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Online Booking now available at visitBergen.com!
New online booking in Bergen! You can now book accommodation, activities or tickets for events online all on one website! Lots of exciting products are available! Search for availability, enter your booking and enjoy your stay in Bergen, City of Culture!
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New summer routes to Bergen
Finnair is launching a summer route Helsinki - Bergen on 22 May. This service will open for greater tourism from Asia, particularly Japan. Interest has also been shown in this service from America, Southern Europe and Finland. Flybe will be operating services from Kirkwall and Sumburgh from June to August. KLM and AirFrance have teamed up to offer four departures daily from Amsterdam and AirBaltic has increased its service to three departures a week from Riga. IcelandAir continue their summer routes.
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New experiences on Mount Ulriken – the highest of Bergen’s seven mountains
Ulriken643 is reopening on 1 May 2009, after months of extensive renovation, including upgrading the cable car. But it is not only the cable car that has been upgraded. The new restaurant Sky:Skraperen has traditional Bergen fare on the menu, and the collaboration with Exin.no on activities will enable both locals and tourists to take greater advantage of the opportunities on offer on Mount Ulriken.
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Bergen host a number of major international artists
During summer 2009, Bergen will play host to a number of major international artists, such as Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Eagles and Mötley Crüe. The city of culture also offers a diverse entertainment programme with the Bergen International Festival, Bergenfest, Nattjazz, an outdoor opera event, Grieg in Bergen festival and regular concerts at Troldhaugen.
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Large and small festivals
There’s always something happening in Bergen. There are many large and small festivals for every taste throughout the year: different types of music festivals, Viking and Middle Ages festival, a games festival, emigration festival, coastal culture festival, the Periferifestival, food festival, comics festival and theatre festival to mention but a few.
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Unique seafood experience at Cornelius Restaurant
Experience an exciting seafood restaurant with a unique location on a small island just outside Bergen. The menu is inspired by the weather, the catch of the day and fresh seasonal ingredients. During the period 22 April to 19 September, boats depart from the centre of Bergen at 18.00 Monday to Saturday. From 1 July to 15 August, a boat also departs at 11.00. Boats return from the restaurant to Bergen at 16.00 and 23.00.
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Norway Unpolished - a tourism product with a difference
Experience a new and unique travel product – “Norway Unpolished” A small private passenger boat, specially fitted out for the purpose and with a private guide on board, will take tourists for a full two days of exploration of the west coast archipelago and the fabulous Norwegian fjords.
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Nordic Experience
On the ‘Nordic Experience’ trip, you travel in small groups with other people who are thirsty for adventure. A tour guide will have responsibility for the whole group (max. 7 persons) on the trip. All the trips carry a ’Departure Guarantee’ that guarantees that all the trips that have been set up will be carried out as planned.
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Fjord Tours is launching three new round trips
Fjord Tours is lauching three new round trips for the 2009-season. The Lysefjorden & Norway in a nutshell® - wild and beautiful, Geiranger & Norway in a nutshell® - a taste of world heritage, and The Sognefjord in a nutshell - experience the Dalsfjord and the Gaularfjellet mountains.
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New tour concept from Tide Reiser - Neste Blåne
The name is inspired by man’s need to know what lies beyond the next island, around the next corner or beyond the horizon. The ’Neste blåne’ concept is all about giving our guests a similar opportunity to see and experience something out of the ordinary and beyond our normal horizons.
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Skip & Hav at VilVite – Bergen Science Centre
VilVite’s new exhibition about shipping, ‘Skip & Hav’, consists of 30 different installations about ships, navigation, harbours and sea farers. Among other things, you can try your hand as an engineer or mate or move container loads in a harbour. The aim of the exhibition is to help spark interest in the shipping and maritime industry in society.
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Shark tunnel at Bergen Aquarium
This summer, Bergen Aquarium is getting its own shark tunnel. The tunnel will be six metres long and will give visitors an opportunity to experience sharks and other fish close up. Construction is well underway and the work is scheduled to be completed by 1 June.
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Lots of activities on Mount Fløyen
During summer, you can take part in guided walks on Mount Fløyen and learn about the local history and Norwegians’ love of walking. On certain days, you can also experience the play ‘Three kinds of fire’, which is an outdoor play that is performed in the evening. The play is in English and is about the big town fire of 1916.
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Active holiday with Bergen Base Camp
Bergen Base Camp has lots of fun in store for those who want to be active during their holiday. Bergen has a unique proximity to the natural elements, which enables visitors to participate in a wide selection of activities with Bergen as base. GPS guide in the city or in the mountains, climbing, abseiling, veteran boat trips, cycling, kayaking, family rafting and summer skiing are just a few of the activities you can take part in during your stay in Bergen. At Bergen Base Camp, you can book and hire the equipment you need at a single location in the centre of Bergen.
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The Bergen Card – a reasonable way to experience Bergen
If you intend to visit many of the city’s attractions and take buses between them, you can make considerable savings by buying a Bergen Card. With the Bergen Card, you can travel free on buses in Bergen, and you have discounts/free admission to museums and attractions, a number of established cultural events, various sightseeing excursions, restaurants and parking.
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Jamie Oliver and Scandic in a unique collaboration
The hotel chain Scandic has now entered an exclusive and long-term collaboration with the internationally renowned chef Jamie Oliver. Scandic’s guests will notice a few changes in the course of the coming months. The hotel chain wishes to give its guests a gastronomic experience that they will remember long after they have checked out of the hotel. Many traditional meals will be modernised and will be joined by new, wonderful dishes, which, naturally, are prepared using organic ingredients.
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Bergen International Festival menu at Bellevue restaurants
Bellevue restaurants are part of Bergen’s history. During the Bergen International Festival, special three-, four- and five course menus will be available. Enjoy a meal at the restaurants Lyststedet Bellevue, Fløien Folkerestaurant with views of Bergen, or enjoy a culinary experience and the historic atmosphere at Bryggen Tracteursted. Møtestedet Erna recommends aperitifs and canapés before or after enjoying a performance at the Bergen International Festival.
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Vinje Skulpturvandring
Get to know Norwegian artists, local and national history and culture through sculptures on an art historical walk in downtown Bergen. Meet Vigeland, Ibsen, Grieg, Ole Bull, modernist pieces etc. Weekends all year at 11 am. From May-Sept also at 6 pm Mon-Fri. Tickets at the Tourist Information.
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Hotel news
Several hotels in Bergen have undergone significant changes. Rooms have been refurbished, public areas and facilities have been extended, names have been changed etc.
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The Gateway to the Fjords of Norway
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