office in Bergen continued to function until 1763, and until the 20th century trade continued to follow established patterns. Smoked and dried fish, cod-liver oil and foes were taken to Bergen and stored [...] The Tysksebryggen (German quay) at Bergen, the principal port of western Norway, was for centuries one of the principal places of exchange between northern and southern Europe. The port’s prosperity was [...] from 1872, comprises a house on the waterfront and a warehouse at the rear, in which the life of Bergen merchants is vividly portrays. The associated Schotstuene is a range of assembly rooms where the

The collections of the Technical Museum in Bergen are managed by several voluntary groups each of which takes responsibility for a section of the museum. They are overseen by a board of trustees. The museum [...] listed building. The best-known activity is the tramway line which aims to recreate the system (Bergens Elektriske Sporvej) that ran in the city between 1897 and 1965. Currently it is possible to operate

the transport of klippfish (dried cod) from the Lofoten Islands to Bergen. Mathilde now makes voyages with visitors to and from Bergen. The preservation centre specialises in clinker-built small boats of [...] Norheimsund is a village on the Hardanger Fiord, 75 km north of Bergen, and is an important tourist centre during the summer months. The Fartøyvernsenter (Boat Preservation Centre) was established in 1984

In 1934 a group of citizens of Bergen established a society with the aim of setting up an open air museum, similar to those in many other Scandinavian cities. In 1936 the society took over Elsesro, a summer [...] museum opened in 1949 with three restored houses that had been removed from the city centre. Old Bergen is now part of the city museum service. It comprises some 55 wooden houses that formerly stood in

roof, at Kulleseid in the centre of Bomlo, one of the larger islands in the archipelago south of Bergen on the west coast of Norway. The building was constructed in 1857, only two years after the formation

building with its workshops bathed in light is located at the Salhus Fjord right to the north of Bergen. Tours of the museum start in the oldest part of the factory and cover every single step of the

Diesen Schatz an lebendigen Zeugnissen des produzierenden Gewerbes samt dazugehöriger Infrastruktur zu bergen, wieder ins Bewusstsein zu bringen und zugänglich zu machen, ist Anliegen des Projektes »Route der

afloat. There is a model of a ’ Jekt ’ (sloop) a large vessel used for transporting dried fish to Bergen in the late nineteenth century. Visitors to the centre are able to see craftsmen working with traditional