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bergen, norway
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Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.
Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres and is on
the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden,
'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'.
Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland.
Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070
by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital
in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789,
Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway
until the 1830s when it was surpassed by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen,
is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed
at the Geophysical Institute beginning in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of
Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities
and became a part of Hordaland county.
The city is an international centre for aquaculture, shipping, offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national
centre for higher education, media, tourism and finance. Bergen Port is Norway's busiest in terms of both freight and passengers with
over 300 cruise ship calls a year bringing nearly a half a million passengers to Bergen, a number that has doubled in 10 years. Almost half
of the passengers are German or British. The city's main football team is SK Brann and the city's unique tradition is the buekorps. Natives
speak a distinct dialect, known as 'Bergensk'. The city features Bergen Airport, Bergen Light Rail, and is the terminus of the Bergen Line.
Four large bridges connect Bergen to its suburban municipalities.
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jetsetjohnny.ca features
John Simone`s
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Simone spent 5 years traveling
to over 80 countries as Senior Photographer
and Photography Teacher on Princess Cruises
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