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Bergen Nightjazz Festival |  Bergen
May 2010 (annual)
The Bergen Nightjazz Festival hosts more than 60 concerts at the former sardine factory, USF Verftet, and at other venues around town, offering what the organisers describe as "modern jazz at the junction between jazz, rock and folk music". |
Bergen International Film Festival |  Bergen Cinema
Oct 2010 (annual)
Norway's fastest-growing annual film festival, the Bergen International Film Festival is held at the Bergen Cinema and features more than 100 international films, a competition programme, documentaries, sci-fi and animation. |
Bergen Art Museum |  Bergen Art Museum
Daily
The three separate buildings of the Bergen Art Museum in the centre of Bergen house one of Scandinavia's largest and most important art collections, spanning from the Renaissance to modern times. |
Troldhaugen |  Troldhaugen
Daily
Once the home of composer Edward Grieg, Troldhaugen is now a museum with an exhibition centre, a concert hall and Grieg's own Victorian villa dating back to 1885. |
Bergen Aquarium |  Bergen Aquarium
Daily
Opened in 1950, Bergen Aquarium (Akvariet i Bergen) is home to a small colony of seals as and a host of local, tropical and southern hemisphere species, including penguins. Snakes, lizards, Cuban crocodiles and marmosets also keep youngsters entertained. |
Fløibanen Funicular |  Fløibanen Funicular
Daily
The best views of Bergen are from Mount Fløyen (Fløyfjell), and the best way to get to the top is to take the Fløibanen Funicular. It's far easier than climbing the fell by foot, and the views are spectacular. |
Bryggen |  Bryggen
Daily
The UNESCO world heritage site of Bryggen is all that remains of an ancient wharf located on the east side of Bergen, founded by King Olav Kyrre around 1070. |
Bergen Fest | Bergen
Apr - May 2010 (annual)
The annual Bergen Fest takes over numerous clubs, theatres and the city's main concert hall. First held in 1993, it is now one of the leading contemporary music events in the country and consistently attracts an excellent array of performers. |
Bergen International Festival | Bergen
May - Jun 2010 (annual)
The Bergen International Festival presents art in all its guises. It is one of the largest in the Nordic countries and aims to become the foremost meeting place for creative and performing artists from this part of the world. |
Metro | Metro
Daily
Get into your latest urban design wear and head down to sleek Metro, underneath Bergen's SAS Radisson Hotel. This combined nightclub-bar-lounge has an extensive cocktail menu, mixing classical favourites with inventive new combinations. House music gets everyone dancing. |
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