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Bryggens Museum

Dreggsallmemmingen 3, Bergen 5835, Norway
47 55 58 80 10
Ranked #10 of 34 attractions in Bergen
4.0 of 5 stars 17 Reviews
Type: Museums, History Museums
Description: This museum features relics from Bergen's past dating back to the Middle Ages.
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Utah native
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 27, 2012

My husband and I went through the Byrggens Museum and felt like we understood the history of Bergen much better afterwards. It was neat to get to see the old excavation digs of the wharf area. It is on the small-side, and you probably wouldn't need to spend more than an hour or so here. More

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Albany, New York
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37 reviews 37 reviews
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 12, 2012

Very well displayed exhibits. Lots of information but you can get through it in an hour or so easily. Great way to spend a cool and rainy day - like most of them in Bergen. More

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Porto Alegre, Brazil
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30 reviews 30 reviews
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 28, 2012

Very nice to learn a bit about the history of Bergen, nice to see images of the city from the viking times until now. Learned about the greeat fire in Bryggen and how it changed the people opinion about putting the old houses down, also there was a exibition about Sunniva and her legend, very interesting. More

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Brampton, Canada
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51 reviews 51 reviews
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 17, 2012

This was a very informative, well rounded exhibition encompassing the history of the Hanseatic League period. They also had an exhibit (in another area) on Bone through the Ages (how humans used bone) which was quite interesting for me as I am a period re-enactor (Viking). More

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Gawler, Australia
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11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 5, 2012

Fascinating to look back at the development of the area More

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Bergen, Norway
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24 reviews 24 reviews
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16 helpful votes 16 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 27, 2011

museum with a permanent exhibition from the excavations at Bryggen in situ, as well as changing exhibitions of varying character. More

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Bergen, Norway
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7 reviews 7 reviews
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed December 22, 2011
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Not easy to find but well worth looking for. Feels like stepping back in time which is how a museum should make you feel. More

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leics
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed November 21, 2011
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Museum quite small but very informative, especially short video about how people lived. It conjures up a picture of how things were. Visit the Hanseatic Museum afterwards and you will definitley know what is was like living there many years ago! Bergen card useful or there is a discount off other museums when you pay to go in here. More

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London
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32 reviews 32 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
29 helpful votes 29 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2011
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Like all Bergen museums it is pricey and small. But the temporary exhibition on the top floor (animals and how they were used) was really well displayed and really informative. Few museums are that well curated. If you want to be cheap you can look in the big windows from outside for free, and see a bit of it... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed March 2, 2012
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