Hurtigrute [English translation]

I always had that dream

When I was a little girl living by a large fjord

To travel with Hurtigrute

Somewhere where I was going to go

Especially during the evenings

When Hurtigruta called from afar

And said that it was on the way

And I ran down to the harbour to look

It was like a party when it came

Like one thousand and one nights with a salty flavour

With a goodbye, and oh my God, there you are!

With cardboard boxes, with cats

And with eggs that wasn't supposed to crack

With loud shouts and hawsers that were thrown to land

Hard against the quay to be attached

It was the big world that came in

It was a ship made of steel

With fairy tales on the edges

The captain in black clothes

With real gold in the stripes

It was happiness with black on its lower part

That came

I always had that dream

When I was a little girl living by a large fjord

To travel with Hurtigrute

Somewhere where I was going to go

• Artist:Kari Bremnes