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Auitinaiid or provincial governor. The annual mean temperature
here is 37-/5° Fahr , that of July 54 72°» and that of January (not
colder than Christiania ) 32°. The large modern buildings contrast
strangely with the old cottages with their roofs of turf (Næver). The
stone church is very ancient, and contains several old pictures and
the coats-of-arms of some Danish families. A large wooden church
in the Gothic style was completed in 1886. Almost all the steamers
coal at Bode. Passengers who do not intend making any stay here
will at least have time to land and ascend (with guide) the
*Leb-saas, a hill 1 hr. to the N. of the town, which commands a view
of the Lofoden Islands to the W., of the Blaamandsfjeld or
01-majalos (p. 242), a snowy range adjoining the Sulitelma (which is
not itself visible) to the E., of the Bersvatnstinder to the S.E.,
and of the Sandhorn, with the Svartisen, to the S. A similar
view, though less extensive, is obtained from the fields, 5 min. to
the S. of the town; and the view from the Voldfjeld (ca. 1310 ft.),
2 hrs. to the N. of Bode, is also said to be fine. Geologists will be
interested in the erratic blocks of syenite in the midst of a
rockformation of slate. — A pleasant excursion may be made hence to
the (6 Kil.) Vaagevand, on the bank of which is a club-hut.
A road leads to the S.E to (72 hr.) the Church of Bodø and the
Præstegaard, at which Louis Philippe, when travelling as a refugee
under the name of Muller (accompanied by Montjoye, who called
himself Froberg), was.entertained on his voyage to the North Cape
in 1796. A room in the house is still named after him. Beyond
the church the road traverses a pleasant tract, with rich vegetation,
on the bank of the Saltenfjord (see p. 241).
Bode is a good starting-point for three interesting Excursions,
described below. Comp, the Maps, pp. 230, 242.
1. From Bod» to thb Beierenfjord.
This fjord, a profound mountain-chasm, not unlike the Geiranger
Fjord, is most conveniently visited by the steamer 1Salten’ (see
Communi-cationer, No. 291), which usually leaves Bodø on Tuesday and Friday
evenings, touches at Skaalland, Rosnæs, Sandnæs. Kjelling, and Tvervik,
and returns the same day (6 hrs. there and back). Travellers intending
to visit the inner Fjord must leave the steamer at Tvervik, and after
having performed the round described below, await there the next steamer
on its return voyage.
Crossing the Saltenfjord, we skirt the island of Sandhorn.
Stations Skaalland, on the left, and Sandnæs, in the island of
Sandhorn. We now enter the *Beierenfjord, a narrow inlet flanked by
most imposing mountains. The narrowest point is at Gaarden
Eg-gesvik. The last station is Tvervik, whence the steamer returns to
Bod». From Tvervik we row to (3 Kil.) Soleen (good quarters at
Landhandler Jentoft’s), whence we may ascend the Høitind
(4120 ft.; with guide), which commands a magnificent view of the
mountain-solitudes extending into Sweden, of the Svartisen to the
S., and of the sea with its numerous islands to the "W., including
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