From port to city

From both piers you can walk to the center or take the free shuttle.

 

From Flesland airport to city

-The best way to order a transfer from the manager of For Gates Ukraine

-Also you can book a group transfer from the cruise company with the manager of For Gates Ukraine.

-The best way to get to the city is by Flybussen express buses. Their route runs through the entire city, including the center. Travel time is 30 minutes.

-Budget option to get to the center of Bergen - with transfers. Buses 56 and 57 go from the airport to the city. You need to get off at the Birkelandskrysset stop and change to route 51. It follows to the central part of Bergen.

-A more convenient way is to take bus # 23 and at the Loddefjord terminal stop change to routes # 5 or # 6 and go to the Festplassen station.

Hanseatic Museum and Shotstuen. Erected after a fire in the early 18th century, the beautiful wooden building with the Hanseatic Museum is one of the oldest wooden structures in Bergen, and has been home to a museum since 1872, documenting the 400-year history of the merger of the German merchant guild with Bergen from 1350 to 1750. It is the only building in Bryggen (harbor quarter) that has retained its original interior.

 

Mary's Church - The oldest building in Bergen is located outside Bryggen and is an unusual piece of Romanesque architecture in Norway. In fact, no other church in Norway has such a western façade with square towers and semicircular windows typical of the Romanesque style. The church's greatest treasure is its altar, carved in the Hanseatic capital of Lübeck in the 15th century.

 

Trollhaugen, home of Edward Grieg. Edvard Grieg, an outstanding Norwegian composer, spent the last 20 years of his life in this picturesque hilltop villa above Lake Nordos, designed by Grieg's cousin Shak Bull and completed in 1885. The house, meanwhile, is an intimate living museum filled with Grieg's personal belongings.

 

Bergenhus Fortress. The outline of this immense complex dates back to the 19th century and houses buildings dating from any period from 1200 to 1900. One of the oldest is the beautiful Hakon Ceremonial Hall, erected in the mid-13th century, with both Romanesque and Gothic window openings on the walls, while a gable pediment crowns the façade.

 

Rosencrantz Tower. Named after the nobleman and governor Erik Rosenkrantz, who oversaw the reconstruction of the tower into one of the finest Norwegian Renaissance residences in the 16th century. Visitors come to climb the dark, narrow stairs and gaze out over Vaughan Bay from the rooftop.

 

Church in Fantoft. Fantoft Stave Church was built around 1150. It was moved in 1883 to save it from destruction. Unfortunately, in 1992 the church was burned down by arson, but was carefully rebuilt over the next five years.

 

Damsgård estate. Damsgård Manor was erected in the 1770s for the Minister of War at a time when the country's aristocratic retreats were taking place on the outskirts of the city. During the summer, the area is open to the public and includes the Garden of Lords and Garden of the Lady, both formal and enriched with statues and geometric flower beds. ...

 

Bruggen Museum. This museum in Bryggen owes its existence to disaster. In 1955 the area was hit by fire, but this gave the city the opportunity to conduct archaeological excavations. The discoveries made during these excavations opened a window to medieval life and trade in Bryggen. They are located in the center of the museum. which was built around 900 year old foundations that were discovered.