The year as European Capital of Culture begins on Monday for Bodø in Norway, Tartu in Estonia and Bad Ischl in Austria. The three places have big plans for their shared year with the cultural title. Bad Ischl, known as a romantic spa town where emperor Franz Joseph and empress Sisi spent their summers, together with 22 other municipalities in the wider Salzkammergut region, also wants to show the darker side of the magnificent Alpine landscape in over 300 projects. Tartu has always been considered the heart and soul of the small Baltic state in north-eastern Europe and aims to become more visi…