Bergen is a popular tourist city with plenty of things to see, and with good tourist services around. If you want to explore most sights of the city on an arranged tour, it will be no problem as there are several different options for sightseeing tours in bergen available. You can choose a standard bus tours starting at the tourist information center, or -which is even more popular- climb into the Bergen express, a tourist train showing you the most interesting sights of the city, and taking you half way up to Mount Floyen to see the views over the city. Services of the Bergen Express are available during the summer only, and the train usually starts a new tour once in an hour. The starting place for the tour is in Bryggen. Another even more famous tourist train located further away from Bergen, Flåm railway is considered a masterpiece of Norwegian engineering. The railway runs between Flåm and Myrdal, and is one of the world's steepest railway lines.
Facts of Bergen
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Best months to go May, June, July, August, September |
| Time zone: GMT +1 | |
| Population 260.000 | |
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Biggest city: Bergen |
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Language(s) Norwegian |
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100 % |
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Religions: Church of Norway 86% |
