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  2. Stornoway - Wikipedia

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    Stornoway Town Hall. The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, [8] with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr.The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour and became a hub for people from all over the island, who travelled to Stornoway either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.

  3. Bergen - Wikipedia

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    The city is an international centre for aquaculture, shipping, the offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national centre for higher education, media, tourism and finance. Bergen Port is Norway's busiest in terms of both freight and passengers, with over 300 cruise ship calls a year bringing nearly half a million passengers to ...

  4. Category:Tourist attractions in Bergen - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 February 2024, at 23:14 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Fløyen - Wikipedia

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    Fløibanen is an 850-meter (2,790 ft)-long funicular that links Vetrlidsallmenningen, in Bergen city centre, with Fløyfjellet, at an altitude of 320 m (1,050 ft) and near the summit of Fløyen. The funicular also has three intermediate stations, at Promsgate [ no ] , Fjellveien [ no ] and Skansemyren [ no ] , and it was opened in 1918.

  6. Fløibanen - Wikipedia

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    The Fløibanen is a funicular railway, owned by Fløibanen AS, in the Norwegian city of Bergen. It connects the city centre with the mountain of Fløyen, with its mountain walks and magnificent views of the city. It is one of Bergen's major tourist attractions and one of Norway's most visited attractions. The line is 848 m (2,782 ft) long ...

  7. Bryggen - Wikipedia

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    The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the boundaries of Tyskebryggen. Around 1350 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and Tyskebryggen became the centre of the Hanseatic commercial activities in Norway. Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs.

  8. Nordnes Park - Wikipedia

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    The Nordnes Park (Norwegian: Nordnesparken) is a public park in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The park is located near the centre of the city of Bergen on the northwestern end of the Nordnes peninsula. It was established in 1888-1898 after an initiative from Edvard G. Johannessen in Det nyttige Selskab. The park covers ...

  9. Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene - Wikipedia

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    The present building was put up after a fire in 1702 when most of the city centre of Bergen burned down. The museum was started in a building owned by the merchant Johan Wilhelm Olsen in 1872. As the collection increased, another building, Murtasken, was constructed from a drawing by the architect Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe (1833–1901) .

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