This northernmost region of the country , with the situated about 186 miles inside the Arctic Circle and large part of it sitting within the Arctic Circle , is one the place from where Amundsen started his polar that conjures up much of the magic for the visitor expedition . The town is a popular place for viewing to Norway . This is the land of snow and ice , endless the Northern Lights . Other places you might visit tundra , red-painted houses of fishing villages , the land depending on how you travel through this region are of the midnight sun and the eerily mystical Northern Mo I Rana , Bodø and Narvik . From Narvik you can take Lights . Perched on the coast near Narvik are the idyllic the train to Kiruna in Sweden and on to Stockholm ( by Lofoten Islands , with craggy peaks , inlets and fjords , sleeper train ). fishing villages and farms . Svolvaer is the gateway to the Lofoten Islands and from here you can visit the charming villages of Reine , Stramsund , Ballstad and Nusfjord . The main town of the region is Tromsø ,

Lofoten Islands , credit Baard Loeken , www . nordnorge . com

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