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Bergen

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Photography by Jean McConochie
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Restored Hanseatic warehouses Visiting mariners can shower and clean up in the brown building. Seagulls patrol the market. Note the catamaran ferries. Tourist transport + motorcycles In the Middle Ages, Bryggen, on Bergen's main harbor, was owned by Hanseatic League merchants.
Elk and reindeer sausage are both popular market items. In the open-air market, cherries are 60 kroner ($10). Elk, reindeer, or whale -- a burger is $8.43. Torget market, with one of Bergen's seven hills. Flower seller in Torget, the open air waterfront market.
The densely packed Bryggen warehouses are now being restored. St. Mary's Church, Bergen's oldest building, dates from the 12th century. The lofty nave and two lower side aisles with separate roofs are unusual for a parish church. During the 300 years that Hanseatic merchants owned the church, they installed an elaborate pulpit. Refurbished graves in front of St. Mary's Church
In 1702, a fire destroyed all the wooden houses in Bergen. Now the Hansa area is being restored. Dining room, Grand Hotel Terminus, site of the 11th annual Grieg in Bergen Summer Festival Pianist Irene Simonsen, Grieg-in-Bergen Summer Festival, 2007 Torget at 10:45 p.m. Bergen is built on seven hills.
Visiting English schooner Detail, mainmast rigging Vagen (the harbor) with spire of Nykirken (new church) Local fireboat getting under weigh, with M.S. National Geographic Endeavour in background S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the largest sailing vessel in Norway
Colorful building near Torget Lively seller of cloudberry preserves A wealthy Hanseatic merchant once tallied sales of codfish at this desk. Hakon's Hall, a reconstruction of a 13th-century ceremonial hall. 19th-century officers' quarters in the Bergen Fortress

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