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Bergen Aquarium

Meet famous local personalities like Snorre, Vitus and Amalie. Experience the great atmosphere created by the young and old citizens of Bergen who keep coming back to say hello to the animals - and to meet each other. Since 1960, the aquarium has formed a vibrant part of our local identity.
Adress: Nordnesbakken 4, 5005 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 71 71
Email: post@akvariet.no

Bergen Card benefits: 25% discount on entry March-October. Free admittance November-February.

Bergen Museum - The Cultural History Collections

Collections ranging form the Age of antiquity and the Middle Ages right up to the present day. West Norway is particularly well represented. Archaeological finds, urban and rural history collections, a textile section and a rich ethnographic collection.
Adress: Håkon Sheteligsplass 10, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 31 40
Email: post@bm.uib.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Bergen Museum - The Natural History Collections

Extensive, partly restored old zoological collection. Botanical and geological exhibitions. Botanical garden.
Adress: Muséplass 3, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 29 49
Email: post@bm.uib.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Fløibanen funicular

An 8-minute ride to the top of Mount Fløyen (altitude 320 m). Runs every half hour, every 15 minutes if necessary. A magnificent view over Bergen and the suburbs. Ideal for mountain walks. Souvenir shop open all year. Children's playground and concerts during summer.
Adress: Vetrlidsalmenning 21, 5014 Bergen
Telephone: 55 33 68 00
Email: info@floibanen.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free travel (round trip) from October to April. 50% discount (round trip) from May to September

Maritime Museum

Bergen Maritime Museum presents the history of shipping, its development and importance to Bergen and Norway in the past and today. The exhibitions offer a vast collection of ship models - including viking ships - paintings, marine archeological findings and various items related to seamanship and life on board. Film, library, photo archive, ship register.
Adress: Haakon Sheteligs plass 15, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 54 96 00
Email: bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

Meeting Point Bryggen

Comprising a maze of characteristic wooden buildings with pointed gables facing onto the harbour, the old Bryggen Hanseatic wharf is architecturally unique and is included on UNESCO's list of world heritage of history and culture.
Adress: Bredsgården, 3. etg, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 20 80
Email: postmaster@stiftelsenbryggen.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

Troldhaugen Home of composer Edvard Grieg

The home of composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and his wife Nina. Grieg lived here for 22 years and composed many of his best-known works in the little garden. Also visit the cliff-hewn tomb where he was buried, the concert hall "Troldsalen" and the museum.
Adress: Troldhaugvegen 65, 5232 Paradis
Telephone: 55 92 29 92
Email: info@troldhaugen.com

Bergen Card benefits: 50% discount on admittance. 25% discount on conserts at "Troldsalen" and free busride to conserts

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VilVite - Bergen Science Centre

An interactive visitor centre – for the whole family! VilVite is a science centre where the whole family can discover more than 100 different exhibits. Science show and 3D film at weekends and during school holidays. Café and science shop.
Adress: Thormøhlensgate 51., 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 59 45 00
Email: post@vilvite.no

Bergen Card benefits: 25/6 – 18/8 = 50% discount on admittance , 19/8 –24/6 = Free admittance

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West Norway Museum of Decorative Art

Permanent exhibitions: "People and Posessions", "The Treasury of Bergen" with the exquisit violin of the virtuoso Ole Bull, from 1562, is one of the world's oldest and most beautiful violins, The China Collection,changing exhibitions.
Adress: Nordahl Brunsgate 9, 5014 Bergen
Telephone: 55 33 66 33
Email: permanenten@kunstmuseene.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Alvøen Country Mansion

The mansion is the nucleus of the idyllic old village of Alvøen. Dating from 1797, the building was the residence of the Fasmer family. It contains a collection of furniture, silver, porcelain and textiles, surrounded by a charming garden and park.
Adress: Alvøveien 150, 5179 Godvik
Telephone: 55 58 80 10
Email: bryggens.museum@bmu.uib.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Bergen Art Museum

Bergen Art Museum presents in three separate buildings located by the lake in the centre. Norwegian and international art from the 15th C until today. Includes Russian icons, art from Norway´s Golden Age and contemporary art. Works by Picasso, Klee, Munch Dahl, Astrup. Cafè & shop.
Adress: Rasmus Meyers allé 3, 7 og 9, 5015 Bergen
Telephone: 55 56 80 00
Email: post@kunstmuseene.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Bergen Kunsthall

Bergen Kunsthall is one of Norway’s premier arenas for contemporary art. Variety of exhibitions from international and Norwegian artists.
Adress: Rasmus Meyers allé 5, 5015 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 93 19
Email: bergen@kunsthall.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Bergen School Museum

Housed in a school building from 1706 in the centre of town, Bergen School Museum welcomes you to a trip through the history of education. Learn about our educational system, and experience how the classroom view of the outside world has changed.
Adress: Lille Øvregate 38, 5018 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 80 10
Email: skolemuseet@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Bryggens Museum

