My Heart Soars: Inlandsbanan: Part 4 - Day 4: Östersund C to Arvidsjaur

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 4.

22/7 Day 4: Depart from Östersund C train station at 0756 hours and arrive at Arvidsjaur train station at 1603 hours. Lunch received at Vilhelmina Norra from Bergmans Fisk och Vilt at 1138 hours. Stop at Sorsele station for 15 minutes. Dinner at a pizza restaurant in Arvidsjaur.

Costs

(1) Breakfast from ICA grocery store - Breakfast sandwich SEK25

(2) Coffee on Inlandsbanan train - Brewed coffee SEK20

(3) Lunch at Bergmans Fisk och Vilt - Fish plate SEK185

(4) Dinner in Arvidsjaur town at Teckans vedugnspizza - Norrlands pizza SEK145

(5) Accommodation at Lumi Guesthouse - SEK433 per person for 2 nights. I booked a 3-persons room that costs SEK1300 but we were given 2 separate rooms when we arrived, so that was nice.

The Story

22072022 - Today will be a long train journey from Östersund to Arvidsjaur. My travel companions suggested the stops as I am not familiar with the places in Sweden. As it was an early departure from Östersund, we bought our breakfast from ICA grocery store the day before.

Lunch was early today as we arrived at Vilhelmina Norra at 1138 hours. The partnered restaurant is Bergmans Fisk och vilt. The fish plate was really yummy - price-awarded hot smoked pepper salmon, pickled salmon, price awarded cold smoked salmon and herring. The price-awarded dishes won the Swedish Championship. I don't have any information on which food competition is that.

We stopped at Sorsele train station where there is an Inlandsbanan Museum. As we were going to pass by this place again on our journey back, we did not join the crowd to explore the museum. Instead, I took this opportunity to take a picture with 2 Inlandsbanan trains. This is the only time during the day where both northbound and southbound trains meet.

Finally, at Arvidsjaur station! I was excited to see a giant moose wooden statue but it is difficult to take a photo with it and Arvidsjaur station house. Arvidsjaur town is really quiet and I think it is made famous because of a station that Inlandsbanan has along the way. It felt like a ghost town. Large buildings. Countable number of persons walking on the streets.

We checked all our booked accommodations a week before our trip. When we booked the hostel in Arvidsjaur, the place was called Silvercross 45. A week before the trip, we checked again and the place was closed. Panicked! We checked the website and found out that the place has been bought over by a new owner. So, the booked rooms changed. Instead of a single room with 3 beds, we got 2 rooms instead as the new owners (a family of 3) had renovation plans. Yay to us! Happy that the hostel offered coffee and cereals.