Stuguflåten Bridge
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We are now passing Stuguflåten bridge, which is one of the many iconic bridges on the Rauma Line, and even though it is not that big, both the craftmanship and the engineering are world class. The popular travel guide Lonely Planet, named the Rauma Railway as Europe’s most beautiful train ride in both 2012 and 2022. They emphasised the incredible feat of building a railway line on these precipitous and inaccessible mountainsides, whilst at the same time noting that the buildings along the line complimented the magnificent and romantic scenery. Camera flashes have flashed here for over 100 years, and artists from all over the world have found their inspiration here. Right where you are now, Harry Potter was chugging along by train during filming of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which was filmed here on the Rauma Railway. Stuguflåten bridge was also the scene of one of the Second World War’s biggest acts of sabotage, led by the resistance fighter Joachim Rønneberg from Ålesund. His team blew up the bridge in January 1945, in what was known as operation Fieldfare, the purpose of which was to sabotage the enemy’s supply lines. The bridge was repaired and rebuilt to the same standard, although the wounds are still visible in some places.