Wooden Houses and Seafaring Neighborhoods of Nordnes
Bergen · Norway
- 4 languages
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Step away from the crowds to explore the historic timber architecture and maritime roots of Bergen. You will wander through narrow alleys and past weathered facades that tell the story of a city built on the sea. This walk reveals the intimate scale of the old seafaring quarters.
The walk
Bryggen
The last remnants of a medieval Hanseatic trading empire built on timber and salt.
Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene
The Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene assembly rooms in Bergen, Norway.
Bergen Harbour
Bergen Harbour, an attraction in Bergen, Norway.
Nordnes
A seafaring peninsula where the city's quietest wooden lanes hide a history of royal executions.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Bergen
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How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
This page is the map and the itinerary. The app is the guide who walks it with you.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
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The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
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Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.