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Bryggen, the old wharf district, is without doubt the most photographed place in Bergen - the characteristic colourful, tall, narrow medieval buildings along the harbour are probably the city's most important cultural site, and the area has been on UNESCO's world heritage list since 1979.
Bergen has for centuries been an important harbour and trading point - from 1360 to 1754 the Hanseatic League dominated the trade, with Bryggen as their main base in Norway. (The Hanseatic merchants were part of a mainly German trade organization)
Today, the 61 remaining wooden buildings house lots of shops, (too many souvenir shops, I'm afraid - but check out the shop called "Ting" ("Things") where you'll find some great stuff!) Bryggen certainly isn't all about souvenir shopping though - you'll find restaurants, pubs and some galleries and museums. Wander through the alleys and narrow streets, and visit one of the museums:
Museum of Bryggen, Dreggsalm. 3
Hanseatic Museum, Finnegaardsgaten 1a
Afterwards you could try the local beer - incidentally, that too is called Hansa - in one of the Bryggen restaurants..;-) Leave a Comment
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 Colourful Bryggen, Bergen by evaannaLeave a Comment Address: In the very centre
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A great experience is to meander through Bryggen's narrow alleyways, amde ever darker and more mysterious by overhanging balconies, is to step back in time to the Middle Ages. Bryggen is not a museum however, but part of the cultural heritage that is still in use in a living historical area of the city. Leave a Comment Address: Bryggen
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 Inner street of Bryggen by diocletianvs
After wandering through the narrow alleys you may visit the nearby Bryggens Museum or the Hanseatic Museum to get the more insight into the life of old hanseatic merchants. Leave a Comment
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 Bryggen by diocletianvs
In the Middle Ages Bergen became an important harbour and trading point, and a member of the Hanseatic League (a chain of Northern European towns with trade agreements).
In the harbour, trading activity was concentrated in Bryggen where “the Hansas” set up their trade offices in 1360 and dominated trade up to 18th Century.
Bryggen is now a picturesque group of wooden merchant houses with narrow alleys that is preserved and included on a UNESCO list of world heritage. Leave a Comment Directions: In the city harbour.
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The very first buildings in Bergen were built alongside the wharf called Bryggen. It has been the centre of the power for centuries and the form of its ancient gables is one of the most familiar images from the Middle Ages in all Norway. In 1360 the German Hanseatic merchants set up one of their import/export offices at Bryggen and dominated trade for the next 400 years. Leave a Comment Address: Bryggen
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 The oldest hansa houses of the
Bryggen area by WanderingFinn, 4 more photos
I enjoyed a beer in a open air bar/restaurant just in front of the most famous houses and enjoyed the view and watched people passing by. It was also pleasant to watch boats and ships, even huge passenger ships anchor themself in front of me. It was interesting to watch one huge Hurtigruten-ship (named Nordkapp) arrive and people come out to wander around.
Otherwise too, the area nearby is very beautiful with the harbour athmosphere with white sailing boats. Address: BryggenDirections: City Centre; opposite the harbour and passenger harbour
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 Hanseatic Merchant Buildings by Ken_Weaver
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Bryggen has been devastated by fire many times and the Great Fire of 1702 reduced the whole city to ashes. But Bryggen was quickly rebuilt on the foundations that had been there since the 11th century. Bryggen was one of the first site in the world to be inscriptedt on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Leave a Comment Address: Bryggen
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