It's Saturday morning at Bergen station, and the awaiting train fills with two species of passenger. First, there are the young (and not-so-young) Norwegians kitted out in salopettes , skis slung over shoulders, off for a day's sport. Then there are the foreigners Europeans, Americans, Japanese who scramble for a window seat for the journey to Voss: the first stage of the round-trip a local tour operator calls Norway in a Nutshell.
Incorporating train, bus and boat, this journey showcases, in one day, the Norway of everyone's imagination. First, the train whisks you past...