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| Bryggen section of Bergen
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| The row of buildings in Bryggen, the historic district in Bergen, that
face the waterfront. Notice the stone paving.
| The same row of pastel buildings as seen from the water side of the
road.
I took this picture in the afternoon.
| In Bryggen, a narrow wooden street overshadowed by tall wooden buildings.
| A crazy jumble of roofs.
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| Another narrow street looking toward a historic building (I forget which
one).
| Bryggen's stone buildings. These are newer, dating from the beginning
of the 20th century.
I took this picture in the afternoon.
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| Elsewhere in Bergen
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| A panoramic movie of the great number of good-quality murals in Fresco
Hall, which houses the Bergen Tourist Information Office. I found a
description of the murals. The first wall shown in this movie is
what that web page calls the "third wall"; the second wall in the movie
is the "Bergen wall"; the final wall in the movie is the "North Country
Wall".
| A close-up of the icons on the ceiling, in case you missed them when
watching the movie.
| A sample of more ceiling icons.
| The wide pedestrian street, Torgallmenningen.
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| Looking at Johanneskirken (St. John's Church), atop of Bergen's hills.
| Hills--or shall I call them mountains--surround Bergen.
| A cool statue, garden and gazebo. I think I took this near the Museum
of Decorative Art (which we didn't go in).
| A waterfall stone pond park. I like how people can climb over anything
they want.
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| Maritime Museum (Sjøfartsmuseum)
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| Ships in bottles in the Maritime Museum.
| The view from the Maritime Museum's second floor. It looks at the far
side of Bergen, a side we never visited.
| The powerful telescope, free to use, on the second floor.
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| Cultural History Museum
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| In the Cultural History Museum, a page about runes, focusing especially
on how to use runes to write Roman text. A good basis for a Game clue.
| The rune-stones described in the text.
| A page describing hnefatafl, a chess-like game that was popular during
the Viking era. You'll need to zoom-in to read it.
I looked up
the detailed rules and the
game sounds both simple and fun. I'd play it.
| A hnefatafl board.
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| Common Nordic weapons. Carrying a weapon indicated that you are a
freeman.
| Wood carvings of geometric patterns of the type that appear on stave
churches.
| An exhibit on the history of theater in Bergen has many model sets.
(Yes, these are three-dimensional, though they're hard to see in this
picture.)
| A 1665 model of Bergen, shown in an exhibit with maps of the city at
various times.
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| Garden by Bergen Museum
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| Part of the garden by the Bergen Museum, with apartment buildings and
one of Bergen's hills in the background. Please tilt your screen! The
picture looks much better that way.
| More garden greenery.
| More of the garden by the Bergen Museum, with a row of pretty townhouses
in the background.
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| Lunch at the Fish Market
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| A scene at Bergen's Fish Market. Most stands have signs like this
listing the many languages they speak.
| Open-faced sandwiches and cold seafood salads.
| For lunch, we ate some fresh shrimp (right) and nectarines (left).
Good. Di Yin loved how sweet the shrimp was. Some shrimp were
pregnant, containing many eggs. Di Yin thinks that may be what made
them so sweet.
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| More Bergen
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| A street in Bergen. On the left (not visible) was, I was surprised to
see, an Indian restaurant.
| Across a small park was a colorful ramp.
| Lille Lungegårdsvannet's fountain along with some of Bergen's hillside
houses.
| By the lake, I spotted these cabbage-like flowers I've never seen before.
I took this picture the following day.
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