All attractions in Bergen, Norway. - What To See

Bergen

Alvøen Country Mansion - Bergen City Museum

This mansion is the main building of the owners of the paper factory of Alvøen, dating from 1797. It contains a rich collection of furniture, silver, porcelain and textiles. A charming garden and park, free entrance. Guided tours every hour, the last at 15.
Address: Alvøveien 150, 5179 Godvik
Telephone: 55 30 80 30
Email: alvoen.hovedbygning@bymuseet.no

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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.
Address: Rasmus Meyers allé 5, 5015 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 93 19
Email: bergen@kunsthall.no

Bergen 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.
Address: Haakon Sheteligs plass 15, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 54 96 00
Email: bergens.sjofartsmuseum@bsj.uib.no

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.
Address: Håkon Sheteligsplass 10, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 31 40
Email: post@bm.uib.no

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Bergen Museum - The Natural History Collections

Extensive, partly restored old zoological collection. Botanical and geological exhibitions. Botanical garden.
Address: Muséplass 3, 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 58 29 20
Email: post@bm.uib.no

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Bergen School Museum - Bergen City 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.
Address: Lille Øvregate 38, 5018 Bergen
Telephone: 55 30 80 30
Email: skolemuseet@bymuseet.no

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Bryggen in Bergen

The very first buildings in Bergen were alongside the harbour called Bryggen. The old Hanseatic wharf is architecturally unique and is included on UNESCO's list of world heritage of history and culture.
Address: Bryggen, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 20 00
Email: info@visitBergen.com

Bryggens Museum - Bergen City 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.
Address: Dreggsalmenning 3, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 30 80 30
Email: bryggensmuseum@bymuseet.no

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Damsgård Manor - Bergen City Museum

Damsgård Country Mansion was erected in the 18th C. It is considered Norway’s main work of the Rococco architecture and perhaps Europe’s best preserved wooden Rococco building. The building has the original interiors. The garden is recreated as it could have been 200 years ago.
Address: Alleen 29, 5162 Laksevåg
Telephone: 55 94 08 70
Email: damsgard.hovedgard@bymuseet.no

Fjell

Fjell Fortress - Museum Vest

Festung Norwegen. In 1942, Hitler gave the order to build the Atlantic Wall, a 2.685km, continuous coastal defence that stretched from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Pyrenees in the south. It was built to defend German-occupied Europe against invasion from the British.
Address: Festningsvegen, 5357 Fjell
Telephone: 56 33 54 54
Email: post@museumvest.no

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Haakon's Hall - Bergen City Museum

Håkon’s Hall was built between 1247 and 1261 by Håkon Håkonsson. It was the largest and most imposing building of the royal residency in the 13th-century when Bergen was the political centre of Norway.
Address: Bergenhus Festning, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 60 67
Email: bryggensmuseum@bymuseet.no

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Horda Museum - Bergen City 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.
Address: Hordnesveien 24, 5244 Fana
Telephone: 55 11 29 00
Email: hordamuseet@bymuseet.no

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Leprosy Muesum - Bergen City Museum

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.
Address: Kong Oscarsgate 59, 5017 Bergen
Telephone: 55 96 11 55
Email: lepramuseet@bymuseet.no

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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.
Address: Bredsgården, 3. etg, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 20 80
Email: postmaster@stiftelsenbryggen.no

Old Bergen Museum - Bergen City 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.
Address: Nyhavnsveien 4, 5042 Bergen
Telephone: 55 39 43 00
Email: gamlebergen@bymuseet.no

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Rosenkrantz Tower - Bergen City Museum

The tower was built in the 1560s by the governor of Bergen Castle (Bergenhus), Erik Rosenkrantz, and served as a combined residence and fortified tower.
Address: Bergenhus, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 43 80
Email: bryggensmuseum@bymuseet.no

