Bergen - Norway's second city
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Bergen Railway
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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
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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.
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Bergen is unique; not only because of its beautiful setting on the west coast of Norway but because of its iconic natural surroundings.
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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.
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Part of the interior courtyard architecture of one of the harbor front buildings
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Bryggen - the Hanseatic wharf in Bergen -the only preserved business district from the
Hanseatic period. A row of mostly reconstructed 14th-century wooden buildings
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Brygen - Hanseatic Museum on the right
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Ulrikbanen
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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.
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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.
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Old Bergen
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Gamle Bergen (Old Bergen)
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Gamle Bergen Museum
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Grieghallen - the home of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Fish market in front of the Domkirke
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The facade of the railway station in downtown Bergen, Norway
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Green Party Headquarters
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Bergen Cathedral (Domkirken)
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Bergen fish market
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Bergen Art Museum
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Strandgaten - a shopping street in Bergen.
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Firestation
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Bergenhus Fortress Bergen is the rainiest city in Europe
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Gamelehaugen – Official residence of the Royal family in Bergen
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The royal castle "Gamlehaugen"
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Fantoft Stave Church
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The theatre where Henrik Ibsen was once director lies in the heart of the city.
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Nygardsparken
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