Norway Fjords - Tour of the Hanseatic district of Bryggen in Bergen

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Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

Surely when you imagine you trip to the Norway Fjords The image comes to mind a row of houses with colorful facades that make up a very beautiful scene in a sea port.

It's about the front of Bryggen neighborhood, one of the icons mentioned Norwegian fjords, which before my recent trip was one of the corners I wanted to see the most.

And the truth is that I had visited many years ago Bergen during the return route of trip to the North Cape... but that image did not remember her.

Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

The reason was that this visit coincided with a day of very intense rain, something that, I do not hide, is quite common in Bergen because it is the city where it rains the mostNorway.

On this recent occasion, although the forecast was not at all favorable, the truth is that it did not rain anything, so the weather reconciled me with Bergen and I could enjoy this icon image and take dozens of photographs.

Of the Bryggen tourist attraction You have a preview seeing the photos that accompany this report.

Why Bryggen is a World Heritage Site

Of its historical interest, you have as reference the fact that since 1979 this iconic city of the Norwegian fjords is part of the World Heritage of the Unesco.

Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

He Bryggen old dock neighborhood is the exponent of the importance that the Bergen city it had from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century as an integral part of the so-calledHanseatic League,

Its historical background dates back to the end of the 11th century, when Bryggen became an important center of commerce on the routes through the North Sea.

What is the Hanseatic League

Three centuries later the aforementioned Hanseatic League, a first germ of what is now the European Union.

It was a commercial and defense alliance that since the fourteenth century united several cities in northern Germany, the Netherlands and other countries on the banks of the Baltic Sea.

Although the Norwegian city of Bergen initially it was not part of the Hanseatic LeagueIn 1360 German merchants established an office in the port, as happened in other cities such as Witches Y London.

Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

Subsequently, throughout the centuries Bryggen It suffered numerous fires caused by its configuration with houses built with wood.

The commercial presence of the Germans remained until the end of the 18th century, so that until then there was a community of up to 2,000 German merchants.

Yes well until 1900 Bryggen it maintained a great commercial vigor, in the following years it entered decay and its point of greatest depression reached it coinciding with the last fire that it suffered in 1955.

What to see in Bryggen

From then on, this beautiful neighborhood of colorful wooden houses, former headquarters of stores and warehouses, was gradually revitalized again.

For this, the arrival of a community of artists and designers They were giving him a new life.

Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

The protection that the declaration of World Heritage it has been the necessary step so that in the last decades Bryggen has become a great tourist attraction,

A good reflection of that boom is that the image of its maritime front, as I said, has become one of the icons of the Norway Fjords.

To the extent that this image is taken care of to the fullest, even covering the facades with decorated canvases when they are under restoration, as coincided with my last trip and you can check in the photo below.

Nowadays Bryggen it is configured with 62 wooden buildings, of which all are of construction after the great fire suffered in 1702.

In you walk through the Bryggen neighborhood You will go through narrow alleys and find various restaurants and shops, especially artisans and designers.

In Bryggen You can also visit a museum that shows excavations made between 1955 and 1972.

Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen in Norway Fjords

And also, next to the neighborhood you can visit another Museum dedicated to the presence of the Hanseatic League in Bergen.

In sum, Bryggen is that corner that justifies a trip to the Norway Fjords, where you will find those images that you will be wishing to see and which you will not get tired of photographing.

Here you have more information aboutSummer activities in the Norwegian Fjords.

Photos of Bryggen in Bergen

Here you have more Photos of the Bryggen neighborhood in Bergen, made during my recent trip to the norwegian fjords.



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