bergen - norway's second city

Bergen Railway

Bergen is a city of 250,000 inhabitants, situated on the mountaineous western coast of Norway. A striking feature of the city is the abundance of green parks, tree-lined streets

and lakes and its spectacular setting between the mountains and the sea

The city of Bergen has a long history in shipping, fishing and trade. German Hanseatic merchants settled here in the early Middle Ages, giving the city a certain "continental" touch.

Bergen is unique; not only because of its beautiful setting on the west coast of Norway but because of its iconic natural surroundings.

The historical links with Europe are clearly visible in architecture, in shop front names, and may be heard in many words in the local dialect.

Part of the interior courtyard architecture of one of the harbor front buildings

Bryggen - the Hanseatic wharf in Bergen -the only preserved business district from the

Hanseatic period. A row of mostly reconstructed 14th-century wooden buildings

Brygen - Hanseatic Museum on the right

Ulrikbanen

Fløibanen - a cable

car running from

operated by two large

driving wheels located

at the upper station at

Fløyen. Fløibanen is

operated by electric

power and there is

always a driver in each

car. Each car links the

centre of Bergen to the

Fløyen mountain, 320

metres above sea

level.

The open-air Old Bergen Museum is a reconstructed small town consisting of around 50 wooden houses and buildings dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Old Bergen

Gamle Bergen (Old Bergen)

Gamle Bergen Museum

Grieghallen - the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Fish market in front of the Domkirke

The facade of the railway station in downtown Bergen, Norway

Green Party Headquarters

Bergen Cathedral (Domkirken)

Bergen fish market

Bergen Art Museum

Strandgaten - a shopping street in Bergen.

Firestation

Bergenhus Fortress Bergen is the rainiest city in Europe

Gamelehaugen – Official residence of the Royal family in Bergen

The royal castle "Gamlehaugen"

Fantoft Stave Church

The theatre where Henrik Ibsen was once director lies in the heart of the city.

Nygardsparken

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Lilibeth 2011 Revised: 2015