Bergen is said to be the wettest city in Europe and certainly it rained for five of the six days that I was there. ​ But that should not detract from the beauty of this, Norway's second-largest city. The striking Bryggen area of colourful former warehouses, the harbour jam-packed with cargo ships, vessels serving the offshore oil and gas industry a...

"This is Ystad," announced the conductor on the train that had brought me to this southernmost part of Sweden. It was a low-key announcement that didn't do justice to this stunningly beautiful town overlooking the Baltic Sea.  I had travelled from Stockholm on two trains to get here, eager to see this former Danish territory and thriving film ...