Guidebook for Bergen

Tor Martin
Tor Martin
Guidebook for Bergen

Food Scene

Sumo is a very good sushi and asian food restaurant 100 metres down the street. http://sumorestaurant.no/en/
33 locals recommend
Sumo Solheimsviken
39 Damsgårdsveien
33 locals recommend
Sumo is a very good sushi and asian food restaurant 100 metres down the street. http://sumorestaurant.no/en/
Pizzabakeren is a take away pizza place vis a vis my building. Good pizza at a relatively low price.
20 locals recommend
Pizzabakeren Solheimsviken
58 Damsgårdsveien
20 locals recommend
Pizzabakeren is a take away pizza place vis a vis my building. Good pizza at a relatively low price.
Bien Bar is a very popular local restaurant. Is situated in an old 1930-ies art deco pharmacy close to Danmarksplass, where most of the original interior is kept. Small but good menu. Not very expensive. Season based local food. http://bienbar.no/ A new adittion ("Bien Snack Bar") is a modern addittion. Good food, good beed and classic cocktails.
146 locals recommend
Bien Restaurant
30 Fjøsangerveien
146 locals recommend
Bien Bar is a very popular local restaurant. Is situated in an old 1930-ies art deco pharmacy close to Danmarksplass, where most of the original interior is kept. Small but good menu. Not very expensive. Season based local food. http://bienbar.no/ A new adittion ("Bien Snack Bar") is a modern addittion. Good food, good beed and classic cocktails.
Over the new pedestrian bridge, just a few minutes from my front door, lies Kaffebrenneriet. Freshly roasted coffee in a rustic and partly home made environment. http://kaffebrenneri.de.gpu.no/
112 locals recommend
Bergen Kaffebrenneri
6 Kong Christian Fredriks plass
112 locals recommend
Over the new pedestrian bridge, just a few minutes from my front door, lies Kaffebrenneriet. Freshly roasted coffee in a rustic and partly home made environment. http://kaffebrenneri.de.gpu.no/
Good pizza restaurant, nice atmosphere, American style. https://www.peppes.no/
20 locals recommend
Peppes Pizza - Danmarkskrysset
30B Fjøsangerveien
20 locals recommend
Good pizza restaurant, nice atmosphere, American style. https://www.peppes.no/
Cafe and brasserie at the Litterature house in Bergen! http://colonialen.no/
37 locals recommend
Brasseriet
5-7 Østre Skostredet
37 locals recommend
Cafe and brasserie at the Litterature house in Bergen! http://colonialen.no/
Naboen is a good restaurant down town. Downstairs you'll find a pub with one of the best burgers in Bergen! http://www.grannen.no/naboen2
57 locals recommend
Naboen Pub & Restaurant
4 Sigurds gate
57 locals recommend
Naboen is a good restaurant down town. Downstairs you'll find a pub with one of the best burgers in Bergen! http://www.grannen.no/naboen2
The original Escalon is an intimate tapas restaurant just by the station for Fløybanen! Very good spanish-inspired food! http://www.escalon.no/restaurant-floien.php
30 locals recommend
Escalón Fløien
21 Vetrlidsallmenningen
30 locals recommend
The original Escalon is an intimate tapas restaurant just by the station for Fløybanen! Very good spanish-inspired food! http://www.escalon.no/restaurant-floien.php
Theatro is a restaurant and club close to the theatre down town. Very good atmosphere! http://www.theatro.no/
24 locals recommend
Theatro
7 Øvre Ole Bulls plass
24 locals recommend
Theatro is a restaurant and club close to the theatre down town. Very good atmosphere! http://www.theatro.no/
A small, cozy, strange and a tad maximalistically decorated restaurant, with good traditional Norwegian food, and much more! http://www.damsgardstuene.no/
12 locals recommend
Damsgårdstuene
120 Damsgårdsveien
12 locals recommend
A small, cozy, strange and a tad maximalistically decorated restaurant, with good traditional Norwegian food, and much more! http://www.damsgardstuene.no/
One of my favourite restaurants in Bergen with local specialities like gourmet veal and babygoat! http://www.spisekroken.no/en/
59 locals recommend
Spisekroken
8 Klostergaten
59 locals recommend
One of my favourite restaurants in Bergen with local specialities like gourmet veal and babygoat! http://www.spisekroken.no/en/
Good food. New modern concept. Definitely worth a visit! http://mingelgastrobar.no/
25 locals recommend
Mingel Gastrobar
5 Bjørnsons gate
25 locals recommend
Good food. New modern concept. Definitely worth a visit! http://mingelgastrobar.no/
A very good restaurant, one of the best in Bergen. Not cheap, but very good value for money. Good knowledge of wine. http://www.boha.no/
18 locals recommend
Bocca Restaurant
3 Øvre Ole Bulls plass
18 locals recommend
A very good restaurant, one of the best in Bergen. Not cheap, but very good value for money. Good knowledge of wine. http://www.boha.no/
Probably the best restaurant in Bergen. Pricy, but wonderful. Very good knowledge of wine. http://lysverket.no/
93 locals recommend
Lysverket
9 Rasmus Meyers allé
93 locals recommend
Probably the best restaurant in Bergen. Pricy, but wonderful. Very good knowledge of wine. http://lysverket.no/

