This short, week-long escape takes you to a series of different worlds. Flåm's magical railway defies gravity as it inches its way up the slopes above Aurlandsfjord. Bergen's Bryggen district seems locked in another age, a time when Hanseatic traders sought supremacy over northern waters. The capital of Norway in the 14th century leads to today's first city, filled with works by Edvard Munch, museums that shelter Viking ships and curious sculpture parks that celebrate the imagination of Gustav Vigeland. Finally, we've a chance to visit Hans Christian Andersen's birthplace, filled with chocolate box cottages, every bit as enchanting as his stories or the moated water castles nearby, follies dreamt up by Danish noblemen.