Bryggens Museum
Bryggens Museum is a museum located in Bergen, Norway. During 1955, parts of the historic district of Bryggen were ravaged by a fire. During subsequent archaeological excavations a number of objects were uncovered, providing an insight into commerce, shipping, handicrafts and everyday life during the Medieval Period.Photo: Erik den yngre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: bryggens.museum@bymuseet.no
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Bergen, Norway
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf and St Mary’s Church.
Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bryggen, also known as Tyskebryggen, is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen, Norway. Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf is situated 110 metres south of Bryggens Museum.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Bryggen area in the central part of the city of Bergen.
Theta museum
Museum
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY 2.0.
The Theta Museum is a museum in Bergen, Norway. It is a one-room museum in a room that was used by the Norwegian resistance group known as the Theta group to send radio messages to England under the Nazi German occupation during World War II. Theta museum is situated 110 metres southeast of Bryggens Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandviksfjellet and Brushytten.
Sandviksfjellet
Locality
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandviksfjellet is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the traditional seven mountains that surround the city centre of Bergen.
Askøy
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Askøy is an island in Hordaland county, Norway. Located directly north-west of Bergen, parts of the island functions as a suburb of the city. However, particularly the northern and western parts of the 30 km long island have beautiful rural landscapes, culminating in the small island community of Herdla, linked to Askøy by a short bridge.
Bryggens Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bergen, Hordaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.39838° or 60° 23′ 54″ northLongitude
5.32281° or 5° 19′ 22″ eastOperator
Bymuseet i BergenOpen location code
9FG798XF+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 331274533OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4980773
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Bryggens Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bryggens Museum”
- Catalan: “Museu de Bryggen”
- Chinese: “布吕根博物馆”
- Danish: “Bryggens Museum”
- German: “Bryggens Museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bryggen museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bryggens museum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bryggens Museum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bryggens museum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bryggens Museum”
- Norwegian: “Bryggens Museum”
- Spanish: “Bryggens Museum”
- Spanish: “Museo de Bryggen”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Брюґґен”
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