As usual, the summer season means thousands of visitors to Northern Norway. In addition to fully booked hotels and restaurants, long ferry queues and frustrated motorists are also included in the load.
Last year’s Norwegian holiday set a new standard for the definition of long queues.
– We have never experienced anything like that before, said helmsman Bjarte Andersen on M / F «Barøy» to Dagbladet in the middle of last year’s joint holiday.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration went out before the holiday and said they expected increased traffic to northern Norway this year as well. The situation has resulted in long queues on a number of ferry routes in Nordland. On the Helgeland coast, patience is running out for more travelers. It writes Helgelands Blad.
– Never experienced anything like this
Gets the skin full
– We have received a lot of feedback, especially last week. Those who are at work experience a lot of negative things, both threats and harassment. Teenagers should not be met in their first summer job. Our operators have the substitutes on training, but you can not prepare a 16-year-old to get the skin full of an angry 50-year-old, says Mathis Johansen Larsen, advisor in Nordland county municipality to Dagbladet.
Reis Nordland, which is the county municipality’s brand name for public transport in the county, posted a post on Facebook on Friday where they described what some summer substitutes are exposed to these days.
“Young ticket holders are not to blame for the ferry queue, and can not let you on board if it is full. We understand that it is frustrating to stand in line, but it does not justify yelling and threats against our good young people,” it says. among other things in the post which in the course of a day has been shared over 5000 times and has created enormous engagement.
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Impossible to avoid
Larsen says that during last year’s holiday there was an awful lot of queues, but that they have taken action to improve the situation this year. Nevertheless, it is impossible to avoid the problem completely.
– We have reinforced many of the ferry routes, but you can never put in enough departures to avoid queues altogether. It is about both the available ferry and crew, he says, and adds:
– The young people do the best they can, and it is by no means their fault that there is a queue. Nevertheless, we experience this type of behavior on all connections, especially these days. The encouragement from us is that they should treat those who are at work with respect and enjoy the holiday.
Warns against record-long queues
Keep it up
Jon Kristian Fadnes in Boreal, which provides ferry services for Nordland County Municipality, also encourages travelers to show consideration, even though there may be some waiting time at the ferry quays.
– Understand that summer traffic can be large, so that there may be some queues on some departures. Our skilled employees both on land and at sea are working to ensure that everyone has a safe and good travel experience, Fadnes assures.
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