Guidebook for Bergen

Ella ( & Bengt )
Ella ( & Bengt )
Guidebook for Bergen

Everything Else

Hip street with small and fun indie-shops and a few bars and cafés.
47 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Skostredet
Skostredet
47 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Hip street with small and fun indie-shops and a few bars and cafés.
A tiny ferry across Vågen to Nordnes. Perfect if you`re headed to Nordnes and the aquarium, the Nordnes-park or USF.
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Beffen
Beffen
15 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
A tiny ferry across Vågen to Nordnes. Perfect if you`re headed to Nordnes and the aquarium, the Nordnes-park or USF.
Radisson Hotel Bryggen is where the Airport Express-bus ( www.flybussen.no ) goes to and from. Timetable in English - follow the link!
16 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Bergen
1 Dreggsallmenningen
16 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Radisson Hotel Bryggen is where the Airport Express-bus ( www.flybussen.no ) goes to and from. Timetable in English - follow the link!
Bar, café, restaurant, concert-venue, cinema-club. Best place in Bergen to drink beer outdoors!
88 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
USF
12 Georgernes Verft
88 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Bar, café, restaurant, concert-venue, cinema-club. Best place in Bergen to drink beer outdoors!
Groceries 8-23 on weekdays and 9-23 on Saturdays.
Stølegaten 15A
15A Stølegaten
Groceries 8-23 on weekdays and 9-23 on Saturdays.
The FIshmarket. Very expensive junkfood and grossly overpriced souvenirs.
93 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Fisketorget
3 Strandkaien
93 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The FIshmarket. Very expensive junkfood and grossly overpriced souvenirs.

Sightseeing

The cable car to Mount Ulriken starts here. Fløyens Big Brother! Probably also the best starting point if you want to walk up to the top. Spectacular view and a great restaurant on top of it!
Haukelandsbakken 40
40 Haukelandsbakken
The cable car to Mount Ulriken starts here. Fløyens Big Brother! Probably also the best starting point if you want to walk up to the top. Spectacular view and a great restaurant on top of it!
Here is the "back-entrance" to Bergenhus. Great views and a good spot for a picnic or some sunbathing. Don`t fall of the walls!
Nye Sandviksveien 46
46 Nye Sandviksveien
Here is the "back-entrance" to Bergenhus. Great views and a good spot for a picnic or some sunbathing. Don`t fall of the walls!
800 steep steps! Great exercise in itself and a good starting-point for walks - for example to Fløyen. One way only! Best way down is via Skredderdalen - follow the signs.
Fjellveien 14
14 Fjellveien
800 steep steps! Great exercise in itself and a good starting-point for walks - for example to Fløyen. One way only! Best way down is via Skredderdalen - follow the signs.
From May to September you can take the bus from here and to the cable car-station that brings you to the top of Ulriken - much more spectacular than Fløyen and less people!
Strandgaten 1
1 Strandgaten
From May to September you can take the bus from here and to the cable car-station that brings you to the top of Ulriken - much more spectacular than Fløyen and less people!
Old Bergen is a reconstructed town with approx. 50 wooden houses from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Gamle Bergen Tracteursted
Old Bergen is a reconstructed town with approx. 50 wooden houses from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Food Scene

Small café at Møhlenpris - away from the beaten path. Closed in July. Some say it`s the Best in Bergen.
Welhavens gate 64
64 Welhavens gate
Small café at Møhlenpris - away from the beaten path. Closed in July. Some say it`s the Best in Bergen.
Best coffee in town! Officially.
John Lunds plass
John Lunds plass
Best coffee in town! Officially.
Informal café on campus - the couches are great for reading.10 kr for take-away coffee.
Fosswinckels gate 6
Informal café on campus - the couches are great for reading.10 kr for take-away coffee.
Good quality and low prices. Pizzas are a safe bet, but all over good quality and cheap beer.
Christies gate 13
13 Christies gate
Good quality and low prices. Pizzas are a safe bet, but all over good quality and cheap beer.
Best in Bergen for soup and cocktails. Bar/café/hangout. Very cool place and few tourists ( no offence! :-)
Stølegaten 8A
8A Stølegaten
Best in Bergen for soup and cocktails. Bar/café/hangout. Very cool place and few tourists ( no offence! :-)
Best coffee in town - together with "Blom" - same owners.
Øvre Korskirkeallmenningen
Øvre Korskirkeallmenningen
Best coffee in town - together with "Blom" - same owners.

Drinks & Nightlife

Our second favourite hangout - Colourful bar / café with very colourful owners! We recommend the Norwegian waffles - "vafler" with brown cheese and a beer.
Øvregaten 12
12 Øvregaten
Our second favourite hangout - Colourful bar / café with very colourful owners! We recommend the Norwegian waffles - "vafler" with brown cheese and a beer.
Best selction of beer in town - they even make their own. Donkey Kong in the basement - bring 20-kroner coins!
Sigurds gate 21
21 Sigurds gate
Best selction of beer in town - they even make their own. Donkey Kong in the basement - bring 20-kroner coins!
Second best cocktails in town and he absolute best Gin / Tonic in an intense and fun atmosphere.
Hollendergaten 11
11 Hollendergaten
Second best cocktails in town and he absolute best Gin / Tonic in an intense and fun atmosphere.
Combined record-shop and bar popular amongst locals and especially musicians.
59 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Apollon Platebar
2A Nygårdsgaten
59 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Combined record-shop and bar popular amongst locals and especially musicians.

Essentials

Please support our neighbourhood store - even if it`s called Joker and a little odd. Open from 9 -22 on weekdays and 9-20 on Saturdays.
Gjeble Pederssøns gate 13
13 Gjeble Pederssøns gate
Please support our neighbourhood store - even if it`s called Joker and a little odd. Open from 9 -22 on weekdays and 9-20 on Saturdays.
Bigger and better, but more expensive than our other local grocers. 9-21 on weekdays and 9-20 on Saturdays. Has a small post-office.
Stølegaten 13
13 Stølegaten
Bigger and better, but more expensive than our other local grocers. 9-21 on weekdays and 9-20 on Saturdays. Has a small post-office.

Shopping

Our closest pharmacy. 9-17 on weekdays, 9-15 on Saturdays (shorter opening hours in summer).
Stølegaten 15
15 Stølegaten
Our closest pharmacy. 9-17 on weekdays, 9-15 on Saturdays (shorter opening hours in summer).
Open 24 hours, but very limited selection.
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
7-Eleven
1 Ladegårdsgaten
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Open 24 hours, but very limited selection.