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Bergen, Norway
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ABOVE: Royal Hotel Bergen.
General tourism
Visitbergen.com
The city's official tourism site may be hard to read in some browsers, but
take a look.
The Bergen
Guide
This commercial site is packed with useful details, including details on the
Bergen
Card and listings for hotels, guesthouses, campgrounds, and other accommodations.
Norwegian
Mountains: The Seven Local Summits
Each spring, a mountain-biking club at the University of Bergen organizes a tour of seven
peaks in the area. You can follow the club's route on your own biking or hiking
excursions.
Hotels/restaurants/bars
Intermission
The 18th-Century hostel is open from mid-June to mid-August. (Another hostel is
Montana, which is a bus
ride away from the city center but stays open during winter.)
Norway Info: What's Cooking?
Norwegian cuisine could be summed up with the phrase, "If it swims, eat it," so
Katrine Fjeldal's
All about
fish table is worth printing out so you won't lose your appetite
in the translation.
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