We've had plans in place for over 6 months to board a Hurtigruten ship in Kirkenes for the voyage south to Bergen. We're more than a little concerned that the geologic turmoil in Iceland, if it results in a volcanic eruption, will have a major impact on our plans. We are booked on Iceland Air (stopping of course in Iceland) terminating in Stockholm. We were then flying to Kirkenes (see my other thread on the Sweden forum). In the event there is an eruption, my concern is that not only the Iceland Air flight will be cancelled or materially delayed, but also that the flight from Stockholm to Kirkenes could be cancelled as well.
I'm now trying to formulate a contingency plan to take a train as far north as they run in Norway so we can board the Hurtigruten ship as it heads south. How fair north (along the west coast) do trains run? We'd basically have to get from, perhaps, Cologne to Bodø or Tromsø (or where-ever we can reach via train). It would be a less-than-leisurely beginning to our visit, but might at least work.