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Location. Bergen, Norway. Website. www .akvariet .no. Tropical fish tank in Bergen Aquarium. Penguin at Bergen Aquarium. Bergen Aquarium ( Norwegian: 'Akvariet i Bergen') is a public aquarium in Bergen, Norway. It is situated on the Nordnes peninsula and is one of Bergen 's tourist attractions. [1]
Bergen Port. Coordinates: 60°23′31″N 5°18′43″E. Picture of Bergen Port. Bergen Port is an international seaport located in the centre of Bergen, Norway, operated by Bergen Port Authority. Port locations are featured along most of the two bays in Bergen, Vågen and Puddefjorden. In 2006 it served 27,342 calls with 68 million tonnes of ...
It is one of Bergen's major tourist attractions and one of Norway's most visited attractions. The line is 844 m (2,769 ft) long, covers a height difference of 302 m (991 ft), and carries over one million passengers a year. The line is owned by Fløibanen AS, a company with a number of shareholders, the biggest being the municipality of Bergen.
The University Museum of Bergen was founded in 1825 by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, at the time president of the Storting. Founded under the name University Museum of Bergen with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history, it became the grounds for most of the academic activity in the city, a ...
Vågen in the old days. Vågen is a bay in the centre of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is the central harbour of the city centre, and is the center of the historical core of the city. The city of Bergen originated on the east shore of the bay, and from there it expanded to the southern and western shores over a few centuries.
First recorded historical reference to Bergen Cathedral. [3] 1194 - 29 June: Coronation of Sverre of Norway. [6] 1247 - 29 July: Coronation of Haakon IV of Norway. 1261. 11 September: Magnus - Ingeborg wedding party takes place in Haakon's Hall. [7] 14 September: Coronation of Magnus VI of Norway.
The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and has a large number of activities in music, dance, literature, visual arts, folklore, etc. The festival is held over fourteen days from the end of May to the start of June and is located in numerous places like the Grieg Hall, Haakon's Hall ...
