Fun things to do in Bergen

So be quick to hop on the funicular so you arrive at the top before the mists cover the spectacular view from Mount Floyen.
The service operates every 30 minutes for the 8 minute journey. Mount Floyen is 320m (1050ft) above sea level.

There was a very busy kiosk at the top selling souvenirs which left no time for a 'cuppa'

When we returned to the meeting place near the station I was lucky enough to meet one of the locals from a nearby town who had brought her son to see the cruise ship tourists all over the place.

I guess there are a few ways to Bergen by land, sea, and air. We came in from the sea on QM2.

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I took the train from Bergen to Myrdal[ about 2 hours] to catch the train to Flam. This is an amazing trip from Myrdal at 860m to Flam at sealevel takes just under an hour. The train stops about half way to view a huge waterfall, there is a viewing area, some of the front and back carriages are in the tunnel, and you walk along a platform to the openair. Not to be missed. The train stops here on way back as well.The main line train times are NSB website and the Flam line on Flamsbana. You can plan your day to include a boat ride on the fjord.Theres a good cafe a Myrdal station, carrot cake and cup of tea 60 Nor. thats incase all trains dont connect.I recomend a video on the internet at www.visitflam.com

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The Funicular journey to the top of Mount Floien takes only 5-10 minutes. The panoramic views once you have reached your destination are out of this world and well worth the ride. There was quite a long queue for the railway when we were there but this moved pretty quickly and we were soon going onwards and upwards!

The Funicular departs on the hour and every half hour from early morning to 11 PM, from May to August till Midnight. Extra departures when necessary.

Prices 2011
Return fare NOK 70,-
Children return fare NOK 35,-

Open all year long.

The Tourist Information Centre in Bergen is without doubt the best I've ever seen. It's right opposite the Fish Market in a building called The Fresco Hall and the minute you step inside you see why it's called that. The walls and arched ceiling are adorned with beautiful pictures and is a tourist attraction in itself.

There is a wealth of free literature available, not just for Bergen but for the whole region. The girls there are extremely helpful and will give you any information you need and book tours for you.

Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town's importance as part of the Hanseatic League's trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the beautiful wooden houses of Bryggen but its main structure has been preserved. Many of the remaining 58 buildings are now used as artists' studios.

A small museum close to Stadtsporten.

The building was the hospital in Bergen where lepra patients were treated. Armauer Hansen found the cause of this deseas. It was a bacteria.

The house is a sparcelly furniced house with small rooms all with an entrance to a large room in the center. Pictures and drawings illustrate the faith of the patiens, as well as statistics presented on the walls. You can also visit the small chappel (St. Jørgen) that was the hospitals own church.

I'm affraid the website is only in Norwegian.

The museum is open from around May to August and the entrance fee is around 30 NOK

You can have a 4 houer trip on White Lady, or you can just go around close to the citty for 1 houer. Its up to you. The boat leaves kl. 10.00 every day.
4 houers trip costs 340 n.kr. for grown up people.
Children half price.

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It is only 15 minutes far from the central fish market, surrounding the Natural History Museum.
Don’t expect to find here Versailles’s gardens…it is only a botanical garden. We have found it anyway nice and interesting and our son was amazed to recognize a lot of the plants we have in our garden in Romania…