In recent years I have occasionally used this column to describe some of my favorite cities, including Amsterdam and Middelburg in the Netherlands, Gothenburg, Sweden, Salzburg, Austria, Sarajevo, Bosnia / Herzegovina, and my home base, Northampton, Massachusetts. This time I write about Bergen, Norway, a place that has the distinctive label, "GATEWAY TO THE FJORDS." Those four words are expressed everywhere in Bergen. The first time one sees them is when deplaning at the Bergen airport... Read More