Guidebook for Bergen

Stian
Guidebook for Bergen

Sightseeing

Mount Ulriken is right behind our house. You can hike up on your feet, or take the funicular. Excellent spot for enjoying the view, and for taking short or long hikes. If you are up for a long hike, you can hike from Mount Ulriken to Mount Floien. It takes 4-6 hours.
Cable car to the top of Bergens highest mountain. Plenty of hiking opportunities, restaurant, tourist shop. Magnificent view. Easy access from Jonas Lies vei.
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Ulriken 643
40 Haukelandsbakken
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Cable car to the top of Bergens highest mountain. Plenty of hiking opportunities, restaurant, tourist shop. Magnificent view. Easy access from Jonas Lies vei.
Great sightseeing by boat, 1 or 4 hours (May-August). Easy access. Bus 3 from Haukeland S/N to Torget (Fish Market). Check out www.rodne.no for more fiordtours.
Bergen Fjord Sightseeing
2 Torget
Great sightseeing by boat, 1 or 4 hours (May-August). Easy access. Bus 3 from Haukeland S/N to Torget (Fish Market). Check out www.rodne.no for more fiordtours.
Take the funicular onto Mount Fløien and enjoy the view. You can go for short or long hikes, and/or walk back down to the city.
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Fløibanen
23A Vetrlidsallmenningen
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Take the funicular onto Mount Fløien and enjoy the view. You can go for short or long hikes, and/or walk back down to the city.
Gone Paddling offer a wide range of active outdoor sightseeing. The most popular are daily kayaking and Via Ferrata. This is also Kajas workplace. You can find Gone Paddling on Facebook, Trip Advisor, and Instagram.
Gone Paddling AS
Gone Paddling offer a wide range of active outdoor sightseeing. The most popular are daily kayaking and Via Ferrata. This is also Kajas workplace. You can find Gone Paddling on Facebook, Trip Advisor, and Instagram.

Drinks & Nightlife

Beautiful little bar in an old Art Deco pharmacy. Great food, informal atmosphere. Great food, and not at a bad price considering the quality. Absolutely wonderful fish.
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Bien Restaurant
30 Fjøsangerveien
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Beautiful little bar in an old Art Deco pharmacy. Great food, informal atmosphere. Great food, and not at a bad price considering the quality. Absolutely wonderful fish.
Probably one of the best bars in Bergen. No music; you are here to talk. If you want to not hear what others are saying, go somewhere else. Wide range of tap beers and then some more.
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Standbeeld van Henrik Ibsen
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Probably one of the best bars in Bergen. No music; you are here to talk. If you want to not hear what others are saying, go somewhere else. Wide range of tap beers and then some more.
Student bar and concert venue built in a cave.
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Hulen in Bergen
48 Olaf Ryes vei
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Student bar and concert venue built in a cave.
Very popular place for food and drinks. They only serve pizza and oysters, and it's often hard to get a table there.
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Hoggorm
29 Nygårdsgaten
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Very popular place for food and drinks. They only serve pizza and oysters, and it's often hard to get a table there.

Shopping

High quality butchers shop. I just love the smell in that place!
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Solheim Kjøtt AS
25 Solheimsgaten
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High quality butchers shop. I just love the smell in that place!
Cute little shopping mall with everything you need. 4 km. walk. Bybanen will take you there in three minutes.
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Sletten Center
4 Vilhelm Bjerknes' vei
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Cute little shopping mall with everything you need. 4 km. walk. Bybanen will take you there in three minutes.
Grocery store next to our Bybane-stop (Kronstad).
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KIWI
29 Bjørnsons gate
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Grocery store next to our Bybane-stop (Kronstad).
Easy to find shopping mall. Exit Bybanen at Nonneseter.
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Bystasjonen
8 Strømgaten
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Easy to find shopping mall. Exit Bybanen at Nonneseter.
Shopping mall in the heart of the city, right next to Torgallmenningen. Take Bybanen to the last stop; Byparken.
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Galleriet
8 Torgallmenningen
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Shopping mall in the heart of the city, right next to Torgallmenningen. Take Bybanen to the last stop; Byparken.

