Dragons and Norse mythology

Arquitectura art nouveau

The whole city burned in 1904 and was rebuilt in three years in the style of the moment, with dragons and Viking motifs on the façades.

Mirador de Aksla

418 steps up to the view of the city among its islands. It is the photograph that sums up why you sleep here.

Atlanterhavsvegen

The Atlantic Road, eight bridges hopping from islet to islet over open sea. The Storseisundet one looks as though it stops in mid-air.

Isla de Runde

Half a million seabirds, with puffins from April to August. It is Norway's southernmost colony.

Fiordo de Geiranger

A World Heritage site. You travel it by ferry between walls over a thousand metres high: the crossing is the point, not the destination.

Trollstigen

The trolls' ladder: eleven hairpins at a 10% gradient. Open May to October, depending on the snow.

Las Siete Hermanas

Seven falls dropping together into the fjord. Opposite them falls “the Suitor”, and legend has it he courted all seven without success.

Dalsnibba

1,500 metres with a road right to the top and the whole fjord below. It usually has snow even in July.

Ørnesvingen

The eagle's bend, eleven turns climbing from the village, with the lay-by that frames the fjord and the Seven Sisters.

Bryggen

The Hanseatic wharf of coloured wooden houses, a World Heritage site. It has burned so often that what you see dates from 1702.

Funicular Fløibanen

Eight minutes up to 320 metres, with the city and its seven mountains below. The forest trails start at the top.

Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg's house, with his composing hut by the lake. In summer there are daily piano recitals.

Iglesia de madera de Fantoft

A twelfth-century stave church, rebuilt after an arson attack in 1992. The carvings mix Christian crosses with Viking dragons.