Discover Hidden Bergen

This winter one of my photo projects was to take pictures of Gamlehaugen, the royal residence in Bergen. Whenever the royal family visit...

Some weeks ago, because of the mayhem going on in the Middle East these days, this old piece by AFK in Damsgårdsveien, Gyldenpris, went...

Bergen has its own saint, saint Sunniva. It was believed that she could protect the city from all the fires. Sunniva was an Irish...

I currently live in Laksevåg, the area on the other side of the Puddefjord bridge. As it requires some walking the tourists usually skip...

A couple of days ago this cool piece appeared near the funicular, on a private house. The artist, AFK, usually paints in black, grey and...

This new street artist, Anomal, has painted a cool street art piece at Kronstad. Kronstad is an area rarely visited by tourists even it...

NB! Bølgekraftverket is no longer accessible to the public as they removed the old bridge in December 2022. Feel free to read the post...

NB: The cafe had to close for good recently, so there is no use going to Wergeland for coffee anymore. Wergeland is an area not often...

In April 2020 during the first lockdown the public library decided to convert three listed phone booths in the city centre into...

The old tram is up and running again 70 years later. These days it starts at Høyden, the university area, and takes you down to...

Statsraad Lehmkuhl is one of my favourite photo subjects in Bergen. It is an old school ship, a three masted steel bark from Germany,...

Ok, it's been a while. This summer most of us stayed in our hometowns due to covid regulations. So did I, but I seized the opportunity to...

Most street artists in Bergen are men. There are a few females, among them Coma Girl who recently painted this cool piece at USF Verftet...

The area is called Klosteret which means "the monastery" in Norwegian. As you can see this is just a parking lot these days but back in...

Danmarks plass

Being a hobby photographer I often walk around taking photos of buildings. These are some old houses dating from the 1800. They are...

My first blogpost about Bergen. I was born and raised here. Apart from a few stays abroad I have lived in Bergen all my life. Let's talk...