Six and a half hours, one train, and every kind of landscape Norway has to offer, from Oslo's forests to the mountain plateau of Hardangervidda to the fjords tumbling into Bergen. This is why the Bergensbanen might be the most beautiful train journey I've ever taken.

A weekend guide to Tromso, Norway without a car

Postcard from the oldest town in Italy, Matera. Cave hotel in Matera.