Hi Dear Folk,
Well we've made it to Bergen. we are at the Bryggen (the dock) also called Tyskebryggen (German dock) it is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings that lines the east side of Vagen harbour. The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 ce in this area so just four years after the invasion of William The Conqueror in England.
Above is the entrance to the Hanseatic Museum.
I love this roof photo. We just wandered around the streets taking it all in. Saw some vintage silver enameled broaches in an antique silver ship. Exquisite pieces with scenes of Viking ships and sunsets over the sea, or reindeer and sleds with the northern lights, or just flowers. Of course we like the Norwegian scene ones, but here again very expensive.
Fish Market area down by the docks.
300 Norwegian Kroner is almost $35.00 American dollars. So you can see how expensive everything is here. Those American lobsters obviously have been shipped over possibly from the New England area. We could buy that same lobster here for $12.00 to $15.00 depending where you bought it. Of course one has to take into account the freight costs.
Pigeon coming into land.
My best deal was the made in Norway soup ladle in a presentation box, which I bought at this second hand shop. A reproduction of one from the 17th century in pewter. Super heavy cost about $25.00. Now I'm committed to make a tureen of Norwegian fish soup.
There is something about this photo above that to me looks so deco, just does.
7 Eleven with a view of the harbour, we bought a pastry here and a cup of coffee. Walked across the street to the Hanseatic Museum and sat down there at their tables. Well we had paid an all day ticket.
In the above photo you can see our ship in the background.
Our one regret, which we could have fitted in was that we left visiting the Norwegian Fisheries Museum until the end of the day, because we thought it was not very far past where our ship was docked, in fact not so. We kept walking and walking and turning another corner and walking and in the end we gave up because we knew we would never make it there, look around and back to the ship in time.
Our entrance ticket to the Hanseatic Museum also included the Norwegian Fisheries Museum, plus a free shuttle bus from town to take you there. If we had realized how far that was we would have taken it earlier in the day and then come back to town. But maybe we would also have spent too much time there and not walked as many streets as we did, got to the thrift shop and bought all our last Norwegian goodies.
I bought a lovely felt wool hat in grey and red, and a black wool felt stole, that is shaped like a fox stole with a fox face, just like the real old fur ones that you drape around your neck.
Christine
Well we've made it to Bergen. we are at the Bryggen (the dock) also called Tyskebryggen (German dock) it is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings that lines the east side of Vagen harbour. The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 ce in this area so just four years after the invasion of William The Conqueror in England.
Above is the entrance to the Hanseatic Museum.
I love this roof photo. We just wandered around the streets taking it all in. Saw some vintage silver enameled broaches in an antique silver ship. Exquisite pieces with scenes of Viking ships and sunsets over the sea, or reindeer and sleds with the northern lights, or just flowers. Of course we like the Norwegian scene ones, but here again very expensive.
Fish Market area down by the docks.
300 Norwegian Kroner is almost $35.00 American dollars. So you can see how expensive everything is here. Those American lobsters obviously have been shipped over possibly from the New England area. We could buy that same lobster here for $12.00 to $15.00 depending where you bought it. Of course one has to take into account the freight costs.
Pigeon coming into land.
My best deal was the made in Norway soup ladle in a presentation box, which I bought at this second hand shop. A reproduction of one from the 17th century in pewter. Super heavy cost about $25.00. Now I'm committed to make a tureen of Norwegian fish soup.
There is something about this photo above that to me looks so deco, just does.
7 Eleven with a view of the harbour, we bought a pastry here and a cup of coffee. Walked across the street to the Hanseatic Museum and sat down there at their tables. Well we had paid an all day ticket.
In the above photo you can see our ship in the background.
Our one regret, which we could have fitted in was that we left visiting the Norwegian Fisheries Museum until the end of the day, because we thought it was not very far past where our ship was docked, in fact not so. We kept walking and walking and turning another corner and walking and in the end we gave up because we knew we would never make it there, look around and back to the ship in time.
Our entrance ticket to the Hanseatic Museum also included the Norwegian Fisheries Museum, plus a free shuttle bus from town to take you there. If we had realized how far that was we would have taken it earlier in the day and then come back to town. But maybe we would also have spent too much time there and not walked as many streets as we did, got to the thrift shop and bought all our last Norwegian goodies.
I bought a lovely felt wool hat in grey and red, and a black wool felt stole, that is shaped like a fox stole with a fox face, just like the real old fur ones that you drape around your neck.
Christine
I saw a programme on TV on this area. Nice to see the photos.
ReplyDeleteThat stole sounds just 'you'.
My grandmother had a real fox stole
A long long time ago