“Norway is a country of hills,” says Glenn Roar Berge with a shrug. He is right, although the description feels rather modest. I have come to Valdres in southern Norway to ride the cycling routes along the edge of Jotunheimen national park. Glenn, a mountain local who works as a guide, will be leading us through the landscape he has known all his life. For much of our three-day journey, we will follow the Mjølkevegen, meaning Milky Way, a 155-mile (250km) route running from Vinstra in the north

As the Danube recedes amid intense heat, the river is exposing a remarkable relic of Europe’s wartime history. This month, exceptionally low water levels have uncovered at least 20 German military vessels near Prahovo in eastern Serbia. Corroded hulls and shattered masts now rise from the river, marking the remains of a Nazi Black Sea fleet intentionally sunk during World War Two. Some wrecks have appeared during earlier droughts, but this summer’s severe heat and lack of rain have brought