Bergen Places of Interest

Bryggen Hanseatic Embankment

Tourist's acquaintance with Bergen usually begins with the Bryggen embankment, where the main historical sites of the city are located...read more

Bryggens Museum

To the right of the Hanseatic Assembly is the area of archaeological excavations. The history of the Bryggen quarter goes back more than 800 years, during which time a significant cultural layer was formed...read more

Rozenkrantz Tower

The oldest elements of the tower belong to the castle of King Magnus Lagabøtes, built in 1270 and named Bergenhus festning...read more

Bryggen Hanseatic Quarter

The Lubeck Union (Lubeck hansa) was formed in the 12th century by German merchant guilds to protect trade from the tyranny of feudal lords and piracy...read more

Bredsgården Farmstead

The largest surviving farmstead in the Hanseatic quarter of Bryggen is Called Bredsgården (Bredsgården, literally "wide manor"), its facade is 22 meters wide and includes three "Sea" houses (Sjøstue), where the owners lived and housed a shop and office...read more

Bryggestredet Square

After passing through it, we will find ourselves in an elongated square surrounded on all sides by wooden buildings. This stone-paved open space does not resemble the narrow streets covered with wooden floors, but rather the courtyards of the estates of Hanseatic merchants...read more

Monument of Codfish

Norwegian cod remained the main export commodity of Bergen merchants for four centuries of the Hansa's existence...read more

Bellgarden Farmstead

From Bruggestredet square, we turn onto Bellgarden Street and once again walk along the wooden flooring of the narrow passage between the wooden warehouses...read more

Torget Square

After exploring the Hanseatic quarter, take a walk around Torget square. The Zachariasbryggen restaurant complex, rebuilt from warehouses on the pier of the same name, is located in a large white building at the beginning of the Bryggen embankment...read more

Fisketorget Seafood Market

Along the eastern shore of Vågen bay located the rows of tents marine market Fisketorget, originating in the 13th century...read more

Fløibanen Funicular

At the end of Vetrlidsallmenningen street is the lower station of the Fløibanen funicular, where we had to climb to the observation platform of mount Fløyen...read more