Travel Guides and trips for weekend getaways from bergen county

This is the view of the Bergen city from the Floyen mountain. It is a beautiful city with amazing fjords and definitely worth a visit if you are planning to go to Norway.

Listed as one of UNESCO’s world heritage sites, this is a city booming with dynamic cultural life, both by night and day. Surrounded by seven mountains and fjords, it serves as the halting point for most fjords-explorers. Do experience this city both by night and day, when the bustling streets of the day phenomenally transform into beautifully lit, party-places.

We took the cable car to Mt. Ulriken the highest point of Bergen's 'Seven Mountains' and enjoyed magnificent views of Bergen and the surrounding area. As it was a rainy day, clouds allowed us only teaser view of the city, the sea, the islands, fjords and mountains. But Bergen covered with dense cottony cloud was even more awe-inspiring. Next, we went to Bryggen, the Hanseatic commercial building in the center of the city. Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs. Followed by a quick visit to fish market, Fisketorget and then roaming in narrow alleys of this historic city, before we realized that we were to late to catch the last ferry from Kvanndal to Utne.

Bergen is possibly the most beautiful city in Norway. Walk by the seaside and have some fresh fish at the fish market, or take the funicular railway up Mt. Floyen for an aerial view of the city. The old buildings of Bryggen give a great feel of what Norway must have been like a century back. For Norwegian food, try the restaurant Pingvinen. Bergen is also a good place to explore the famous Norwegian fjords - Hardangerfjord is the closest fjord to Bergen, and a gateway to the smaller Eidfjord.