Bryggan

Day 6 - Bergen

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August 16th 2010
Bergen is a beautiful, charming and small city, like most of Norway it has these lovely timber clad houses, it has a world heitage site - Bryggen, which is a small cluster of ancient wooden houses facing the harbour. Its appeal does bring in hundreds of thousands of tourists during Summer and there was the usual procession of japanese tourists following umbrellas. Bergen was Norway's capital ... read more

Europe » Norway » Western Norway » Bergen

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Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more