Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bergen, Norway
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Explore Bergen in Norway with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BergenIndividual Sights in BergenSight 1: Bergen døvekirke
Bergen døvekirke er en arbeidskirke fra 1989 i Bergen kommune. Den ligger på Kalfaret og har også en barnehage i underetasjen. Kirken er bygget i betong.
Sight 2: Stadsporten
Stadsporten er en toetasjes murbygning i Bergen som markerer overgangen mellom Kong Oscars gate og Kalfarveien og grensen mellom strøkene Marken og Kalfaret.
Sight 3: Grand Hotel Terminus
Grand Hotel Terminus er et hotell i Zander Kaaes gate 6 i Bergen, like ved byens jernbanestasjon. Hotellet er en del av hotellfamilien «De Bergenske». Det nyklassisistiske hotellet er tegnet av arkitektene Fredrik Arnesen og Arthur Darre Kaarbø. Det åpnet fredag 20. april 1928 som representasjonshotell til Landsutstillingen i Bergen. Hotellet hadde da 115 gjesteværelser med 150 senger, badeværelser og dusjbad. I loftsetasjen var det soverom for 25 tjenere. Restauranten hadde plass til 200 gjester.
Sight 4: Nonneseter klosterkapell
Nonneseter Kloster Capella is a chapel from approx. 1250 in Bergen.
Sight 5: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek
Bergen Public Library is a library building and public library institution in Bergen, Norway. Founded in 1872, it is the second largest public library in Norway. In addition to the main building in Bergen's city centre, Bergen Public Library operates nine branch offices and the library service in Bergen's two prisons.
Sight 6: Bergen Leprosy Museum
Lepramuseet, også benevnt St. Jørgens Hospital ligger i Marken i Bergen sentrum, og drives i dag av Bymuseet i Bergen. Museet har de senere årene vært gjenstand for økende oppmerksomhet, og har de siste årene vært nominert til flere nasjonale og internasjonale priser.
Sight 7: St. Jørgen hospitalkirke
St George's Church, Bergen is a historic church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. This is also the site of the Leprosy Museum. Although it is no longer regularly used, it is one of the churches in the Bergen domprosti parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The green, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1706 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 125 people.
Sight 8: Bergen domkirke
Bergen Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Bjørgvin as well as the seat of the "Bergen domkirke" parish and the seat of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery). It is part of the Church of Norway. The first recorded historical reference to this church is dated 1181. It retains its ancient dedication to Saint Olaf. The cathedral seats about 900 people.
Sight 9: Bergen skolemuseum
Bergen Skolemuseum ligger i Lille Øvregaten 38 i den gamle latinskole rett nord for Domkirken i Bergen.
Sight 10: Magistratbygningen
Magistratbygningen i Bergen, også kalt Det annekterte rådhus, har adresse Rådstuplassen 5, og ligger i Rådhuskvartalet i Bergen sentrum.
Sight 11: Manufakturhuset
The Manufakturhuset is located in Peter Motzfeldts gate 2 in Bergen. The house is considered the largest worldly building in Bergen from Barokken and the country's oldest "factory building". The building has served as a prison house, forced work facility, church, school and public offices.
Sight 12: Bergen Kunsthall
Bergen Kunsthall er eit kunstgalleri ved Lille Lungegårdsvann i sentrum av Bergen som produserer utstillingar av målarstykke, kunstinstallasjonar osb., står for presentasjon, formidling og sal av samtidskunst, og yter konsulenthjelp. Kunstutstillinga under dei årlege musikkfestspela i Bergen, Festspillutstillingen, vert arrangert i Bergen Kunsthall.
Sight 13: St. Jakob kirke
Saint James's Church is a special parish church in Bergen municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Nygård area of the city of Bergen. The church is part of Bergen Cathedral parish in the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, plastered brick church was built in a long church design in 1921 using plans drawn up by the architect Daniel Muri. The church, which seats about 550 people, was consecrated on 5 May 1921.
Sight 14: Christiestøtten
Christiestøtten er en statue av stortingspresident og eidsvollsmann Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1778–1849) på Muséplassen foran Bergen Museums naturhistoriske samlinger i Bergen. Herfra skuer han utover Christies gate, gaten som bærer hans navn gjennom byens sentrum, og minner oss om å følge grunnloven. Kappen som henger over skulderen, støvlene og bokrullen minner om statuer fra romersk tid, og er uttrykk for kunstneren Christopher Borchs ambisjon om å fremheve den historiske betydningen av Christies innsats for Norge.
Sight 15: Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.
Sight 16: The Natural History Collections
De naturhistoriske samlinger er et naturhistorisk museum i Bergen, som er en del av Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. På folkemunne kalles museet Naturhistorisk museum.
Sight 17: H. M. Pinnsvinet
Hans Majestet Pinnsvinet, or Erinaceus europaeus minor, Rex et Inspirator, is the high protector of Studentersamfunnet i Bergen. The Majesty appeared in 1935, one year after the Student Society was founded. To appoint an animal as protector is a tradition in Norwegian student organisations, dating back too 1859 when Norwegian Students' Society in Oslo selected a pig as their highest protector.
Sight 18: St. John's Church
St. John's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sydnes area of the city of Bergen. It is one of the five churches for the Bergen Cathedral parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red brick church was built in a cruciform design between 1891 and 1894 in the Gothic Revival style. The architect was Herman Backer. The church seats about 1250 people, making it the largest church in Bergen. It was consecrated on 15 March 1894.
Sight 19: Maritime Museum
Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum ble stiftet 13. april 1921 og hadde offisiell åpning 18. februar 1927. I 1962 flyttet museet inn i eget bygg tegnet av arkitekt Per Grieg. Det har en monumental romansk stil med kraftige steinvegger. Utstillingslokalene er bygget rundt et indre atrium med glassvegger som er med på å gjøre dem lyse og trivelige. Utstillingene dekker hele sjøfartshistorien fra de eldste tider frem til vår tid. Her finnes flere unike gjenstander og en omfattende samling modeller av kjente fartøyer. Museet blir også brukt som selskapslokale.
Sight 20: Bergen Technical Museum
Bergen Technical Museum is a technical museum located at Møhlenpris in Bergen, Norway. It is owned and run by various local membership groups with each their own specialized collections, which is collectively displayed in an old tram depot.
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