The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08
Midnight Summers In Norway.

Wayfarers on the coast of Norway
are classed as rivers rods tourists
and midnight sunners.' The first
class comprises the renters of salmon
streams, the second the occasional visi
tors of the first, the third are those who
now and then leave the steamer and
penetrate into the interior, and the last
consists of those who go direct to the
North Cape by the excellent steamers
| starting from Mode or Throndhiem
and having for their professed main
objects the sight Of the midnight sun
and the satisfaction of standing on the
most northern point of Europe. The
sequence III which these classes arc
enumerated indicates their relative So
clal Importance and the degree of res
pect they receive in the tourist world
Notwithstanding that the midnight
sumner is lowest on the scale, his lot is
one by no means to be despised, and
there is good reason for believing that
when this eminently comfortable, inter-
estlng and economical route becomes
better known in Great Britain the ig-
norance which is there so pretty gener-
ally dlifused regarding the part of Nor
way within the arctic circle will be-
come dissipted by the tourists who
Will seek those regions III rs great tlocks
as those who now seek the Highlands,
and Islands CT Scotland. From the
goth Of June to the 18th of July the
l5erganke and Nordenfjeldike Steam
ship Company starts Il boat from Molde
every Wednesday, and from 'rhrondh-
jem every Thursday. These ports can
be reached direct either from Hull, or
Newcastle or l4eith' steamers being
changed at Bergen and Christansand.
The boats are In every respect comfort
able and even luxurious. a good table
is kept and the comfort of passengers is
in every way considered. Leaving
ThOndhjem in the evening, the steamer
coasts i'll sight of the magnificent
mountain ranges Of the mainland till
the Island OF Torglatten is reached,
where the tourist is landed, and has
ample time to visit the caverns or tul.-
mel which perforates the rock. Wind
ing III and out among numberless noun
famous islands, occasionally creeping
through sounds little broader than twice
the breadth Of the ship, and skrting
The Seven sisters OF Alstenoe' and
llestmandOe, the boat arrives at the
Glacier Syartlscn,' where again a land
ing is effected, and this Immense ioe
river can be easily visited. Bodo IS
generally reached on Saturday morning,
whence the course is laid over the West
ford, and in about four hours the tour
ISL finds himself among the wonderful
| scenery Of the Lofoten Islands. The
visit TO this grand region is by no means
perfunctOry one, for the steamer
threads its way through narrow chan
nels TO the west coast, and after skirt.
ing its great mountain ranges it again
reaches the east coast by the wondrous
"Rafte SOund.' On Sunday the pleas
ant town of Tromsoe is reached, whore
party OF Lapps, with their reindeer,
are brought down from the mountains
for the inspection OF the tourists. On
the following day the ship anchors at
Hammertcst for Il couple Of hours, and
then sails for the North Cape. Here
the passengers can ascend the cape,
after which the return journey is begun,
and the boat by constant steaming, with
short detour into the Lynjen Ejord,
arrives at Alolde on the following Sun
day. The sun never sinks below the
horizon Tor many nights during the
most northern part OF the trip, and it
IS needless to say that the ELECTS pro-
duced are most picturesque and extra
ordinary. The rate OF passage from
Throndhiem to the North Cape and
back, provisions included, is EI2. This
for ten days VI a most pleasant and no. .
vel experience. The whole trip from
England and back need not exceed EaU, "
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