and chillier in the easterly breeze. on monday into tuesday, this area of low pressure is coming from the continent. uncertainty as to how close to the uk it will roll, but at the moment, it is a glancing blow on the moment, it is a glancing blow on the eastern counties and it will bring heavy rain and strong winds two areas in its path. it could move further west. the forecast will a lwa ys further west. the forecast will always be tricky for us. generally a reasonable amount of fine weather on tuesday. temperatures below average. we are looking at 10 degrees at best. into wednesday and the low pressure m oves best. into wednesday and the low pressure moves away into the north sea and then we bring in a weather front from the west. and atlantique influenced to the weather so once the rain pushes through, some of it could be heavy for a while, snow with the cold air in the north but we will see temperatures in the south returning to average values. 12-13 south returning to average values. 12—13 on wednesday, chile and scotla nd 12—13 on wednesday, chile and scotland but the best of the sunshine here. cloudier further south and sherry. thursday will be a quiet day with their weather. brady could see things getting lively

indeed. widespread deals and torrential rain for the as well. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the bbc understands that five people were on board the helicopter that crashed in leicester last night. bbc sources say there were two crew members and three passengers on board the aircraft. police in the american city of pittsburgh have released the names of the 11 people who were murdered at a synagogue yesterday. officials say the gunman, robert bowers, shouted anti—semitic abuse and spoke of genocide during what they called a 20—minute rampage. the chancellor, philip hammond, who'll deliver his budget tomorrow, has suggested he would have to draw up a new economic strategy if there was a no—deal brexit. the duke and duchess of sussex have been welcomed to new zealand with a traditional maori greeting for the last stop on their 16—day tour. now it's time for the travel show —

in this special edition of the programme, christa goes on a musicaljourney through norway. this week on the travel show, i'm in norway, because i have heard of what must be one of the world's most unique music festivals, where the stage and even the instruments are made of ice. so, i am taking the chance to head off from oslo to bergen on a musical journey along one of the world's most spectacular railways. i'm going to look deep into norway's roots, trying to get a sense of how this country's landscape, culture and society are brought to life through its music. i lost it! but first, i start my trip

in norway's capital city of oslo. it is here on the oslo waterfront that a huge transformation has been taking place, and a big part of that was this rather spectacular building, the oslo opera house. it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and is a symbol for the city's commitment to the arts. so i guess it is a perfect place to hear some traditional norwegian goat horn. plays horn. that's so good! thank you. that is amazing, such a variety of sounds comes out of what i guess is such a simple instrument. is quite simple, as you see. it is a bone and a goat's horn.

wrong way, this way. actually it was not made for making music, the shepherds had it to keep the wolves and the bears away. this was a warning, not music. not many melodies are written down as we know, but some. would you say that there is something unique running through norwegian music, and where does that come from? nature gives me a lot of power and a lot of inspiration to make music. we are quite isolated, we didn't visit each other because the valleys... so people could work with their own things in a way, like this. still there are people that do this, try to make their own voice. so i am about to head off through the country to bergen, and listening to music along the way, but is there something i should be listening out for, something i should be paying attention to? try to find some folk music, some solo hardangerfiddle music,

or singers or so, and also go to small jazz clubs, look for the small spots. there are people working all over the place. so now i have my mission, there is a train to catch. joining me for the first part of myjourney is jan ostlund, an all—round train fanatic and author of a book on the bergensbanen train line. so tell me a bit about this book. why did you write a book about the bergensbanen railway? the bergensbanen is an iconic railway in norway, but also in europe i think. very many people in norway have been there, they know the name, and they know what they will see when they are going here. along its 308 miles, the train navigates challenging but stunning terrain. at its peak of over 1,200 metres, it is one of europe's highest railways, before it descends steeply

into norway's second city of bergen. but this elemental landscape posed a huge challenge and an engineering triumph for those working on the rail during its construction between 1894 and 1909, with around 20 people thought to have died in the process. at a time when norway's independence was on the horizon, the construction of the bergensbanen was much more than just an added convenience for travellers. this line connected the east and the western part of norway. before that people had to go around and take boats by the sea, or small horse roads over the mountains. so the train was opening norway. the construction work was started in 1898, and at that time we were administrated by sweden and they did not like this at all, because i think they thought it could be used to military purpose.

this was a sign of norwegian strength, that maybe was not approved of? you could say that. so in a way this is a symbol for the founding of the norwegian nation? yeah. all this makes it special. you can't find this on the other lines. this is what norway is. as jan reaches his stop, i settle in. 3.5 hours from oslo, the bergensbanen pulls into geilo, but that is not my destination. for the last 13 years, geilo has played host to norway's ice music festival, but this year after too many unseasonably wa ram years, the organisers decided that enough was enough. so on i go, upwards almost 500m in altitude, to the festival's new home in finse. tuned percussion.

