Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Bergen, Norway

Saint James's Church is a special parish church in Bergen municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Nygård area of the city of Bergen. The church is part of Bergen Cathedral parish in the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, plastered brick church was built in a long church design in 1921 using plans drawn up by the architect Daniel Muri. The church, which seats about 550 people, was consecrated on 5 May 1921.

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Bergen Public Library is a library building and public library institution in Bergen, Norway. Founded in 1872, it is the second largest public library in Norway. In addition to the main building in Bergen's city centre, Bergen Public Library operates nine branch offices and the library service in Bergen's two prisons.

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Bergen Kunsthall er eit kunstgalleri ved Lille Lungegårdsvann i sentrum av Bergen som produserer utstillingar av målarstykke, kunstinstallasjonar osb., står for presentasjon, formidling og sal av samtidskunst, og yter konsulenthjelp. Kunstutstillinga under dei årlege musikkfestspela i Bergen, Festspillutstillingen, vert arrangert i Bergen Kunsthall.

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St. John's Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sydnes area of the city of Bergen. It is one of the five churches for the Bergen Cathedral parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red brick church was built in a cruciform design between 1891 and 1894 in the Gothic Revival style. The architect was Herman Backer. The church seats about 1250 people, making it the largest church in Bergen. It was consecrated on 15 March 1894.

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Hans Majestet Pinnsvinet, or Erinaceus europaeus minor, Rex et Inspirator, is the high protector of Studentersamfunnet i Bergen. The Majesty appeared in 1935, one year after the Student Society was founded. To appoint an animal as protector is a tradition in Norwegian student organisations, dating back too 1859 when Norwegian Students' Society in Oslo selected a pig as their highest protector.

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The Christie Pillar is a statue of the President of the Storting and Eidsvoll man Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1778–1849) on the Museum Square in front of the Bergen Museum's natural history collections in Bergen. From here, he looks out over Christie's street, the street that bears his name through the city center, and reminds us to follow the constitution. The cloak hanging over the shoulder, the boots and the scroll are reminiscent of statues from Roman times, and are an expression of the artist Christopher Borch's ambition to highlight the historical significance of Christie's efforts for Norway.

Wikipedia: Christiestøtten (NO)

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.

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The Natural History Collections is a natural history museum in Bergen, which is part of the University Museum of Bergen. The museum is popularly called the Natural History Museum.

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The University Library in Bergen was officially established in 1948, but is a continuation of the Bergen Museum's library, which was founded at the same time as the museum itself by Diocesan Governor Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie in 1825. The University Library is a public scientific library. The library is part of the overall academic and educational offer at the University of Bergen.

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The Bergen Maritime Museum was founded on 13 April 1921 and had its official opening on 18 February 1927. In 1962, the museum moved into its own building designed by architect Per Grieg. It has a monumental Romanesque style with strong stone walls. The exhibition rooms are built around an inner atrium with glass walls that help to make them bright and pleasant. The exhibitions cover the entire history of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day. There are several unique objects and an extensive collection of models of famous vessels. The museum is also used as a banquet room.

Wikipedia: Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum (NO)

Bergen Technical Museum is a technical museum located at Møhlenpris in Bergen, Norway. It is owned and run by various local membership groups with each their own specialized collections, which is collectively displayed in an old tram depot.

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Trikkehallen is located at Thormøhlensgate 23 in the Møhlenpris district of Bergen. The tram hall is owned by the City of Bergen and is currently used by the Bergen Museum of Science and Technology. The facility consists of a number of different buildings. The main buildings are the tram hall, the garage building and the omnibus workshop. The nearest neighbor is Trikkebyen, which is housing for the tramway officials.

Wikipedia: Trikkehallen (Bergen) (NO)

Treet is a building in Bergen, located in the immediate vicinity of the Puddefjord Bridge. The building is constructed as a wooden building with glulam beams as the outer and inner skeleton, and has 14 floors above the concrete plinth that contains, among other things, parking and technical main installations. Bergen og Omegn Boligbyggelag was the builder, while the architectural firm Artec Prosjekt Team AS designed the building.

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