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Bergen Slideshow
Bergen
Travel Blogs from Bergen, Norway
Arriving in Bergen
... into the city, about a 40 minute trip. Checked into our hotel and then walked across to train station to pick up our Norway in a Nutshell tickets for tomorrow's trip. We then went across the street to the supermarket for some supplies and then rested ...
Day Two in Norway
... able to find the internet and drop a few lines to those we love back home. In the afternoon we decided to go to the Bergen Aquarium. The main attraction for me was the penguins. As soon as you walk in to the aquarium you have the penguin pond on ...
Norway at last
... in Alaska or something. There has not been a culture shock as I experienced on my first voyage. So far Iceland and Norway are just extensions of the States. It seems that everybody learns English by watching television, they don't dub over the English ...
Boat to Bergen
... the neck isn't too easy when a 20 kilo weight is pulling your shoulders back! In the evening we wandered around Bergen admiring the clean streets (unlike Leith) and prettily coloured wooden houses. We took the funicular railway to Mt Elyon and ...
Bergen
... Desde mi punto de vista, el mejor lugar de Bergen lo encontramos al subir en el funicular. Nos encontramos con una panorámica de Bergen espectacular, y con unos senderos entre los bosques que nos llevan de lagos en lagos. Sólo dos pegas: - Es de las ...
Here we are departure date
Everything is running as planned, after a short trip in plane, I m in my first day of my world trip!! First stop: Bergen in Norway 60'23,474N 005'19,596E at 1296km of Home Finaly I m arrived in Bergen, I have to say that when I left Paris ...
Big Little Town
... at least once while in Scandinavia. Two goods make a better!). While walking through town I noticed that Bergen was a completely different city when not raining. People milled about everywhere, strolling the shops, eating in sidewalk ...
Norway in a Nutshell
Woke up at 6.45am and had breakfast at the hotel. Walked across to train station to begin our Norway in a Nutshell tour with a train trip from Bergen to Voss on the 8.40am train. Train was crowded with kids going skiing. Arrived in Voss and switched to a ...
whereever I lay my hat that's Norway
My son was very patient modelling some colourful Norwegain Hats until the zillionth time and boredom rapidly set in! He is now hoping that offers of eccentric modelling events will roll in. Dream On my ...
And we're back home in time for Christmas...
...and we're back where we started almost two years ago. We came to Norway on December 20th, and visited Anne's brother and his family, staying with them for a couple of days. After this we travelled to our respective home towns to celebrate Christmas and ...
Bergen ( 2nd largest city in Norway)
... furnicular that takes you up nearby moutain for spectacular views across city. A number of the passengers took the well advertised Norway in a nutshell tour but were dissapointed as the train was crowded and if you were sitting facing backwards then not ...
Frisk regn..Bergen! :)
Landet på flesland med forsinket fly fra London. Det passet egentlig utmerket pga en litt for lang shopping tur i Regent street. London er BILLIG for tiden! Flyturen fra Ecuador gikk mye raskere en fryktet da LAN Airline vartet opp med 3 ledige ...
First touchdown in a Scandinavian country...
... the plane... Phew!! The flight over took about 2 hours and we were rewarded with a beautiful view of the coast of Norway upon our landing at Bergen. The whole country seems to be based on so much rock it's unbelievable... All the islands - ROCK!!! We ...
Flight to Oslo and Train To Bergen
... . At times it can be deafening. Well, Julia had her first real Danish and it was very good. 12-May: Norway: Oslo to Bergen We arrived in Oslo airport just in time to take the next local train to the city. We wanted to get ...
Trip to Bergen
... our hotel and walked around a bit. Then we went to bed. The next morning we took a double decker bus to a mountain that surrounds Bergen. Then we rode a cable car up the mountain. It was my first time on a cable car, so I was really excited. The ...
Across Norway
... for a large community. It's nothing like the other big cities that I have visited so far. Bergen is located in one of the main harbors in Norway and is surrounded by beautiful mountains and Fjords. The train ride from Oslo to Bergen was wonderful as ...
Bergen
... came. The hail was better than the rain as it bounced of my fleece, the rain was starting to soak through. I had 3 days in Bergen and I really wanted to see some Norwegian fjords. I went to the tourist board and looked at their selection of day tours. ...
The West Coast: Heck Yes for Bergen!!
... somewhere in the AD 850s, it has been a fishing and shipping center for centuries and served as the capital of Norway too. Also, the Oslo-Bergen train route was recently voted as the number one in the world, so definitely had to take advantage of this ...
Weekend in Bergen
We took a weekend trip to Bergen with our friends. Bergen is the second largest city in Norway and is located north of Stavanger. It is a beautiful city with a beautiful harbour, but it is also one of the rainiest cities in Norway. I guess you ...
Departure express cotier
I went on the fish market this morning: it was a kind of revival of my previous job... After a short visit of Bergen, I go inside the M/S Trollfjord, one of the vessel of the fleet of Hurtigruten going norht and south of Norway in the middle of the ...
Bergen at last
Just writing to let everybody know that there will not be an update until the ship sails tomorrow. The Internet cafes are not such a deal here. I am waiting for the Internet on the ship to be repaired. Hope all is ...
Smoked salmon & Reindeer salami in Bergen
Bergen was founded in 1070 by King Olav III, and the city was an important trading center during the Middle Ages. Bergen was one of the principal cities in the Hanseatic League, which promoted trade in the Baltic and North Seas. The oldest quarter of ...
Bergen - like Victoria, but with more Vikings
... the bus for Haugesund. Just to note for those of you who are looking to be catching cheap Ryan air flights into Norway - Haugesund is NOT close to Bergen, and not particularly cheap to get to. My bad. The bus trip took about 3.5 hours, and was quite ...
Movie Day
Nothing that exciting happened yesterday thus the missing blog entry. I went souvenir shopping. Today my roommate and I decided to go to the movies. I only had about $20.00 left in my budget for this port so going to the movies sounded like a good way ...
Norway is something else!
... is the big tourist destination in Norway, as there is easy access to a trip up the fjords and is one end of the "Norway in a Nutshell" tour which runs between Bergen and Oslo via train, bus and boat, and can be done over one long day or you can break the ...
White Out
Once more here is a delayed update, typed on Charles' laptop, this time coming from Bergen in Norway. Again, there is no wireless at our hotel, the "Hotel Grand Terminus", and we don't have time to find a netcafe, so we are hoping that better facilities ...
norsca fresh
... the corrogated iron roofs. Made me a bit homesick, really. I had booked private accommodation (read - someone's house) in Bergen due to Norway's reputation as being a wee bit expensive. We were expecting to be in some dodgy cupboard without a window ...
Beautiful Bergen
... envious of all of the other people around us with laptops, as we couldn't open our new purchase until we left Norway. The train car classification system was pretty good. There was economy, which was fairly comfortable seating and fairly ...
March 28
... train, i started chatting again with this couple that i had seen along the way, they gave me some information for hotels in bergen as i did not have a reservation. found out they were father and daughter from Turkey! she is getting married end of may and ...