What to see in Bergen

Bergen highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Bryggen

   A Hanseatic wharf of wooden houses, a World Heritage Site, with workshops in the courtyards.

2. Fløibanen

   A funicular up Mount Fløyen: views over Bergen and forest trails to walk back down.

3. Sognefjord

   The Sognefjord, the longest and deepest in Norway; take a cruise or the train-and-boat route.

4. Troldhaugen

   The home of composer Edvard Grieg by a lake, with concerts in summer.

Day trips from Bergen

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Fjords from Bergen ★ 4.7 (10,402 reviews)
• Mount Fløyen

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Typical food of Bergen

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Bergen from your kitchen).

Bergensk fiskesuppe

Bergen’s fish soup, white and creamy, with root vegetables, cream and a sweet-and-sour touch of vinegar and sugar. It’s eaten at the fish market by the harbour.

• Serves 4
• 50 min

Ingredients

• 1 l fish stock
• 400 g white fish (cod, haddock) and 200 g salmon
• 1 carrot, 1 parsnip, 1/4 celeriac and 1 leek
• 200 ml cream
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 of sugar
• Chives, salt and pepper

How to make it at home

1. Cut the vegetables into thin strips and cook them in the stock for 10 minutes.
2. Add the diced fish and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
3. Whisk the yolks with the cream and stir them into the stock without letting it boil.
4. Season with the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper.
5. Serve with chives.

The trick: The yolks thicken the soup: don’t let it boil or they’ll curdle.

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