The train ride last night was... not good.

The ticketeer saw fit to give me a seat:

In a middle of three seats
Facing backwards
In the front of the cabin, meaning the chair doesn't recline
In the cabin furthest back, next to the room with all the barking dogs
Next to a guy who didn't get on until 1:30, who had to get by and fully woke me up the only time I was even close to sleeping
Across from a kid who couldn't stop moving and kicking me all night

add to this the ungodly hour - a 23:05 to 6:43 ride - and it made for one bad night

In Oslo now, will be in Bergen tonight & maybe tomorrow. Saved a day getting down here, so I might stay longer or move on to a country that isn't so expensive.

Another thing that amazes me about Norway is how they build their train lines. In other countries they kinda follow the terrain, but mostly just build the trains as straight as possible. Tunnels go straight through a mountain, bridges cross over lakes, etc. In Norway they have virtually no land to work with, especially around the mountains, and they use their tunnels to connect different parts of passable land. It's not uncommon to have a steep uphill or downhill, or a right or left curve, all while underground.