTravelReports]

Nice!

[@moogmike1]

Very enjoyable video, I follow you and Paul Lucas and Josh Cahill, as Paul Lucas does aircraft and train reviews could you consider collaboration.

[@Gusrikh1]

Very interesting as well as- educational.

[@AzKarma2010]

We have the same trams here in Arizona. We call it the light rail as well. 🥰

[@rezaalan3991]

Great trip. The flight is awesome.

[@beckysonnier6369]

Beautiful! I can’t imagine being there at that time of year 🥶

[@ozgirl45]

Another great video! What amazing scenery! It would be spectacular to see in the summer as well. The terminal at Bergen is startlingly enormous! What do they do with all that space as I can’t imagine there are ever enough passengers to warrant it. Maybe they use it for exhibitions or other events - especially that huge entrance area. Those prop jet planes are interesting to fly in, if a bit nerve wracking. It was good value for the length of flight. And the light rail is charming, bright and clean, but it must be cold with those large doors opening to that freezing air.

[@eckligt]

The terminal gets reasonably full in the tourist season in normal years. I have not heard of any events taking place there. Remember also that there are cruise ships that allow passengers to embark and disembark in Bergen, and they'll typically be flown in, possibly on charter flights.

[@derekrawlings5033]

Been to Norway a few times myself using my free train pass. Always in summer for the long days. Lovely bus ride Bodo to Narvik.

[@yasukiwi]

It's a huge shame the Norwegian rail network doesn't extend further north up to Tromso. I would've loved to be able to take the train all the way up. There is a bar/cafe in Tromso called Tromso Station 😄

[@timbounds7190]

That flight is a bargain! Compared to the hideous cost of everything else in Norway! I'm surprised you had so much daylight - in Bergen anyway. I thought there was only a hour or two of daylight in southern Norway in December and none at all in the far North!

[@alexandergustafson599]

Right now the sun goes up at around 7:30 and goes down at about 16:30 in southern Norway

[@timbounds7190]

@@alexandergustafson599 Yes, we have a bit longer days in Northern England. I guess its my perception that's wrong - Bergen isn't as far North as I imagine! I think Bergen is actually as far North as Shetland in the UK, though the winter days are significantly shorter up there than in England.

[@yasukiwi]

I was in Bergen at the same time of year as Dylan and actually it wasn't too bad as I remember until 3-4 pm. But up in Tromso in the far north it was only 10am to 2pm kind of a blue semi-light sky, no real daylight as such. The flights are a bargain because Wideroe operate them as kind of a govt subsidised community service to keep the less populated northern region area connected.

[@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt]

Video's score: 10

[@DylansTravelReports]

Cheers Pedro!

[@dougpack4616]

I really enjoy the audio commentary instead of the text. Great job!

[@DylansTravelReports]

Thanks!