Tag: Bryggen

  • Bergen

    Continued from Tallinn

    Days 6,7

    We landed in Oslo in the afternoon, and flew to Bergen the next morning. More on Oslo in a different post. The flight took less than an hour. Bergen was a magical sight even before we landed. Our first view of it was a series of colourful “toy” buildings, nestled amongst gigantic blocks of ice and dark swathes of water.

    A bus from the airport, which we already had tickets for, took us to very near our hotel in about 30 minutes. D was floored, literally, soon as we got out of the bus. Walking on ice is tricky business. The Thon Rosenkrantz is just off Bryggen, and once again we got lucky with the room being ready though we were early.

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