Drinks & Nightlife

Beer, wine, good atmosphere. And no background music! 54 different Norwegian and imported beer types on tap...! Beat that!
61 locals recommend
Henrik Ibsen Statue
61 locals recommend
Beer, wine, good atmosphere. And no background music! 54 different Norwegian and imported beer types on tap...! Beat that!
Nobel Bopel is a quirky local retro café/pub, midway between my house and down town.
56 locals recommend
Nobel Bopel
64 Welhavens gate
56 locals recommend
Nobel Bopel is a quirky local retro café/pub, midway between my house and down town.
Beer, pizza and an old retro 70ies feel.
42 locals recommend
Ferdinand på Engen
24 Engen
42 locals recommend
Beer, pizza and an old retro 70ies feel.
A cool retro pub/café.
25 locals recommend
HEM
14 Teatergaten
25 locals recommend
A cool retro pub/café.
A café / bar with a stripped down but very cozy atmosphere. http://www.cafeopera.org/
53 locals recommend
Cafe Opera
18 Engen
53 locals recommend
A café / bar with a stripped down but very cozy atmosphere. http://www.cafeopera.org/
Bar and restaurant at Veftet. Has the best out door bar in town, just by the fjord, facing south-west.
40 locals recommend
Kippers Bar & Kafe USF
12 Georgernes Verft
40 locals recommend
Bar and restaurant at Veftet. Has the best out door bar in town, just by the fjord, facing south-west.

Essentials

One of the grocery shops close by
23 locals recommend
Bunnpris Damsgård
82 Damsgårdsveien
23 locals recommend
One of the grocery shops close by
A good supermarket at Danmarksplass
39 locals recommend
Coop Extra Danmarksplass
33 Solheimsgaten
39 locals recommend
A good supermarket at Danmarksplass
One of the grocery shops close by.
29 locals recommend
KIWI Bøhmergaten
44 Bøhmergaten
29 locals recommend
One of the grocery shops close by.
Grocery shop. The closest one, just 100 meters down the street.
14 locals recommend
REMA 1000 Viken
35 Damsgårdsveien
14 locals recommend
Grocery shop. The closest one, just 100 meters down the street.
This grocery shop is also open on Sundays (most of the others are closed then).
32 locals recommend
Bunnpris
52 Nøstegaten
32 locals recommend
This grocery shop is also open on Sundays (most of the others are closed then).
Small grocery shop. Open seven days a week.
21 locals recommend
convenience store Spilde
28 Thormøhlens Gate
21 locals recommend
Small grocery shop. Open seven days a week.

Sightseeing

Cable car up to Ulrken, the highest mountain surrounding Bergen. Also possible to hike up or down. Restaurant on the top of the mountain. Fantastic views! http://ulriken643.no/
97 locals recommend
Ulriken 643
40 Haukelandsbakken
97 locals recommend
Cable car up to Ulrken, the highest mountain surrounding Bergen. Also possible to hike up or down. Restaurant on the top of the mountain. Fantastic views! http://ulriken643.no/
Funicular up to the mountain. Fantastic views and nice restaurant on Fløyen. Also possible to walk up or down. http://floyen.no/floibanen/
285 locals recommend
Fløibanen
23A Vetrlidsallmenningen
285 locals recommend
Funicular up to the mountain. Fantastic views and nice restaurant on Fløyen. Also possible to walk up or down. http://floyen.no/floibanen/
In the 1800s Bergen was Europe’s biggest wooden city, a distinctive city environment with closely spaced wooden buildings, busy streets, markets and alleys. At Gamle Bergen open air museum you can experience some of this atmosphere, with houses from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. http://www.bymuseet.no/vaare-museer/gamle-bergen-museum/
135 locals recommend
Gamle Bergen Museum - Bergen City Museum
4 Nyhavnsveien
135 locals recommend
In the 1800s Bergen was Europe’s biggest wooden city, a distinctive city environment with closely spaced wooden buildings, busy streets, markets and alleys. At Gamle Bergen open air museum you can experience some of this atmosphere, with houses from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. http://www.bymuseet.no/vaare-museer/gamle-bergen-museum/

Arts & Culture

KODE is one of Scandinavia’s largest museums for art, craft, design and music. KODE Art Museums of Bergen has a unique combination of art museums and composers’ homes, of contemporary art, historical objects, concerts and parklands. http://kodebergen.no/
116 locals recommend
West Norway Museum of Decorative Art
9 Nordahl Bruns gate
116 locals recommend
KODE is one of Scandinavia’s largest museums for art, craft, design and music. KODE Art Museums of Bergen has a unique combination of art museums and composers’ homes, of contemporary art, historical objects, concerts and parklands. http://kodebergen.no/
A science centre is a popular scientific experience – as well as a learning centre for technology and the natural sciences. The centres' primary concern is conveying the excitement of scientific work and experiments, rather than just the scientific results. https://www.vilvite.no/
113 locals recommend
VilVite - Bergen Science Center
51 Thormøhlens Gate
113 locals recommend
A science centre is a popular scientific experience – as well as a learning centre for technology and the natural sciences. The centres' primary concern is conveying the excitement of scientific work and experiments, rather than just the scientific results. https://www.vilvite.no/