Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bergen, Norway

Fredriksberg fort is a Norwegian fortification located at the highest point of Nordnes in Bergen.

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The Nordnes Park is a public park in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The park is located near the centre of the city of Bergen on the northwestern end of the Nordnes peninsula. It was established in 1888-1898 after an initiative from Edvard G. Johannessen in Det nyttige Selskab. The park covers about 32.7 decares of land.

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Tollboden eller Tollkammerbygningen, Bergen tollsted, ligger i Tollbodallmenningen 2a ved Vågen i Bergen og regnes blant hovedverkene i norsk arkitektur på midten av 1700-tallet.

Wikipedia: Tollboden (Bergen) (NO)

Nykirken is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Nordnes area of the city of Bergen. It is one of the churches for the Bergen Cathedral parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

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The Buekorps Museum (Buekorpsmuseet) is a museum in Bergen, Norway. It is dedicated to the traditional neighborhood youth marching organization, Buekorps.

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Murhvelvingen eller Muren er en bygning fra 1500-tallet i Bergen sentrum. Huset er en av Bergens eldste profane bygninger og et fredet kulturminne.

Wikipedia: Murhvelvingen (NO)

Holy Cross Church is a special parish church in Bergen municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is situated in the centre of the city of Bergen, just east of the head of the Vågen bay. The church is located at the intersection of the streets Kong Oscars gate and Nedre Korskirkeallmenningen. It is one of the churches for the Bergen domprosti parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The large stone church was built in a cruciform design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 600 people.

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The Fløibanen is a funicular railway in the Norwegian city of Bergen. It connects the city centre with the mountain of Fløyen, with its mountain walks and magnificent views of the city. It is one of Bergen's major tourist attractions and one of Norway's most visited attractions. The line is 844 m (2,769 ft) long, covers a height difference of 302 m (991 ft), and carries over one million passengers a year. The line is owned by Fløibanen AS, a company with a number of shareholders, the biggest being the municipality of Bergen.

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Kjøttbasaren ligger i Vetrlidsallmenningen 2 i Bergen. Byens Bazar, som bygget opprinnelig ble kalt, er tegnet av stadskonduktør og arkitekt Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe, og oppført 1874–1876 i nyromansk stil. Kunsthistoriker Per Jahn Lavik kaller stilen «florentinsk nyrenessanse». von der Lippe tegnet også to viktige flankebygg til Kjøttbasaren, Vetrlidsalmenningen 1 og murtasken til Hanseatisk museum. Kjøttbasaren ble bygget for å kontrollere torghandelen og omsetningen av matvarer, med tanke på fusk og hygiene.

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Skur 11 er en bygning på 8 x 30 meter på Bryggen i Bergen. Skuret ble oppført i 1905-1906 av Bergen Havnevesen etter tegninger av Johs. Meyer. Skuret har en enkel stålkonstruksjon og er dekket med grønne veggplater. Bygningen har åtte granittsøyler som opprinnelig var prydet av smijernsdekor.

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The Theta Museum is a museum in Bergen, Norway. It is a one-room museum in a room that was used by the Norwegian resistance group known as the Theta group to send radio messages to England under the Nazi German occupation during World War II. The room was opened to the public in 1982, and is the smallest museum in Norway.

Wikipedia: Theta Museum (EN)

Bryggen, also known as Tyskebryggen, is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites since 1979.

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Bryggens Museum is a museum located in Bergen, Norway.

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The Snorrem monument is the names of monuments in Norway and Iceland raised in memory of Snorre Sturlason, an Icelandic poet and chief who is best known for writing Heimskringla, a collection of sagas or stories about Norwegian kings, in the 1220s. , also referred to as "Snorre-Steinen" and "Snorre-Bautaen", was a monument at Nisseberget at Slottsparken at the end of Karl Johans gate. The monument was an eight meter high bauta in granite. It was unveiled by Gulbrand Lunde, who was Minister of Culture in Vidkun Quisling's second government, September 23, 1941 on the 700th anniversary of Snorre Sturlasson's death. The monument was removed at liberation after World War II. It is uncertain what happened to the bauta. July 20, 1947, a memorial was unveiled over Snorre on Reykholt, Iceland, the place he lived from 1206 until he was killed in 1241. The monument consists of a sculpture designed by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland in 1938 and was intended as a gift for 700 -The annual mark for Snorre's death. In 1948, a copy of the monument was set up on the square at Mary's Church in Bergen. It was later moved to the Dreggsallmenningen at the entrance to the Bryggens Museum. Vigeland's statue of Snorre is 2.54 meters high and stands on an approximately three meter high shelf. The shelf has the inscriptions "Snorri Sturluson", "1178", "1241" and "Norwegians Reistu".

Wikipedia: Snorremonumentet (NO)

St Mary's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Bryggen area in the central part of the city of Bergen. It is one of the churches for the Bergen Cathedral parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The large, gray stone church was built in a long church design using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 240 people. The construction of the church is believed to have started in the 1130s or 1140s and completed around 1180, making this church the oldest remaining building in the whole city of Bergen. There have been a few fires that burned the church, as well as several renovations and reconstructions, most recently in 2013.

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Bergenhus fortress is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway.

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Håkonshallen er en middelaldersk steinhall i Bergen og er en del av Bergenhus festning.

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Bergenhus fortress is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway.

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Mon Plaisir is a gazehouse pavilion in Fjellveien, north of Mulelven, in Ladegården in Bergen. As part of the park facility of the luxury site Christinegård, the pavilion was listed by Michael D. Prague around 1836. The wooden building is shaped like a small Roman temple with Ionic columns. The French text “MON PLAISIR” is painted the frieze of the temple front and means my joy.

Wikipedia: Mon Plaisir (NO)