Tag: Bergen

Bergen: Norway’s Second City, Seen from Above

While Bergen is Norway’s second city, it has—like all other places in the country—an intimate connection with nature. During my two days in Bergen, I therefore found myself mostly sweating on its mountain slopes rather than savoring coffee by the harborside. For the Norwegian American magazine, I wrote how the hikes allowed me to see the city in an unusual way… Read more » » »

Norway by Train: Across Mountains, Through Time

The train passed by large lakes, then hills, meadows, lakes again, mountain plateaus, and, ultimately, glaciers… In this article published in the Travel Examiner magazine, I not only recounted my August journey by train across Norway, from Oslo to Bergen, but also discovered how this railway became the backbone of the country’s history and identity. Read more » » »