Bergen Photography - Bryggen, Fjords & Seven Mountains
Welcome to my hometown Bergen, often called Norway’s most beautiful city, framed by seven mountains and a working harbour where the light is always changing. At its heart, UNESCO-listed Bryggen keeps its timber lanes and old-town character, while boats, trams and footpaths connect the city to the surrounding fjords.
From the quays you can follow this gallery up to viewpoints and ridges, west towards the open sea and east towards the distant glow of Folgefonna glacier.
Sunset in Bergen, Norway from Mount Fløyen (320m)—city centre, harbour and surrounding fjords glowing in warm evening light.
Chopper view of Bergen, Norway, showing Vågen harbour, cruise ships and densely packed city streets framed by surrounding green mountains.
Bergen Fish Market (Torget)—busy harbor scene with boats, quays and a view up to Mount Fløyen (320m) in Norway.
UNESCO-listed Bryggen at night—iconic timber façades reflected in the harbour water in central Bergen, Norway.
Bergen, Norway—winter evening view over the snow-dusted city and harbor, with lights reflecting in the cold fjord.
Skansen, Bergen—winter view over Vågen harbor, Bryggen and the city lights in the historic center of Bergen, Norway.
UNESCO-listed Bryggen at night—row of illuminated Hanseatic warehouses along Vågen harbour in Bergen, Norway.
Bow-on night view of the illuminated tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl moored in Bergen harbour, Norway, with Bryggen and city lights in the background.
UNESCO-listed Bryggen at night—historic Hanseatic wharf in Bergen, Norway, with colourful wooden warehouses along the harbour.
UNESCO-listed Bryggen at night with colourful wooden Hanseatic warehouses outlined in lights, beautifully reflected in rain puddles on the quay in Bergen, Norway
St Mary’s Church (Mariakirken), Bergen—medieval stone church, Norway
Bybanen bridge over Birkelandskrysset—night light trails, Bergen, Norway
Den Nationale Scene in Bergen—historic national theatre building and cultural landmark in Norway’s second-largest city.
Music Pavilion, Bergen—Victorian bandstand in Byparken city park, Norway.
Permanenten—Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum (KODE 1), Bergen, Norway
Storetveit Church, Bergen—stone neo-Romanesque landmark
Fantoft Stave Church near Bergen — a faithful reconstruction, rebuilt after the 1992 fire, of a medieval stave church originally built in Fortun around the mid-12th century and moved to Fantoft in 1883
Fantoft Stave Church in Bergen, Norway—rebuilt medieval wooden church surrounded by dark forest and snow.
Edvard Grieg’s home, Troldhaugen—composer’s villa and museum by the fjord just outside Bergen, Norway.
Nygårdsparken, Bergen—golden autumn leaves around the lake, Norway.
Historic alleys of Sandviken in Bergen—narrow wooden lanes and old houses climbing the hillside above the fjord.
Cobbled lanes and painted timber houses in Gamle Bergen (Old Bergen) Museum in Sandviken — an open-air “town” built from around 50 relocated wooden buildings that recreate everyday Bergen street life from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Damsgårdssundet, Bergen—narrow sound lined with modern waterfront apartments and traditional wooden houses in Western Norway’s capital.
Bergen Fish Market (Torget)—harbour scene with boats, market stalls and a clear view up to Mount Fløyen in Bergen, Norway.
Solheimsviken, Bergen—sailboats in winter hibernation, Norway
Bergen 2017 UCI Road World Championships—elite road race through the city, Norway
Tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl sails from Bergen, Norway.
Mount Rundemanen (568m), Bergen—beautiful autumn view over the city, fjords and surrounding mountains on the city’s northern ridge.
From Blåmanen (554m): low clouds over Bergen city centre, Norway.
Winter evening on Bergen’s city mountains—snowy bench overlooking southern Bergen, fjords and islands in the distance.
Nattlandsfjellet in Bergen, Norway—peaceful evening view over the southern suburbs, fjords and surrounding hills.
Skyskraperen Restaurant on Mount Ulriken (643m)—wide winter view over Bergen, Norway’s coastal city between seven mountains.
Bergen city center and harbour at winter sunset—warm evening light over snow, sea and surrounding mountains showing the city at its best, Norway
Sunset from Sandvikspilen (417m)—golden view over Sandviken and Bergen harbour, Norway.
Bergen harbour in winter—city lights glowing across snow and sea, Norway.
Christmas market in Bergen, Norway, with a Ferris wheel and snow-covered tents draped in sparkling Christmas lights and festive decorations at dusk.
Floating Christmas tree with festive lights reflected in Lille Lungegårdsvannet at night, with Bergen, Norway illuminated on the hillside in the background.
Beautiful winter at Gamlehaugen, Bergen—royal residence surrounded by snow-laden trees and a frozen lake in Norway.
Beautiful winter at Gamlehaugen in Bergen, Norway—royal estate, snow-covered parkland in soft light.
Beautiful winter at Gamlehaugen, Bergen—royal estate, Norway.
UNESCO-listed Bryggen at night in Bergen, Norway—UNESCO World Heritage wooden wharf glowing under streetlights.
Lille Lungegårdsvannet in winter—frozen city lake with a clear view to Mount Ulriken (643m) in Bergen, Norway.
Mount Fløyen (320m), Bergen—winter panorama over the city centre, harbor and surrounding fjords in Western Norway.
Winter evening on Bergen’s city mountains—soft blue hour light over southern Bergen and the coastal archipelago.
Sea beyond Bergen, Norway—wide coastal horizon at Golta with Atlantic swells and rocky shoreline just outside the city.
All photographs on this page were taken by Norwegian landscape and travel photographer Svein Magne Tunli.