Train Documentary from England to the Arctic by train.
There are many great continental railway journeys in the world but riding the train to Scandinavia has to be up there with the best of them. This is a train documentary with a difference. In 2015 I set out by train from Oxford to the last great wilderness in Europe, the Arctic, to film the northern lights for a music video.
The idea was to make a documentary of the train journey and film the soundtrack in hotels and on sleeper trains during the trip and this is the result.
All the music was recorded in Scandinavia and the footage was filmed on smart phones, a tablet and a Sony camcorder. The only thing that didnt work out was that the northern lights didn’t show up! A good excuse to go back again. Two out of three aint bad
There is only one part of the journey that isn’t possible by train and that is in the Arctic north of Norway between Fauske and Narvik where one has to take a coach.
I hope you enjoy the short film and the soundtrack of ambient music is available on iTunes:
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