Welcome to the digital roadmap to historical Bergen. The website shows you previous and still existing public buildings in Bergen, and the stories behind them.
Pick a part of Bergen in the map above, or make your choise among the themes to the right.
This website is a cooperation between five museums in Bergen. We are Bryggens Museum, Old Bergen Museum, St. Jørgen's Hospital/the Leprosy Museum, Bergen Fire Museum and Bergen Museum of Education. Welcome to the mystery history tour.
Schools can be prestigious buildings, or they can be victims to public cuts. Come and see how schools have contributed in the development of Bergen. Read more!
The Cathedral of Bergen in has existed nearly 900 years. The church was dedicated to the Norwegian saint Olav around 1150. Since then it has burnt five times and was even hit by a cannonball in 1665. The cannonball is still firmly stuck in the church tower to remind us of a time with battles in the bay.
Childbirth has always been associated with danger for the life and health for both mother and child. A number of complications may arise in the process. When the combined midwife school and birth clinic was established in Bergen in 1861, the vast majority of children were born at home, with family and friends to help them into the world. The helpers often lacked basic knowledge, for instance about the importance of hygiene.
Bergen Fire Station is situated in central Bergen next to both the old and the new Town Hall. The fire station was built in 1888, but the fire brigade had used the beautiful Hagerup’s town house as residence for the fire chief since 1863.
