Bergen is one of those cute towns that you feel instantly at home. It’s quaint wooden houses, cobblestone streets and slow pace add to its charms. To give you an idea of its size, Bergen has a population of about 300,000. But is small enough that many of the major retailers do not have stores in Bergen. Today we spent the day exploring Bergen.
We certainly didn’t start the day super early, say around 9:30am, but it felt very quiet as we strolled around the streets – like it was more like 7am. We walked around for a about 30 mins taking in the quiet and calm (and also scoping record stores for Glenn).
We wandered over to the funicular, which takes you to the top of a mountain with views of Bergen. It was closed this week for “revision”. The only way to get to the top was to catch a bus half way up and then walk the rest, which takes about 20 mins. I was happy to skip the view but my eager beaver husband bought tickets before I could protest. I almost died on the walk up. Having been sick the week before, my lungs kept screaming for more air. Although it was a tough walk, the view was amazing. The other bonus was walking through the snow for the last 10 mins of the walk up the mountain.
All things that go up, must come down. The bus was on its lunch break when we walked back to where it dropped us off. So we could either walk all the way down ourselves or wait 2 hours for the bus. We decided to walk. And I must say, it was so steep going down that it didn’t take very long!
Back down on the ground, we explored the grounds of the fort and Rosenkrantz castle (no relation to the character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet).
Lunch at the fish market was exactly what we needed to refuel after so much walking. I had a fish and chips platter and Glenn had the salmon burger.
The day of sightseeing ended with some more strolling around the old town and Bergen theatre. We then had some “alone time” so Glenn could go record shopping (he had much success!).
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It all sounds. Fantastic. We are loving the photos
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