A handsome, old-fashioned city of bay and mountain, steep streets and peaked-roof clapboard houses, BERGEN is Scandinavia’s San Francisco. A tidy and friendly city of 243,00, Bergen is delightfully compact – a walker’s dream. WHILE YOU’RE THERE: Stroll along BRYGGEN, an ancient street facing the waterfront past restored 18th-century wooden buildings which once served triple duty as merchants’ homes, offices and warehouses. Today, the historic buildings house pubs, restaurants, galleries  more...