oh, you really feel it, see it in the air, it is cold here. and it is this cold, the icy conditions and the elevation that drew polar explorers like shackleton to train here before they went on their expeditions. and people still come here for that reason today. word is it is going to reach a low of —24 celsius tonight. so we had better rug up. but what makes this festival extra special is that the instruments are actually made on the day from nearby ice.

among the line—up this year is everything from ice horns to ice drums and ice didgeridoos. the concert is only hours away and here you are making the instruments. this has got to be an unusual thing for a musician? for me it is not, but for most musicians it is. good sounding ice is the most difficult part. you can'tjust go to your freezer or go to the nearest lake. it's with ice as with wine, there are good years and bad years. so, why ice? what inspired this festival? well, it's nearly 20 years since the first time i tried ice, and i found the sound so fantastically beautiful. with this water we can drink

it after the concert, or we can just give it back to nature where it belongs. and also the ice reminds me that we have to treat ice so gentle, so not to break it. it is like we should treat nature. why is this kind of festival happening in norway in particular, aside from all the ice? i think one of the reasons we can do this in norway is that we are very lucky, we have for many years had a government that wants to support art and music, and this makes it possible for a musician like me, that works mainly with contemporary improvised music to survive, to even be able to buy a house and have a normal life. it is also possible for me to experiment. what is this instrument over here? this is an iceophone. the sound is lovely, isn't it?

you like it? yeah. plays iceophone. it is lovely. any chance i could have a go? mmm, very carefully. very careful, i promise i'll be careful. i also promise to show no ability whatsoever. you may as well give it to a kid. plays iceophone. it works! this is great. but one of the biggest challenges of putting on this festival is the construction of the venue itself, and ice concert hall. and that project is overseen by professor petter bergerud. petter and his students have been

battling fierce blizzards for six days as they throw some water around giant balloons and netting to create a solid structure. days as they have frozen water around giant balloons and netting to create a solid structure. each day's work as resulted in disaster. we started with plan a, and ended up with plan...y. it is like you are climbing a wall, slippery, and nearly on the top and you fall down again. next day you start the same, it is a bit frustrating, but that is how it is, and that is the challenge. you have to work with the forces, because you can never beat them. yeah. when you work with them, it is like you're having a good friend.

it seems like your team is working very hard, good luck. we will see how it works out! we just have to finish now, we have some hours left. so as evening approaches the finishing touches are fast being made around the site. i really like it cos it's kind of the sound of nature. so it doesn't sound like anything else you have ever heard. so people are really surprised when they hear it for the first time. we don't get to practice, so the music gets made on stage in front of the audience, and that is really special, and people are like, what, is that possible? it's almost not possible, so it's pretty cool that we can do it. i guess there's a lot of folk music in it.

it's very nordic, with the ice and snow and the cold winters. just in the nick of time, all is ready and we gather for an evening of ice music. singing and music. cheering and applause. that was amazing. it was such a bonkers soundscape,

and incredible to think that all of those strange sounds that were building into this big crescendo were made from ice. i think it is also a really interesting way to experience the landscape of norway, freezing cold with the full moon overhead. having said that, it is freezing cold. i'm frozen through. it's time to head in. next morning, the festival continues without me, as i am back on the bergensbanen for the next part of myjourney. travelling on this stretch of the line, you start to appreciate the vast landscapes that this country has to offer.

and i can't imagine a better way of experiencing them than this. well, my train has arrived at its destination. but my musicaljourney across norway is not finished yet, because i am in bergen, a cultural hotspot and a great place to explore norway's rich musical heritage. music: greig's piano concerto in a minor. edvard grieg, possibly norway's most well known and loved classical composer. here in bergen, set among woodland alongside a vast lake, a museum to grieg has preserved and restored the grounds where he once lived and worked. now, you can see now

we will enter the house, this is the main entrance. this year will be a milestone for the man because it will be 150 years since he wrote his famous piano concerto. he really was a very much appreciated composer also in his lifetime. we know that in great britain, for example, he was one of the most popular living composers in his time. the second part of the 19th century was going together with all this national movement in norway. and norway was by then a country, together with sweden, with one king, living in sweden. and he found this very young and fresh style and i think that built up on that.

