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Bergenhus

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

Bergenhus
Bergenhus · Wikimedia Commons
The place

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).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    University 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
  2. 02
    Grieg 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
  3. 03
    Bergen 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
  4. 04
    Fløyen

    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
  5. 05
    Brann 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
  6. 06
    Den 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
  7. 07
    Bergen 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
  8. 08
    University 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
  9. 09
    St 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
  10. 10
    Bergenhus 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

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 → Bergenhus
    161 km · quickest by road, 7h 6m · kr335–445
  • Ålesund → Bergenhus
    239 km · quickest by air, 5h · kr1,440–2,240
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Bergenhus
    290 km · quickest by air, 4h 2m · kr1,130–1,740
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    353 km
  2. 02
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    491 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    647 km
  4. 04
    Faroe IslandsFO

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    670 km
  5. 05
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    748 km

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Around it

Next door to Bergenhus

  • BergenNorwegian city in Vestland, Norway1 km
  • Nordnespeninsula and neighborhood in Bergen, Norway1.3 km