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Recommended minimum amount of time in Old Bergen: 1 hour. Normal amount of time: 2-3 hours.
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NOK 140
Student
NOK 70
Children 0-17 years
Free
Free for children under 18 years (children under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult)
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NOK 105
-25% for 2 adults
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25 % discount for 10+ persons
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Old Bergen Museum

A breath of nostalgia!

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?

In 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.

The Living Museum

At old Bergen open air museum you can experience some of this atmosphere, with houses from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Actors makes history come alive.
What did it look like? What did people talk about?

In the cobbled streets of the Old Bergen Museum, you are welcome to come into the houses and explore on your own, or maybe have a chat with one of the people who “live” here? In close proximity to the city center and scenic surroundings, you can meet both lords and servants from times gone by. You can peek in through the windows, enter the houses to look at exhibitions and historic interiors. Inside the house you will find information with brief information about the history of the houses.

In beautiful natural surroundings you can meet both masters and servants from the past. You can peek in windows, open doors, and walk into exhibitions and historical interiors. The museum’s role players help to bring the site to life and provide answers to some of the questions on how life could have been lived in Bergen one or two hundred years ago.

And not least, we look forward to welcoming you to our new café on the square!

Old Bergen becomes a museum

The museum was opened in 1949 and is built around the summer house “Elsesro” which shipbuilder Rasmus Rolfsen built for his wife Elsebe. The property was owned by the Rolfsen family from 1784 to 1903. Here, the family built a shipyard and a summerhouse, and later a park in the style of a formal English garden. Old Bergen foundation succeeded in establishing the museum as a safe haven for Bergen’s old buildings, which were threatened with being torn down. The houses which you will find at the museum arrived between 1945 and 1981. The open air Museum has today 55 wooden houses, most of which originally stood in the centre of Bergen.

The park

Take a stroll in the surrounding english park which is ideal for peacefullness, inspiration. Open to all visitors. Maybe it’s tempting to take a dip in seaside bathing facility at Elsesro (Sandviken Sjøbad)? Just remember that grilling and the use of open fire is prohibited in the museum area.

The area can be visited all year round!

 

Phone
+47 47 97 95 76/ +47 55 30 80 30
E-mail
post@bymuseet.no
Address
Nyhavnsveien 4, Elsesro
Practical information:
Old Bergen Museum is a short bike or walk from the center, approx. 10 min by bike or 40 min to walk.
You can arrive by sea from the center with the boat "Beffen", or make your return trip from Old Bergen to the city center.
Bus nos. 3, 4, 12, 19, 16E from the city center to the bus stop: Gamle Bergen.
Limited parking opportunities
Museumshop: Tickets, gifts, postcards, coffee, tea, traditional cinnamon buns, ice cream and soft drinks.
Wheelchair access: To enter the houses it is not acceccible with a wheelchair. Steep cobblestoned hill.
Prohibited to take your dog into the houses, except for an approved guide dog.
Grilling and the use of open fires are prohibited in the museum area.
Torvsalen can be rented for various occasions. Rental can be combined with cultural experiences.
Location

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Bryggens Museum
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Håkon´s Hall
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The School Museum
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