Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Bergen, Norway

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 5.6 km
Ascend 0 m
Descend 0 m

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 Bergen

Sight 1: Treet

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Treet er et bygg i Bergen, plassert i umiddelbar nærhet av Puddefjordsbroen. Bygget er konstruert som trebygg med limtrebjelker som ytre og indre skjelett, og har 14 etasjer over sokkelen i betong som blant annet inneholder parkering og tekniske hovedinstallasjoner. Bergen og Omegn Boligbyggelag var byggherre, mens arkitektfirmaet Artec Prosjekt Team AS tegnet bygget.

Wikipedia: Treet (Bergen) (NO)

1114 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Urdihuset

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Urdihuset Photo by Kristian Harms (Harms at Norwegian Wikipedia), 2005-08-12. / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Urdi House is a manor house in the Gyldenpris neighborhood just outside downtown Bergen, Norway. It is located at Michael Krohn Street no. 62. The house is a prime example of late Empire style architecture. The architect that designed the house is uncertain, but it has been attributed to the town surveyor Ole Peter Riis Høegh, who was active in the town between 1834 and 1848. The Urdi House received protected status in 1927.

Wikipedia: Urdi House (EN)

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: St. Markus kirke

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St. Mark's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Løvstakksiden neighborhood in the borough of Årstad in the city of Bergen. It is one of the two churches for the Løvstakksiden parish which is part of the Bergensdalen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, plastered brick church was built in a long church design and in an art deco style in 1939 using plans drawn up by the architects Sverre Losnedahl and Nicolay Brøndmo. The church seats about 650 people.

Wikipedia: St. Mark's Church, Bergen (EN)

783 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: VilVite

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VilVite

VilVite er et vitensenter på Møhlenpris i en av Mjellem & Karlsen Verfts tidligere verkstedhaller. Vitensenteret hadde tidligere tilhold på Høgskolen i Bergen, men flyttet i 2007 over i nye lokaler. Senteret åpnet her den 31. mai 2007.

Wikipedia: VilVite (NO), Website

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Bergen Technical Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Bergen Technical Museum (EN), Website

14 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Trikkehallen

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Trikkehallen ligger i Thormøhlensgate 23 i bydelen Møhlenpris i Bergen. Trikkehallen eies av Bergen kommune og brukes i dag av Bergen Tekniske Museum. Anlegget består av en rekke ulike bygninger. Hovedbygningene er trikkehallen, garasjebygningen og omnibusverkstedet. Nærmeste nabo er Trikkebyen, som er boliger for sporveisfunksjonærene.

Wikipedia: Trikkehallen (Bergen) (NO)

973 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: St. Jakob kirke

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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.

Wikipedia: St. James's Church, Bergen (EN)

452 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek

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Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek Norwegian (Bokmål) Wikipedia user Harms, originally uploaded by no-WP user Nina Aldin Thune. / CC BY-SA 2.5

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.

Wikipedia: Bergen Public Library (EN), Website

1380 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 9: Bergen døvekirke

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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.

Wikipedia: Bergen døvekirke (NO), Website

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