Norge - Noreg - Norway Hordaland county Bergen - Bryggen

One of the best known place to visit in Bergen is 'Bryggen' Here you can see how the town looked like when the Hansaatic companies were in charge of most of the trade with Europe that were done through Bergen. It's well preserved houses and surroundings are quite interesting to visit, and you can also have something nice to eat in the resturants there. Bryggen is also on UNESCO list. Through time there has been fires, so the oldest house here are from 1702.

The front along the quay

Not all houses are made of wood

Walking around you can study the old buildings, made of wood

and study the building technique

And some of the built-in paths

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