In 1197, as King Sverre spent the winter in Bergen along Norway’s western coast, the Baglers carried out a surprise attack hundreds of miles away against Sverresborg castle, which the monarch bu ...

Photo from the University Museum of Bergen, via Norway’s National Agency for Cultural Heritage On a picturesque coast of western Norway sits a large grassy mound surrounded by trees and farmhouses.

Nestled between the peaks of seven mountains and the frigid waters of the North Sea, Bergen is a historic Norwegian city that rightly sits high on the wish list of visitors to Norway. Its streets ...