Bergenhus
Bergenhus is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.

Bergenhus is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. This borough encompasses the city centre and is the most urbanized area of the whole city. The 25.41-square-kilometre (6,280-acre) borough has a population (2014) of 40,606. This gives Bergenhus a population density of 1,598 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,140/sq mi).
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Worth seeing in and around Bergenhus
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Bergen
The University of Bergen is a public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students.
1.4 km · university in Norway · Wikipedia - 02Grieg Hall
Grieg Hall is a 1,500-seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs plass in Bergen, Norway. Grieghallen was named in honor of Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who served as music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882.
1.3 km · concert hall in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 03Bergen Cathedral
Bergen Cathedral is a cathedral in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is the episcopal seat of the Church of Norway's Diocese of Bjørgvin as well as the seat of the "Bergen domkirke" parish and the seat of the Bergen domprosti.
700 m · cathedral in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 04Fløyen
Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the "seven city mountains" that surround the centre of the city of Bergen.
700 m · mountain in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 05Brann Stadion
Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway. It was constructed in 1919, and has been the home of the football club Brann ever since.
4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 06Den Nationale Scene
Den Nationale Scene is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway.
1.1 km · theatre in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 07Bergen Light Rail
Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Bergen Municipality, Norway. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Nesttun, where the first 15 stations comprising a 9.8-kilometre stretch opened in 2010, and the second was a 3.6-kilometre stretch from Nesttun to Lagunen which opened in June 2013.
1 km · light rail system in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 08University Museum of Bergen
The University Museum of Bergen is a university museum in Bergen, Norway. The museum features material related to anthropology, archaeology, botany, geology, zoology, art, and cultural history.
1.5 km · Museum in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 09St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Bryggen area in the central part of the city of Bergen.
500 m · church in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia - 10Bergenhus Fortress
Bergenhus fortress is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway.
900 m · Medieval fortress located in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bergenhus
- Airports
- Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 13 km · Stavanger, Sola (SVG), 170 km · Ålesund (AES), 244 km
- Stations
- Bergen station, 1.1 km
- Stavanger → Bergenhus161 km · quickest by road, 7h 6m · kr335–445
- Ålesund → Bergenhus239 km · quickest by air, 5h · kr1,440–2,240
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Bergenhus290 km · quickest by air, 4h 2m · kr1,130–1,740
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bergenhus
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bergenhus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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