Norway Itinerary without a car

I only went as far as Trondheim. That part of your itinerary looks OK except I'm a slow traveler and would not be satisfied with the short stays in Oslo and Bergen--a matter of priorities, I guess.

Although April is far from peak season in Norway, I have a feeling not all the lodging places in Flam will be open then, so demand may exceed supply. I'd nail down something in Flam right away.

Look up weather for Norway in April. Global has a web site that has lots of useful info. I agree with the 1st poster that you should make sure accommodation and transportation are available that time of year. The weather is still freezing or very cold. Even Scotland's tourist sites are just opening.
I had friends that used the postal boats on the waterways to tour and did rent a car at a stop to drive to her ancestor's village. You will be in the country that invented cross country skiing. They sled and drive over frozen lakes, where planes used to land in WWII. I suppose you want to see the Northern Lights. Hopefully this will be helpful.

Thank you for your replies, I will check them out :)

Day 7- Train to Bodo- the train service between Trondheim and Bodo is pretty sketchy with a lot of changes and bus substitutions currently due to long term rolling stock and engine problems. While temporary solutions are being sought (it is not as easy as just bringing in other trains due to unique demands of the line) pending new build trains which are on order this is quite difficult to nail down.

Days 8 to 10 on the Lofotens without a car. While there certainly is reasonably good bus service on the islands this needs quite careful planning to make it work adequately.

The solution could be to give Day 7 to visiting Trondheim, on Day 8 fly Trondheim to Leknes (the suburban trains to Trondheim Airport are running as normal, the issues are further north) and work up an itinerary which includes the Hurtigruten route stops at Stamsund, Svolvaer and Stokmarknes in the Lofotens.

You could also fly from Trondheim to Bodo and pick up the Bodo to Moskenes domestic ferry thus entering the Lofotens at the bottom end. There are various other domestic ferry routes in the Island chain to possibly help you.

For public transport generally in the Lofotens you will need the Reis Nordland [Nordland County] website- https://www.reisnordland.no/

Thanks so much, that’s very helpful :)

April still has not so long daylight, so plan your days wisely.

I miss:

• more time in Oslo (skip overnight in Flam and in Geiranger for example)
• more waterfalls when you are already around Hardangerfjord - you will see one for a few minutes on train to Flam. Beautiful Skjervsfossen is not far from station Voss.
• Views from high points - fjords are very beautiful from higher altitudes, e. g. Stegastein lookout close to Flåm

Questions:

• Do you know that Hurtigruten has not 1 ship per day? They share the route with Havila.
• Why would you do the hazzle with Geirangerfjord while the ship will sail into beautiful Hjørundfjord (spring schedule)?
• Why do you want to include Honningsvåg? Not much to see / do there - only North Cape but no midnight sun.
• Lofoten to Tromsø: How about including Andenes fo whale watching? Port: Risøyhamn and then bus or taxi.
• D13 Why back to Tromsø? Just fly from Honningsvåg to Oslo if you want to fly out from there?

btw: The ferry Bodø - Moskenes is imo waste of time for pedestrian travelers and can be very shaky in spring storms. Consider flying to EVE, LKN or SVJ if needed.

Tip: take a good travel zoom camera on your journey (high optical zoom, 20x to 30x). Smartphones are sometimes useless to photo beautiful landscapes or animals far away.

Tip 2: choose right clothing (see forum entries). Nordic saying: "There is no bad weather, just bad clothing."