Essentials

Grocery store 6 minute walk from the house.
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KIWI Kronstad
62 Jonas Lies vei
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Grocery store 6 minute walk from the house.
Great fruits and vegetables! Good variety of imported foods. Always open. 15 minute walk from our house.
Tyrkisk mat Khaled Karim Saleh
Great fruits and vegetables! Good variety of imported foods. Always open. 15 minute walk from our house.
Charming tiny grocery store with all the essentials. Open on sundays and holidays. Fresh bread every day. Space by the window for enjoying a coffee and some pastry. Excellent service.
Joker Møllendal
62 Møllendalsveien
Charming tiny grocery store with all the essentials. Open on sundays and holidays. Fresh bread every day. Space by the window for enjoying a coffee and some pastry. Excellent service.

Arts & Culture

Soccer arena. 10 minute walk from the house.
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Brann Stadion
1 Kniksens Plass
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Soccer arena. 10 minute walk from the house.

Food Scene

Nice little restaurant 12 minute walk from the house. Italian-ish.
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Prego Cafè og Restaurant
32 Fjøsangerveien
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Nice little restaurant 12 minute walk from the house. Italian-ish.
Small local café with pastry, cake, bread, etc.
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Lie Nielsen AS
5 Kokstaddalen
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Small local café with pastry, cake, bread, etc.
Traditional and typical Norwegian healthy fast-food; fish cakes, creamy fish soup, and other fishy dishes. Eat there or take away. Yummy.
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Søstrene Hagelin
3 Strandgaten
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Traditional and typical Norwegian healthy fast-food; fish cakes, creamy fish soup, and other fishy dishes. Eat there or take away. Yummy.
Organic cafè with a variety of sandwiches and pastry, locally produced juice, and good coffee.
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Godt Brød Vestre Torggaten
2 Vestre Torggaten
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Organic cafè with a variety of sandwiches and pastry, locally produced juice, and good coffee.
Unique coffee bar. Perfect place to end your stroll down from Mt. Fløien and think about how great life really is.
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Det Lille Kaffekompaniet
2 Nedre Fjellsmauet
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Unique coffee bar. Perfect place to end your stroll down from Mt. Fløien and think about how great life really is.
Really good food at reasonable prices. Soups are their specialty and they really know what they are doing.
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Zupperia
12 Vaskerelven
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Really good food at reasonable prices. Soups are their specialty and they really know what they are doing.
Good healthy food, free wifi. Vegetarian/vegan options. Breakfast and lunch menu.
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Cafe Aura
9 Marken
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Good healthy food, free wifi. Vegetarian/vegan options. Breakfast and lunch menu.
Old, traditional restaurant in Bergen. Very good food.
Holbergstuen
6 Torgallmenningen
Old, traditional restaurant in Bergen. Very good food.
A wonderful coffee-bar with a restaurant; Dumpster Pizza - they make oven baked italian style pizza and other courses with groceries that stores would have thrown away. Good value! Great atmosphere.
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Bergen Kaffebrenneri
6 Kong Christian Fredriks plass
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A wonderful coffee-bar with a restaurant; Dumpster Pizza - they make oven baked italian style pizza and other courses with groceries that stores would have thrown away. Good value! Great atmosphere.
Great coffee and good food.
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Kaffemisjonen
5 Øvre Korskirkeallmenning
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Great coffee and good food.
Unique café with excellent service and really good food. Mostly vegetarian and vegan, and very very good! One of our personal favorites!
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Løvetann Kaffebar
16 Klosteret
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Unique café with excellent service and really good food. Mostly vegetarian and vegan, and very very good! One of our personal favorites!
Great food, excellent service. Informal and cozy, reasonable prices. Wide variety of courses, plenty of gluten-free and vegetarian options. Unique place, local favorite.
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Mandalay Sushi & Burmese
5 Sparebanksgaten
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Great food, excellent service. Informal and cozy, reasonable prices. Wide variety of courses, plenty of gluten-free and vegetarian options. Unique place, local favorite.
One of the best pizza places in Norway! Reasonable prices, very good value for money.
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Kafé Spesial
13 Christies gate
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One of the best pizza places in Norway! Reasonable prices, very good value for money.
Unique and traditional fastfood Cafe established in 1929! Eat in or on the go. Best fish cakes you ever had! This is where people from Bergen go!
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Søstrene Hagelin
3 Strandgaten
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Unique and traditional fastfood Cafe established in 1929! Eat in or on the go. Best fish cakes you ever had! This is where people from Bergen go!
Unique local restaurant in historic venue. 10 minutes walk from our house. High quality food.
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Colonialen Kranen
9B Solheimsgaten
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Unique local restaurant in historic venue. 10 minutes walk from our house. High quality food.

