Great Continental Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo's saga through Norway and Denmark resumes in Larvik on Norway's southern coast, where he investigates the city's prized natural resource, a distinctive blue rock named larvikite. From Larvik's port, he boards a ferry for Denmark, landing in Hirtshals. At the tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Michael visits the 19th-century artists' colony of Skagen to admire their light-filled landscapes.

Category

Documentary / Travel

Original air date

19/03/2025