Bergen

2005-11-23 Norway

Well I have moved to Bergen and as stated in an earlier post I was going to write about moving here, firstly the town itself.

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway, a municipality, it used to be the capital (now Oslo), is situated on the west coast of Norway and has a population of about 240,000 people. It is a very old trading city, and some of the old buildings can still be seen, though the most famous Bryggen is from the early 18th Century.

For satelite pictures up close, use google here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bergen+Norway&t=k&hl=en

And this is where it is in relation to the rest of Norway, indeed you can also see Scotland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania:

ttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bergen+Norway&ll=60.403341,5.332489&spn=11.004356,44.461670&t=k&hl=en

For more information check out these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen%2C_Norway

http://www.bergen.kommune.no/

http://www.bergen-guide.com/

http://www.bergen-travel.com/

http://www.virtualbergen.com/ (A really well designed site)