they had dance rhythms and folk music elements in these bigger compositions. i think he looked upon the folksongs as something universal, something surviving from generation to generation. and if you step through the borders you can find the same elements in folk music. and some of that folk music that inspired grieg can still be heard today, and one of the best ways to experience it is with dance. dance company frikar perform contemporary dance all around norway and beyond, that's inspired by nature and traditional norwegian folk roots. they have agreed to come and show me some of the traditional elements found in norway's halling dance. fiddles play. the dance, it's mostly sort

of a show—off dance. 100 years ago women also did that dance, but it's mostly boys, or men, doing the dance, because we want to impress the other men 01’ other women. put the right foot in front of the left. sidewards.

believe me, this is harder than it looks. if you jump a bit on each step... one, two. nice, and then around. i think i'm getting the hang of it. one, two. then we can move down here. no! so, what is the relationship between the dance and the music? maria played the hardangerfiddle, it is our national instrument. some people say the fiddle music came because of the dance, and some say the other way. i think they are depending on each other. for me, and for many, it is very important to use the music, dancing, and the music makes me want to do suddenly some steps and routines.

it is life. it is nothing planned, it is just happening. nice! back in the old days, they used the ceilings to kick down a coin orjust kick their heels. kick the ceiling? yeah. they were a bit smaller houses, back in the old days. but in the 1800s, the military started with competitions, kicking a hat from a stick, and it was about kicking the highest. and then it became incorporated in the halling, the folk dance. so we do it as a part of the dance, and it's — of course, it has to be a good kick. and the higher it is, the better it is. everybody in norway, i think, if i say halling, they say, kicking the hat. it's the main goal in the halling. it's more like the dance is the main goal, kicking the hat is sort of topping it.

whoo! that was good kicking. finally, i wanted to get a sense of where all this is leading. in a former meat factory, a short walk from the city centre, bergen kjott serves as a gig venue and melting pot for artists of all types of artists in the city. this creative hub is home to the studios of electronic, jazz, hip—hop and many other types of musicians, including royksopp, and it is where much of norway's future music is being thrashed out. these days especially it is some new mixing of old, old traditions with very

new electronic and experimental music traditions meeting. kjetil has a studio here and plays sax in tonight's gig. tonight we are playing with a guitar player, with some electro acoustic, folk, jazz, experimental, ambient something, you know? the bergen scene, i think it has a lot to do with the size of the city, because there are only a few people playing every kind of thing so you have to collaborate. ifeel like i've rediscovered this place through its music. it's a country constantly inspired by nature, of epic proportions. it treasures its traditions,

but isn't afraid of looking forward, where artists are free to experiment and are supported as a crucial part of norwegian society. and where distinctive sounds can be found in the smallest of communities. if the bergensbanen showed me norway's muscle, its music has shown me its heart and soul. good evening. this picture gives a good summary of the weather across the uk this weekend. some of us saw blue skies and sunshine, others were affected by showers, all of us were affected by the winds.

this wind sock lying horizontal gives you a good indicator that the wind has some strength. we keep the cold weather for the start of the week, a widespread frost on monday, milder midweek, and by the end of the week, things have been getting pretty lively indeed. worth staying tuned. a quiet night ahead tonight, clear skies, light winds, a perfect setup for a widespread frost. the coldest night of the season so far, with temperatures in the countryside down to minus 5 degrees. there could be ice tomorrow and patches of fog. milder on the east coast, thanks to the wind from the north sea. the winds continuing tomorrow could bring in showers from time to time. lots of fine weather on monday, increasing cloud in the west, mostly high cloud turning the sunshine hazy across northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon. temperatures around 8—10 degrees and feeling chillier in the easterly breeze. on monday into tuesday, this area

of low pressure is coming from the continent. uncertainty as to how close to the uk it will roll, but at the moment, it is a glancing blow on the eastern counties and it will bring heavy rain and strong winds to areas in its path. it could roll further west. the forecast will always be tricky for us. generally a reasonable amount of fine weather on tuesday. temperatures below average. we are looking at 8—10 degrees at best. into wednesday and the low pressure moves away into the north sea and then we bring in a weather front from the west. an atlantic influence to the weather so once the rain pushes through, some of it could be heavy for a while, snow with the cold air in the north but we will see temperatures in the south returning to average values. 12—13 on wednesday, chilly in scotland but the best of the sunshine here. cloudier further south and showery. thursday will be a quiet day with fair weather. friday could see

things getting lively indeed. widespread gales and torrential rain for the weekend as well. this is bbc world news today. our top stories: authorities in pittsburgh name the 11 victims of a shooting at a synagogue, in what is thought to be the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. the polls are beginning to close in brazil's presidential election after one of the most divisive campaigns in history. the bbc understands that the thai owner of leicester city football club was on board a helicopter that crashed and burst into flames on saturday. lewis hamilton is formula one world champion for the fifth time, after finishing fourth in the mexican grand prix. hello, and welcome to world news today.