—— bergensbanen. the bergensbanen is iconic in norway and in europe, i think.nd know what they will see when the come here. along its 308 miles, the trend never gets challenging but starting to rain. at its peak of over 1200 metres, it is one of your‘s highest railways, before it descends steeply into norway's second city of jan. descends steeply into norway's second city ofjan. it descends steeply into norway's second city of jan. it is elemental landscape pose a huge challenge, and an engineering triumph for those working on the rail during its construction, between 1894 and 1909, with about 20 people thought to have died in the process. at a time when norway's independence was always on the horizon, that the construction of the bergensbanen was more than an added convenience for travellers. this line connected the east and the western pa rt of 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, through the mountains. so the trends were opening at norway. the constr

the bergensbanen is iconic in norway and in europe, i think.e name and know what they will see when the come here. along its 308 miles, the trend never gets challenging but starting to rain. —— but stunning terrain. at its peak of over 1200 metres, it is one of europe's highest railways, before it descends steeply into norway's second city of bergen. this elemental landscape pose a huge challenge, and an engineering triumph for those working on the rail during its construction, between 1894 and 1909, with about 20 people thought to have died in the process. at a time when norway's independence was always on the horizon, the construction of the bergensbanen was more than 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, through the mountains. so the trends were opening at norway. the construction work was darted in 1898, and at that time, we were administrated by sweden, and they did not like this at all, because

morning mood from grieg's peer gynt suite plays. to the bergensbanen for the next part of myjourney.perience the rich musical heritage of norway. norwegian folk roots. found in norway's halling dance. the dance is mostly sort of a show—off dance. 100 years ago women also did that dance. it is mostly boys or men doing the dance because we want to... want to impress the other men or women. put your right foot in front of the left. sidewards. believe me, this is harder than it looks. and if you jump a little on each step, one, two. yes. nice. and then around. but i think i am getting hang of it. one, two, one, two. and then we can move down here. no! so what is the relationship between the dance and the music? maria plays the hardingfele, it's our national instrument. and some say it was the other way. i think they depend on each other. nice! from a stick and it was about who could kick the highest. and then it was incorporated in the halling folk dance. the better it is. goal in the halling. of topping it. 00:28:21,368 --> 429496610:44:52,174 ifeel 429496610:44:52,174 --> 858993221:01: