Take your children on a journey through time and space! Follow in the footsteps of kings and queens. Experience medieval treasures, cannons, eerie dungeons. FREE entrance at ordinary visits to our museums for children under 18 years of age (children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult). Half price on guided tours. Events separate prices.
In the 1800s Bergen was Europe’s biggest wooden city, a distinctive city environment with closely spaced wooden buildings, busy streets, markets and alleys. How did it look? What did people talk about?
IIn Old Bergen, the whole family can experience life in the “old days”. Here you can stroll and look in the houses, feed the birds, climb the trees and, not least, visit the Civil Servant´s family in 1826 and the Merchant’s family in 1886. On the square, short plays are played throughout the day, and in between it all the children can join in the fun and games. Traditional cinnamon buns, ice cream and soft drinks are sold in the museum kiosk. And not least, we look forward to welcoming you to our café on the square!
Week 26 In service: Join for an hour as a maid or errand boy.
Week 27 Inside the walls: Learn rules and singing games from olden days
Week 28 Carpentry workshop: Make your own toy!
Week 29 Sewing workshop: Come and sew!
Week 30 Carpentry workshop: Make your own toy!
Week 31 Eenie, meenie: Join in playing games from when great-grandma was little
Week 32 Carpentry workshop: Make your own toy!
Week 33 In service: Join for an hour as a maid or errand boy
Location of Old Bergen Museum
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Every day throughout the summer, sweet little “Beffen” departs from Vågen/Rundetårn to Old Bergen Museum.
Departure from Vågen/Rundetårn daily at 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00.
Departure from Old Bergen Museum daily from 10:50, 11:50, 12:50, 13:50, 14:50 and 15:50.
You can buy the boat ticket on board. Show the ticket at the reception at the Old Bergen Museum to get a 20% discount on the entrance ticket. A 20% discount is also given to the Aquarium in Bergen, the Norwegian Fisheries Museum, and the Storeblå Aquaculture Visitor Center.
Adults NOK 85 Children NOK 45
Daily pass adults NOK 200 Children NOK 100
Clipping card Adults NOK 750. Clipping card Children NOK 380
On Saturday, September 21st, and Sunday, September 22nd, Bergenhus Fortress – known as Holmen during the Middle Ages – will come alive with crafts, storytelling, entertainment, and various activities for children and adults alike.
Travel back to the year 1274, when King Magnus Lagabøte introduced Norway’s first national law, which was written here at the royal estate.
Discover what life in Bergen and Holmen might have been like during the era of the national law. You might even meet King Magnus, Queen Ingeborg, and their court! The King’s Guard of 1260, King Magnus’s elite soldiers, will present combat demonstrations and various performances.
Don’t miss the parchment maker, the scribe, the bookbinder, and others who were crucial in creating books and documents. Other medieval craftsmen from the royal estate, the bishop’s estate, and the city will also be showcasing their products and skills.
Jugglers and musicians will add to the festive atmosphere in this beautiful historic setting. At Haakon’s Hall and Rosenkrantz Tower, in the Courtyard, and around the fortress, you can participate in a medieval market, pilgrim walks, knight school, court school, and much more. Or you can relax and enjoy good food inspired by medieval cuisine in the guild tent.
The festival runs from 11:00 to 7:00 both days.
Join us for a magnificent celebration in a historic setting!
Free admission!
Location of Bergenhus Fortress
When you are visiting Bryggens Museum, you can solve puzzles and go on a treasure hunt in the exhibition Below Ground every day. Feel free to join our drawing competition! Free activity booklet and maybe a smaill prizereward for children.
Location of Bryggens Museum
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In 1274, King Magnus VI Håkonsson presented the Laws of the Land, a legislation for all his kingdom. He was the third ruler in medieval Europe to take on such great legislative work. The Laws of the Land were to be applicable law for over 400 years! For his efforts to improve the laws and the legal system, king Magnus is known to posterity by the nickname the Lawmender.
A collaboration between Bymuseet i Bergen, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen Library and Vestland municipality. It is part of the National celebration of the Laws of the Lands.
Exhibition at Bryggens Museum May 22nd 2024 – April 22nd 2025
Come and see the hall of the king himself! Hundreds of knights and royal dignitaries celebrated weddings and coronation ceremonies here for hundreds of years.
How high do you think the roof is? In the lower storey, we see where the king’s scribes sat writing with their quills, and the king once kept his treasure trove in the cellar!
Location of the King Håkon’s Hall
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At Rosenkrantz Tower, you can make your way up steep stairwells from room to room, through chambers and parlours where the princes and princesses of the Middle Ages lived. In the cellar, you can see the dark and eerie dungeon, and almost right at the top, you find the cannons, ready to be fired against pirates and enemies who were trying to capture Bergen.
Location of the Rosenkrantz Tower
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