I’m a city girl at heart so when I arrived in Bergen for my last two days in Norway I set off to explore this avant-garde city rich in both historical significance and cultural flair.
In a nutshell, Bergen is most well-known for Bryggen, the old wharf consisting of a series of Hanseatic wooden buildings.
Today, Bryggen is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its importance during the 14th-16th centuries. There have been multiple fires throughout Bergen’s history which destroyed these houses, yet each rebuilding process used the original construction method.
I popped into the Hanseatic Museum to see what life was… Read more...