A cultural history museum based on finds made during the archaeological excavations at Bryggen between 1955 and 1972, showing the foundations of the city's oldest buildings from the 12th century on their original site. Also temporary exhibitions.
Adress: Dreggsalmenning 3, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 80 10
Email: bryggens.museum@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Buekorps Museum

A collection of pictures and other items showing the activities over 150 years of the Buekorps, a kind of boy's brigade found only in Bergen and best known for their drill with crossbows.
Adress: Muren, 5012 Bergen
Telephone: 55 23 15 20
Email: post@buekorps.museum.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Damsgård Manor

This lovely 18th-century manor house is erected in the 1770's. Damsgård Manor is considered as Europe's best preserved wooden building from the 18th century. The garden is preserved as to the fashion of the time.
Adress: Alleen 29, 5162 Laksevåg
Telephone: 55 58 80 10
Email: damsgard.hovedgard@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Fantoft Stave Church

The old stave church at Fantoft, originally built in Fortun in Sogn in 1150 and moved to Fantoft in 1883, burnt down on 6 June 1992. Fantoft Stave Church has been rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire.
Adress: Fantoftveien 46, 5072 Bergen
Telephone: 55 28 07 10
Email: marit@holding.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Haakon's Hall

The medieval Castle Håkon's Hall was built during the reign of King Haakon Haakonsson between 1247 and 1261. It was the largest and most imposing building of the royal residency in 13th century Bergen, then the political centre of Norway.
Adress: Bergenhus Festning, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 80 10
Email: bryggensmuseum@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admittance

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Horda Museum

Folk museum featuring agriculture, fishing, archaeology, arts and crafts. The exhibitions and the collection of tapestries made by Ragna Breivik / Gerhard Munthe are open all year. The museum has a fine collection of traditional houses from Western Norway.
Adress: Hordnesveien 24, 5244 Fana
Telephone: 55 11 29 00
Email: post@horda.museum.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Leprosy Muesum, St. George's Hospital

St. George's Hospital was a hospital for lepers from 1411 to 1946. The Leprosy Museum shows how leprosy became a serious health problem in some areas of Norway during the 19th century, and also how the patients lived at the old hospital.
Adress: Kong Oscarsgate 59, 5017 Bergen
Telephone: 55 96 11 55
Email: lepramuseet@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Lysøen Island, and Ole Bull's Villa

The beautiful and extraordinary villa on Lysøen (the Island of Light) was built as a summer residence for the Norwegian violin virtuoso Ole Bull in 1873. Ole Bull's charismatic personality and musical excellence influenced contemporary artists. The villa is open to the general public in the summer, offering daily guided tours and concerts.
Adress: Lysøen, 5215 Lysekloster
Telephone: 56 30 90 77
Email: lysoen@online.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Museum of Norwegian Knitting Industry

The old knitwear factory (1858-1989) has now we-opened as a new museum, the only one of its kind in Norway. Visitors can see the whole process from spinning the wool to the finished product. Film, café, museum shop and textile exhibitions.
Adress: Salhusvegen 201, 5107 Salhus
Telephone: 55 25 10 80
Email: erik.smaaland@salhus.net

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Norwegian Museum of Fisheries

The oldest fisheries-museum in Norway, established in 1880. Situated in the Fishery-centre at Bontelabo, close to the cruise-harbour. Shows the natural resources as well as the management, coastal culture and sea products, their natural beginnings.
Adress: Bontelabo 2, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 32 27 10
Email: fiskeri@museumvest.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Old Bergen Museum

Open-air museum with more than 40 wooden houses, representative of Bergen architecture and interiors in the 18th and 19th centuries. The houses provide a picture of life in a small town with its houses, various shops, a baker's, barber's, dentist's etc.
Adress: Nyhavnsveien 4, 5042 Bergen
Telephone: 55 39 43 00
Email: postkassen@gamlebergen.museum.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission

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Rosenkrantz Tower

The Rosenkrantz Tower was built in the 1560's by the governor of Bergenhus Castle, Erik Rosenkrantz, and served as a combined residence and fortified tower for Bergen. Earlier structures by King Magnus the Lawmender (1270) and Jørgen Hanssøn (1520) incorporated.
Adress: Bergenhus, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 43 80
Email: bryggensmuseum@bymuseet.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admittance

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Siljustøl, home of composer Harald Sæverud

One of the most important Norwegian composers of this century. The property was a wedding gift from the bride's parents. The house from 1939 is made of wood and natural stone, and with elements from old Norwegian building traditions.
Adress: Siljustølsveien 50, 5239 Rådal
Telephone: 55 13 60 00
Email: post@troldhaugen.com

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission. 25% discount on conserts.

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St. Mary's Church - closed for maintenance

The oldest building still existing in Bergen, from the first half of the 12th century and one of the most outstanding Romanesque churches in the country. The pulpit is considered the finest example of Baroque decorative art in Norway.
Adress: Dreggen 15, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 59 60
Email: domkirken.menighet@bkf.no

Bergen Card benefits: Free admission