Øygarden

The Coastal Museum, Øygarden

The Museum, set in a beautiful maritime area, traces the lives of Øygarden’s coastal inhabitants from the ice age until the present day. The main exhibition, "Sea, Earth, Wind and Fire" examines the use of resources in a typical coastal community over the past 10 000 years.
Address: Ovågen, 5337 Rong
Telephone: 56 38 50 50
Email: kystmuseet@museumvest.no

Sund

The North Sea Trafficking Museum, Telavåg - War Museum

The Gestapo’s revenge. On 30 April 1942, the tiny coastal community of Telavåg was deleted from the map when the Germans discovered the role the village people played in the illicit trafficking of men across the North Sea. This, coupled with the killing of a Norwegian agent and two German officers, triggered the Telavåg tragedy, one of Europe’s worst war catastrophes.
Address: Nordsjøfartmuseet, 5380 Tælavåg
Telephone: 56 32 74 40
Email: nordsjofartmuseet@museumvest.no

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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 hut. Also visit the cliff-hewn tomb where he was buried, the concert hall "Troldsalen" and the museum.
Address: Troldhaugveien 65, 5232 Paradis
Telephone: 55 92 29 92
Email: info@troldhaugen.com

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Vannkanten Waterworld

Here the whole family can enjoy the inside as well as the outside pools. There are plenty of adventurous experiences; either you choose one of our 8 pools, waterslides, Jacuzzis, or take pleasure in the good food and drinks while relaxing at the "beach-area".
Address: Lyderhornsvei 351, 5171 Loddefjord
Telephone: 55 50 77 77
Email: post@vannkanten.no

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.
Address: Thormøhlensgate 51., 5007 Bergen
Telephone: 55 59 45 00
Email: post@vilvite.no

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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.
Address: Nordahl Brunsgate 9, 5014 Bergen
Telephone: 55 33 66 33
Email: permanenten@kunstmuseene.no

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Allmenningen Galleri & Kunsthandel

Contemporary gallery with changing exhibitions and a large selection of paintings, graphics and ceramics for sale. Decoration of public and private buildings.
Address: Vetrlidsallmenningen 8, 5014 Bergen
Telephone: 55 96 23 79
Email: atle@galleriallmenningen.no

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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.
Address: Rasmus Meyers allé 3, 7 og 9, 5015 Bergen
Telephone: 55 56 80 00
Email: post@kunstmuseene.no

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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.
Address: Muren, 5012 Bergen
Telephone: 55 23 15 20
Email: post@buekorps.museum.no

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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.
Address: Fantoftveien 46, 5072 Bergen
Telephone: 55 28 07 10
Email: info@fantoftstavkirke.com

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Format Kunsthåndverk

Permanent exhibition and sale of contemporary art and handicraft, ceramics, glass, textile, wood and metal. Alternating exhibitions.
Address: Vågsallmenningen 12, 5805 Bergen
Telephone: 55 30 48 90
Email: bergen@format.no

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Galleri Nygaten

Maybe the most spectacular gallery in Norway. Breathtaking interior as well as exhibitions. Available for receptions concerts, seminars and dinners for up to 500 persons.
Address: Nygaten 7, 5017 Bergen
Telephone: 55 32 47 27
Email: klubnyga@online.no

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Gamlehaugen, King Harald's Bergen Residence

King Harald's official residence in Bergen. Built at the turn of the century, this impressive house was the home of Prime Minister Christian Michelsen.
Address: Gamlehaugveien 10, 5231 Paradis
Telephone: 55 92 51 20
Email: post@gamlehaugen.no

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Hanseatic Museum

One of the oldest and best preserved wooden buildings in Bergen, furnished in 18th century style to provide an intimate picture of the life of a Hanseatic merchant.
Address: Finnegården 1a, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 54 46 90
Email: hanseatisk@museumvest.no

