The Norwegian pop festival packs big names like Patti Smith into a Viking castle with Scandi stars for an eclectic weekend of nostalgia, dance and waterproofs
Bergen is a funny place. One the one hand the Norwegian city feels like a ode to a nordic Wes Anderson; all cobbled streets, custard-yellow wooden houses and cinnamon buns. More than once I was tempted to make the frankly stupid purchase of a pastel-coloured typewriter from one of the many antique shops – held back only by the impracticalities of carrying it back in my hand luggage.
Yet this twee capital of fishing and fjords, which is the biggest in Norway after Oslo, also happens to be at the centre of numerous underground DIY music movements. For a while it was the home of black metal, then gave birth to the Bergen Wave of the 1990s, progressing to a plethora of new rave bands a decade later and now spawning the Scandi “pop wave”. It hasn’t always lasted of course – one half of the Bergen music duo Datarock, who back in the day were part of NME’s eponymous 2009 tour with Klaxons, now runs Bergen’s best restaurant. Proof that where new rave failed, neu-nordic cuisine can prevail.
Bit o'Alabama soul warming up a stony Nordic crowd at Bergenfest @StP_BrokenBones https://t.co/wAANUZou74
The beautiful @NataliePrass doin her thing at Bergenfest http://pic.twitter.com/VxlOQKjaxo
Soporiphic Sundays with Royksopp.. https://t.co/2Tnn1NnUKT
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