Tours/Bergen/Bergen walking tour with official local guide.Hidden corners.
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Bergen walking tour with official local guide.Hidden corners.

Bergen1 hour

Description

Discover Bergen with the look of a local and the company of an official guide on a close, pleasant and full of history. It is an experience designed for those who really want to understand Bergen: its Hanseatic past, its contrasts, its daily life and corners that many travelers overlook. I am Nati, the girl in the red hat, passionate about history, art and culture. During the tour I will share with you not only the essential places of Bergen, but also historical context, curiosities and honest recommendations to enjoy the city. We will stroll through emblematic places like Bryggen and discover charming and less touristy areas like Nordnes and Klosteret, with their wooden houses, picturesque alleys. What makes this tour different? • Official guide with professional experience • History, curiosities and recommendations • Authentic corners off the most typical routes • Small groups and close environment.

Tour Options

Bergen, visit the city with the look of a local.

Itinerary

10 min

Meeting point from where the tour will start. From the roundabout of the Byparken, which is known as the Music Pavilion.Here at the Festplassen we will present a brief historical context on Norway and Bergen.

5 min

To know the figure of this famous musician its historical importance and an interesting legend of Norwegian folklore. Spoiler, it's not about Ole Bull.

10 min

Den Nationale Scene Why this theatre was created and its importance in the city and in the culture of the time.

30 min

Get ready to discover one of the most charming corners of Bergen: the Klosteret area on the Nordnes peninsula. We will stroll through narrow alleys, centuries-old wooden houses and corners that seem to have been taken from another era... a more authentic Bergen, quiet and off the tourist routes, of those places that only a local can show you.

20 min

Muren and Østre Murallmenningen, discovering one of the most authentic and historic corners of Bergen.Where we find Muren, one of the oldest stone buildings in Bergen. eThis place looks almost like a medieval fortress... and it is no coincidence: it was born as part of the first great firebreak of Bergen after the devastating fires of the 18th century.

10 min

Panoramic view of the harbour and the most emblematic places of Bergen.

10 min

Walk through the bustling and vibrant open-air fish market of Bergen, one of the oldest in Norway.

10 min

One of the liveliest and most elegant areas in the centre, surrounded by shops, cafes and historic buildings, which still retains that original idea of large open space in the middle of a medieval city of narrow alleys.

5 min

Kong Oscars gate is one of the oldest streets in Bergen. For centuries it was the grand medieval entrance to the city, where merchants, sailors and travellers passed by on their way to the port.

20 min

Bryggen, World Heritage Site for Uneso, was the great neighborhood of Hanseatic merchants and the economic engine of Bergen for centuries. Between these wooden alleys fish, goods and riches were negotiated connecting Norway to all of Europe.”

10 min

Mariakirken is the oldest church in Bergen and one of the few medieval buildings to survive the great fires of the city. For centuries it was the church of the German Hanseatic merchants who lived and worked in Bryggen.”

Highlights

Guided walking tour of the city of Bergen lasting 2 hours and a half.

What's included

Included
Guided walking tour of the city of Bergen lasting 2 hours and a half.

Important Information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour includes some streets with unevenness, climbs and descents typical of Bergen, so be prepared to walk a little. You do not need to be in excellent physical shape: anyone with normal mobility can do so without problem. However, for people with reduced mobility it can be somewhat more complicated in certain sections

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