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Tours in Bergen |
Walking Tours
Bergen Guide Service (tel: 5530 1060; website: www.visitbergen.com) offers a variety of guided walking tours which include visits to Bryggen, the Hanseatic museums and Fløibanen Funicular Railway among other attractions. Bergen Tourist Information (see Sightseeing) can also be contacted for information about walks and itineraries.
Boat Tours
Run by Bergen Fjord Sightseeing (tel: 5525 9000; website: www.whitelady.no), these harbour trips provide excellent views of Bergen's colourful houses and of the seven mountains that surround the city. The MS White Lady leaves the Torget daily between 1 June and the end of August. The trip lasts an hour.
Bus Tours
Tide (tel: 05505; website: www.tide.no) runs two different regular tours daily in the peak season. These depart from the tourist information office (see Sightseeing). The first option includes stops at Old Bergen Museum and Troldhaugen, while the second takes in Troldhaugen and the Fantoft Stave Church. Both tours last about three hours. ‘Bergen in a Nutshell' (tel: 5520 2020; website: www.ulriken.no) is a spectacular round trip of the city, taking visitors through the historic town centre in an old double-decker bus and then up the Ulriken cable car to Mount Ulriken.
Other Tours
Fonnafly (tel: 5534 6000; website: www.fonnafly.no) organises tailor-made trips by sea plane or helicopter from Sandviken, 1.5km (1 mile) north of Bergen. A 50-minute flight into the largest and most spectacular fjord of Hardanger is one of many possibilities. Bergen Taxis (tel: 07000; website: www.bergentaxi.no) offer sightseeing tours in and around the city for parties of up to four people. Drivers will conduct the tours in English, German or French.
Bergen Guide Service (tel: 5530 1060; website: www.visitbergen.com) offers a variety of guided walking tours which include visits to Bryggen, the Hanseatic museums and Fløibanen Funicular Railway among other attractions. Bergen Tourist Information (see Sightseeing) can also be contacted for information about walks and itineraries.
Boat Tours
Run by Bergen Fjord Sightseeing (tel: 5525 9000; website: www.whitelady.no), these harbour trips provide excellent views of Bergen's colourful houses and of the seven mountains that surround the city. The MS White Lady leaves the Torget daily between 1 June and the end of August. The trip lasts an hour.
Bus Tours
Tide (tel: 05505; website: www.tide.no) runs two different regular tours daily in the peak season. These depart from the tourist information office (see Sightseeing). The first option includes stops at Old Bergen Museum and Troldhaugen, while the second takes in Troldhaugen and the Fantoft Stave Church. Both tours last about three hours. ‘Bergen in a Nutshell' (tel: 5520 2020; website: www.ulriken.no) is a spectacular round trip of the city, taking visitors through the historic town centre in an old double-decker bus and then up the Ulriken cable car to Mount Ulriken.
Other Tours
Fonnafly (tel: 5534 6000; website: www.fonnafly.no) organises tailor-made trips by sea plane or helicopter from Sandviken, 1.5km (1 mile) north of Bergen. A 50-minute flight into the largest and most spectacular fjord of Hardanger is one of many possibilities. Bergen Taxis (tel: 07000; website: www.bergentaxi.no) offer sightseeing tours in and around the city for parties of up to four people. Drivers will conduct the tours in English, German or French.
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