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Bergen

Bergen is Norway's second largest city and the most popular gateway to the fjords of West Norway. The city is renowned for its great location amidst mountains, fjords, and the ocean. Wikivoyage

Population 291,189 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Norway

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Norway

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Bergen. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Nattjazz

    January, May, June

    Nattjazz is a two-week-long jazz festival from the end of May to the start of June, the longest jazz festival in Northern Europe.

    Official site

  2. Bergenfest

    April – May

    Music festival from the end of April to start of May. A number of concerts in most rhythmic music genres (pop, rock, hip hop, blues, soul) all over town

    Official site

  3. Bergen International Film Festival

    October

    The Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) is a film festival held annually in October in Bergen, Norway since 2000, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Bergen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 26 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Fjellveien 850 m, Skansemyren 870 m, Promsgate 900 m, Fløyen 950 m, Fløibanen, nedre stasjon 970 m

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