Norway’s coast road is not for speedsters – you need to allow time for the powerful landscape to sink in, not to mention all the world-class seafood
October 2017
Observer dispatch
Bergen, where Jo Nesbø’s Snowman carried out his grisly work, refashions its image
Bergen is dead set on ensuring its fame isn’t merely for fictional noir murders by pouring huge sums into raising its global artistic profile, writes Vanessa Thorpe
December 2015
Why I love …
Singer Aurora: ‘Bergen’s cold but has a creative energy – and it’s always bubbling with activity’
The voice of the John Lewis Christmas ad gets lyrical about her home city, with its cold climate, stunning scenery and warm people
September 2015
Insider's guides
An insider's cultural guide to Bergen: Norway's musical nerve centre
From jazz-thrills and introvert pop to dirty politicos and converted meat factories, Bergen’s cultural medley is unified by one thing – the rain
June 2015
Bergenfest: hot acts brave hypothermia to make Norway's coolest toes tap
The Norwegian pop festival packs big names like Patti Smith into a Viking castle with Scandi stars for an eclectic weekend of nostalgia, dance and waterproofs
July 2014
Bergen and the Frozen effect
Scandinavia playlist: where to go and what to listen to
April 2012
Bergen's Whale Hall: graveyard of giants
Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie visits the Whale Hall at the Natural History Museum in Bergen, Norway, to meditate on our capacity for cruelty, regret and sentimentality
October 2011
The Northerner
Manchester and Norway open new air link
It's Bergen direct from 6 January - but London Gatwick loses out. Meanwhile, where's a UK-Norway ferry when you need one?
February 2010
Vrooms with a view: Europe's most scenic drives
The best European road trips
April 2009
More is less
Club together with friends this summer, go slightly off the beaten track and you can take your pick of castles, villas and mansions
February 2009
Who says the ski season needs to end in March?
Geilo, in Norway, offers not only plenty of late-season snow on blissfully empty slopes, but also fjords, fishing villages and beautiful Bergen, as John Mulholland discovers
July 2006
Travels through a midlife crisis
Fleeing divorce and middle age, Mike Carter set off on a two-wheeled, trans-European journey of self-discovery. This week he reaches Norway and hooks up with the local equivalent of Posh Spice.
April 2000
European cities of culture: Bergen
This year there are nine European Cities of Culture, and they are not the ones you might expect. Jonathan Glancey starts his artistic trawl in Bergen.
