Katterattgubben

We are now following the tracks to Katterat station passing through the Cape Horn tunnel. But of course, you are right, we are not in South Africa. The name originates from the first period of construction when the English found names in the daily newspaper that they found amusing. It was that simple back then. Accordingly, there are many places along the Ofoten line that have international names. After the tunnel on the Katterat side you can see the “Katteratgubben”. It is a four-metre-high stone formation from the last ice age, the three-sided top-heavy stone weighing in at around 10 tons has balanced here for 10 thousand years! The Katteratgubben has stood strong against all that has been thrown at it. Whether that be blasts during the building of the Cape Horn tunnel over a 100 years ago, or bombs and bullets from the second world war.