Askøy

Herdla Museum

A museum of culture-, nature- and war history. Exhibition on the German occupation of the 2. World War depicting the airbase at Herdla. Exhibition and documentary of the birdsanctuary at Herdla. A brand new exhibition shows the wreck of the German fighter plane Yellow-16 which was rescued from the sea in 2006 .
Address: 5315 Herdla
Telephone: 56 14 51 50
Email: herdla@museumvest.no

Lysekloster - Monastery

Ruins of a Cistercian Abbey built in 1146 as a "daughter" monastery to Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, England. Partly demolished by Erik Rosenkrantz in 1560 who used the materials for the Rosenkrantz tower.
Address: 5215 Lysekloster
Telephone: 55 90 21 54

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Lysøen Island, and Ole Bull's Villa

The beautiful 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 musical excellence influenced contemporary artists. The villa is open to the public in the summer. Guided tours.
Address: Lysøen, 5215 Lysekloster
Telephone: 56 30 90 77
Email: mail@lysoen.no

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Museum of Norwegian Knitting Industry

The old knitwear factory (1858-1989) has now re-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.
Address: Salhusvegen 201, 5107 Salhus
Telephone: 55 25 10 80
Email: norsk.trikotasjemuseum@muho.no

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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.
Address: Sandviksboder 23, 5035 Bergen
Telephone: 55 69 96 01
Email: fiskeri@museumvest.no

Osterøy

Osterøy Museum

Open air museum with buildings from the 17th century to 1920. Exhibits highlighting the fjord culture in the rural villages north of Bergen. Particular emphasis on buliding traditions, local arts and light industry. Sunday café.
Address: Gjerstad, 5282 Lonevåg
Telephone: 56 19 34 40
Email: osteroymuseum@muho.no

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Railway Museum & Steam Railway

Old steam locomotive running along the 18 km line between Garnes and Midtun in Bergen. Railway Museum and souvenir shop at Garnes Station.
Address: Garnes Stasjon, Tunesveien 8, 5264 Garnes
Telephone: 55 91 77 80
Email: vossebanen@njk.no

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Reksten Museum/Gallery

Norwegian and international portrait art, sculptures and paintings. Hilmar Reksten's collection of silver and antique Persian carpets. Alternating exhibitions.
Address: Statsminister Michelsensvei 34, 5231 Paradis
Telephone: 55 12 31 00
Email: post@rekstensamlingene.no

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S12 Galleri og verksted

S12 is an artist run exhibition space and open access studio for art and design specializing in glass and ceramics. S12 wish to focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are open to new and experimental forms of expression.
Address: Skostredet 12, 5017 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 53 10
Email: post@s12.no

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Schøtstuene, Hanseatic Assembly Rooms

Old assembly rooms that vividly illustrate social life among the Hanseatic merchants in Bergen, who gathered here for warm meals, court meetings and teaching. In these old rooms, illustrating life among the Hanseatic merchants in Bergen, organised meetings, conferences and other events are also held.
Address: Øvregaten 50, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 54 46 90
Email: hanseatisk@museumvest.no

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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.
Address: Siljustølsveien 50, 5239 Rådal
Telephone: 55 13 60 00
Email: siljustol@troldhaugen.no

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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.
Address: Dreggen 15, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 31 59 60
Email: domkirken.menighet@bkf.no

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Theta Museum on Bryggen - the resistance movement

The Theta museum is the secret room of the Theta Group of the Resistance Movement during the occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945. Their aim was to establish communication with the resistance and the Norwegian government in exile.
Address: Enhjørningsgården, 5003 Bergen
Telephone: 55 55 20 80
Email: postmaster@stiftelsenbryggen.no

Radøy

Western Norway Emigration Centre

The Western Norway Emigration Centre includes the emigrant church, Brampton Lutheran Church, brought over from North Dakota in the USA and an emigration archive for Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane. A schoolhouse, pioneer's house, town hall, prison, doctor's surgery and schoolteacher's house from pioneer times have also been brought home and rebuilt.
Address: 5939 Sletta
Telephone: 56 37 20 00
Email: vestnorsk.utvandringssenter@muho.no