Bodo is set on a peninsula in northern Norway and has a beautiful harbour embraced by mountains. It has great nightlife and dining, and a thriving creative scene.

The city hosts 2 annual music festivals, while its centre is dotted with amazing street murals - mostly the legacy of a travelling arts festival that visited Bodo in 2016. Visitors with a penchant for aerodynamics should pop into the Norwegian Aviation Museum.

Roughly 10 minutes from the city is Saltstraumen, where the planet’s strongest tidal stream creates powerful whirlpools in the bay. Another nearby attraction is Mjelle Beach - with its rose-pink sands.

Thirty kilometres from Bodo lies Kjerringoy, with white sand beaches and a beautifully preserved 19th-century trading post that is still in operation today.