Bergen Vacations, Bergen Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Bergen Vacation Guide

Bergen are often called the most beautiful city in Norway, and when you stand on top of Mount Fløyen its not hard to see why. Bergen, The 2.nd Largest city in Norway has a reputation for bad weather and not without reason. Its raining over 260days every year with a total of 2250mm. This summer (2008) has been and are probably going to be the driest in 72years with 14mm precipitation in May.
There`s no better place to be than on Bryggen in Bergen with a cold beer , when the sun is setting behind the city fortress - Rozenkranz-tårnet.

Bergen was the largest city in Scandinavia until the 18th century. Today the latest count says that 242.158 people living in Bergen (2006).

Tourist agencies are marketing Bergen as the "City with a town feel" and its quite right. Very few of the buildings are more than 4stories high and there are large parts of the city that looks like they did over 150years ago. Bergen is really small, it takes around 5minutes to walk across the city center.
The fish market is a must to experience , as this is the traditional place where all the fishermen used to come from the areas around the city to sell their fish. Today it is mostly populated by toursists.

Bergen got great opportunities for hiking the seven mountains around the city , and also serves as a gateway for ferries and cruise ships that runs to the great fjords.

Thursdays are the best day to go out drinking as most of the students are going out on Thursdays. Fridays and Saturdays are nice as well, but the beer is much cheaper on Thursdays

Places around Bergen worth seeing:
Odda - For walking on the Folgafonna Glacier
Voss - For winter/summersports
Myrdal - The Flåmsbanes Scenic Railway