Bergen in 4 days

The UNESCO-listed Hanseatic wharf: 62 red, ochre and white wooden houses rebuilt after 1702, where German merchants traded dried cod from 1360 to 1754.

Running since 1918, it climbs to 320 metres in under eight minutes; at the top, a terrace over the harbour and forest trails past lakes.

A three-hour trip up the Osterfjord into the narrow Mostraumen strait, close enough to a waterfall for the crew to fill glasses from it.

A harbour market since the 13th century: open-air stalls on the Torget quay from May to September, and the glass Mathallen hall all year.

Four buildings by Lille Lungegårdsvann lake; the Rasmus Meyer collection holds around twenty Munch works, including versions of Melancholy and Jealousy.

The highest of Bergen's seven peaks, at 643 metres, reached by a cable car rebuilt in 2021, with views over the city, fjord and islands.

A stave church moved here from the Sognefjord in 1883, burnt down by arson in 1992 and rebuilt as an exact replica, reopened in 1997.

Grieg's 1885 lakeside villa, 8 km south of the centre, is closed for restoration until summer 2027; the grounds, his composing hut, the couple's cliffside grave and the concert hall stay open.