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Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is the second largest city in Norway. Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains".
The city of Bergen was traditionally thought to have been founded by king Olav Kyrre, son of Harald Hardråde in 1070 AD, four years after the Viking Age in England ended with the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Modern research has, however, discovered that a trading settlement had already been established in the 1020s or 1030s. Bergen gradually assumed the function of capital of Norway in the early 13th century, as the first city where a rudimentary central administration was established. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League.
The city is an international center for aquaculture, shipping, the offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national centre for higher education, media, tourism and finance. Bergen Port is Norway's busiest in terms of both freight and passengers, with over 300 cruise ship calls a year bringing nearly a half a million passengers to Bergen, a number that has doubled in 10 years.
In this video you will among other things see:
- Bryggen
- Fløibanen
- Fløien
- Fisketorget
- Torgallmenningen
- Festplassen
- Store Lungegårdsvann
- Nøstet
- Nordnes
