Not very meticulous tourists come to Bergen, seeing in the photos those "houses" - the embankment of Bryggen World Heritage Site of Humanity. And yet Bergen is declared a city of European culture, not only for houses. The Bergen Region, the "Fjord Gate", offers its guests a combination of natural beauty, cultural leisure and interesting city entertainment. And Bergen itself can be called a big city with the charm of a small one.

The first layer of the required sights of Bergen you will find in the harbor and nearby. It's Bryggen himself, the famous fish market (expensive and quite touristy), the Hansa Museum. There is also a bus stop and tourist information center - a modern squat rectangular block, you will not miss it.

Moving to the right of the harbor (if facing the sea), along Bryggen and past the recognizable twin towers of the Mariakirken church, you will reach the tower Rosenkrantz and Hokons Hall . Both are parts of the ancient city fortress of Bergenhus, and, having turned from the embankment deep into the city, you can climb a low hill to the fortification of Sverreborg . Here you can make good photos . if you move along the embankment and farther, you can walk to the Fisherman's Museum and the curious coastal area of ​​Skuteviken: it is not a bit tourist, although the local wooden houses on the piles of the 17th century are exemplary peers of the Brygensky . There are many private boats moored here, to agree on a sea walk .

To the left of the fish market begins the more industrial and uninteresting part of the harbor. Walking in this direction, you will reach the modest church of Nykirken, and then to the Bergen aquarium. The way back around the cape will lead you to another old fortress - Fredriksberg.

Having studied the coastal strip, it's time to move on to the second tour of visiting interesting places in Bergen and move from the harbor deep into .Here you will find the 17th century Korskirken Church and the 12th-century Cathedral, the Lepra Museum and the pretty lake along which the Grieg Congress Center and the three KODE buildings - the National Art Gallery, the main Bergen Museum and not the last among the European . A small pedestrian and you will see a beautiful Johanneskirken, whose spire is raised above the city above and seen from everywhere . The church can be viewed from inside (photo only without flash), and literally in neighboring buildings there are museums of natural and cultural history .

Nak it's time to move on to the more distant routes . You can take the tram to the stop "Florida" and the district of the same name where the modern technology center is located . Or walk there through the park filled with student youth . You can walk on foot and up to Flayen for the panoramic view of the city from the hill, also through the park with a few good viewing platforms on the road . But it's a walk uphill and quite a long (although Norwegians run around here and there in the morning as a charge), so it's better already funicular . Finally , you can and simply have to go to the house-museum of Grieg, that in the suburbs: for the sake of music, and for the sake of the beauty of its surrounding nature .

And, of course, we must not forget that from Bergen all kinds of excursions to the fjords: starting from microtours for coastal waters for a couple of hours and up to full day trips to Hardanger and Sognefjord.