Everything Else

Temp job/assignment at the hospital? Our house is very close. Have a family member or friend staying there not so voluntarily? If neither, it has a pharmacy, kiosk, cafeterias, cash machine, taxis.
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Haukeland University Hospital / Health Bergen
22 Jonas Lies vei
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Temp job/assignment at the hospital? Our house is very close. Have a family member or friend staying there not so voluntarily? If neither, it has a pharmacy, kiosk, cafeterias, cash machine, taxis.
Great place to hear live music, have a nice meal or just enjoy a good drink in the sun while you listen to the fjord clunking under the pier. Check out their web-page to see whats going on.
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USF
12 Georgernes Verft
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Great place to hear live music, have a nice meal or just enjoy a good drink in the sun while you listen to the fjord clunking under the pier. Check out their web-page to see whats going on.
Funicular from the heart of Bergen to the top of Mount Fløien. A great ride with wonderful sights, and also a good starting point for a good hike for you no matter what age or shape.
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Fløibanen
23A Vetrlidsallmenningen
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Funicular from the heart of Bergen to the top of Mount Fløien. A great ride with wonderful sights, and also a good starting point for a good hike for you no matter what age or shape.
On the Unesco World Heritage List. Also where a lot of not mainstream shops are located. Locally hand made products, pubs, etc. Look for the stuffed moose head on the door, see what's inside.
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Bryggen
Bryggen
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On the Unesco World Heritage List. Also where a lot of not mainstream shops are located. Locally hand made products, pubs, etc. Look for the stuffed moose head on the door, see what's inside.
Outdoor heated pool (27°C) at the Nordnes Sjøbad at the water’s edge is good. Diving board to the fjord if you feel like a viking. The facility is over 100 years old, a must see!
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Nordnes seawater pool
30 Nordnesparken
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Outdoor heated pool (27°C) at the Nordnes Sjøbad at the water’s edge is good. Diving board to the fjord if you feel like a viking. The facility is over 100 years old, a must see!
New science museum just a 20 minute walk from our house. If you need something to eat after, I recommend to walk 150 meters to Kaffebrenneriet (see other post in this guide).
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VilVite - Bergen Wetenschapscentrum
51 Thormøhlens Gate
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New science museum just a 20 minute walk from our house. If you need something to eat after, I recommend to walk 150 meters to Kaffebrenneriet (see other post in this guide).
Great little boat ride that will save time if you want to get from one side of the bay to the other. For example it you want to go to the Aquarium.
Beffen AS
Great little boat ride that will save time if you want to get from one side of the bay to the other. For example it you want to go to the Aquarium.
One of the oldest jazz clubs in Norway. Continuously working to encourage new jazz artists and arranging concerts. Check out their program at www.bergenjazzforum.no
Bergen Jazz Forum
12 Georgernes Verft
One of the oldest jazz clubs in Norway. Continuously working to encourage new jazz artists and arranging concerts. Check out their program at www.bergenjazzforum.no
Great international jazz festival! 11 days of jazz in the end of May every year. Check out this years program at http://nattjazz.no/index.php?Program=Oversikt
Nattjazz
12 Georgernes Verft
Great international jazz festival! 11 days of jazz in the end of May every year. Check out this years program at http://nattjazz.no/index.php?Program=Oversikt
Car-rental (10 minute walk from our house).
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Hertz Bergen Minde
48 Kanalveien
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Car-rental (10 minute walk from our house).
Bus stop Haukeland N (Universitetssykehus): 2,3,12,21,80. See skyss.no for more information. Buses going north (to the city) across the street.
Haukelandsveien 13
13 Haukelandsveien
Bus stop Haukeland N (Universitetssykehus): 2,3,12,21,80. See skyss.no for more information. Buses going north (to the city) across the street.
Bergen Base Cam offer a number of sporty outdoor activities, one of them is paragliding from Mount Ulriken. Main office: http://www.bergenbasecamp.no/english/tourist-activities
Bergen Base Camp
1 Bontelabo
Bergen Base Cam offer a number of sporty outdoor activities, one of them is paragliding from Mount Ulriken. Main office: http://www.bergenbasecamp.no/english/tourist-activities