Haakon's Hall - Bymuseet i Bergen
Haakon's Hall - Bymuseet i Bergen
3.5
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Visit the King Hakon’s Hall. Short introductions are offered before you start your tour. Hakon’s Hall is over 750 years old and is packed with history. Through its golden age, decay and resurrection. The hall was built between 1247 and 1261 by King Hakon Hakonsson as a royal residence and banquet hall. This was important to the king as his own coronation ceremony was held in a big boat shed. It apparently rained a lot in Bergen even in the Middle Ages! When the King’s son, Magnus Hakonsson the Lawmender, married the Danish princess Ingeborg in 1261, tables were set for 2,000 persons in three different buildings. According to the sagas, ‘The Kings kept their courts in the stone hall’. At the time, Bergen was Norway’s biggest and most important city, and Hakon’s Hall was the scene of many important national political events.
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Kato122
Cambridge, UK293 contributions
Aug 2020 • Couples
Striking grand hall and lower chambers, with rugs and modern tapestries. Worth a visit. There is a guided pre-visit talk but we chose not to attend this. Clearly a music venue too.
Written August 22, 2020
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Siân
London, UK607 contributions
Mar 2020 • Friends
The Hall is a little bit outside of the centre of Bergen but is very easy to find - just keep walking past Bryggen along the harbour for about 5 - 10 minutes until you see it on your right. It's an absolutely beautiful building and worth walking to - we didn't go in though as we heard there wasn't much inside.
Written July 19, 2020
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russr
Edina, MN213 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
A beautiful old hall that is perfectly suited for a performance. Great acoustics and a vintage setting for a concert.
Written May 30, 2019
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gaa0805
North Smithfield, RI284 contributions
Jan 2019 • Solo
This is one of Bergen's oldest buildings that dates back to the 13th century. Expereincing the history of any city makes my travel expereince more meaningful. This is worth the visit.
Written March 1, 2019
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gosmart07
Sarasota, FL60 contributions
Sep 2018 • Couples
This would be a pleasant venue for a special event, but there is very little to see, for which you will pay $10-$20, depending on your age or if you have already paid for another Bergen museum. Save your $$$.
Written September 8, 2018
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diana0618
Bangkok, Thailand155 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
This place is not so big, so you can easily do it in 20-30 mins. Good introduction to the Norwegian medieval history (from the well-known Vikings). The introductory documentary that visitors can watch at the beginning of the tour was very helpful.
Written May 1, 2017
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CaseyandSue
Brisbane, Australia456 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
This was the coronation/feasting hall of King Haakon built around the mid 1200's. It is an impressive building for the period in which it was constructed and has been lovingly restored after serious damage in WW2.
Written October 28, 2016
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RobNYR
Brick, NJ12 contributions
Sep 2016 • Couples
Interesting history from when it was built in the 1200s until it sustained severe damage from a harbor explosion in the 1940s. That said, it's fairly overpriced even by Norwegian standards, being that there isn't a ton to see and the fact that the hall itself was filled with rows of Ikea-esque seats, which took away from the experience. No need to spend more than 30-45 minutes here.
Written October 7, 2016
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Aussiemiller
Leura, Australia82 contributions
Jul 2016 • Couples
Went to the hall as a package with the tower.
Worth a visit, great to read about the history, fire in 1944 and the subsequent renovation but truth be told, it is a very basic hall.
Good to tack on to the tower visit and with a cafe put stop thrown in, you would be mad to ignore.
Stop in the cafe and catch up with a coffee and carrot cake...mmm.....
Anyhow, the hall has history but as said, it's over far too quickly.
Worth a visit, great to read about the history, fire in 1944 and the subsequent renovation but truth be told, it is a very basic hall.
Good to tack on to the tower visit and with a cafe put stop thrown in, you would be mad to ignore.
Stop in the cafe and catch up with a coffee and carrot cake...mmm.....
Anyhow, the hall has history but as said, it's over far too quickly.
Written July 18, 2016
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ER
Rottnest Island, Australia228 contributions
The Hall started life as a royal reception facility and still is today although it has had several other uses in its very long history.
It is not a museum and there are no exhibits. However we opted for a guided tour and were glad we did. The guide provided the info we needed to appreciate the building.
We were lucky enough to have the guide to ourselves even though there were plenty of tourists around.
It is not a museum and there are no exhibits. However we opted for a guided tour and were glad we did. The guide provided the info we needed to appreciate the building.
We were lucky enough to have the guide to ourselves even though there were plenty of tourists around.
Written August 1, 2014
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