bergen tourist information map Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/bergen-tourist-information-map Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:54:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Map of Bergen http://toursmaps.com/map-of-bergen.html http://toursmaps.com/map-of-bergen.html#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:22:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=206560 BERGEN Founded by King Olav Kyrre in 1070. Bergen is one of the country’s oldest towns and probably its most interesting. In the 12th and 13th centuries, one of Norway’s most prosperous periods, it was the capital of the kingdom. Many Norwegian kings were crowned here and many are buried here. During the 14th and 15th centuries it was one of the cities, that controlled commerce in Northern Europe. Big passenger steamers provide exciting comings and goings. With its 208,000 inhabitants, Bergen is today Norway’s second largest dty, commerdally and characteristically a product of the sea. Complementing the various shipping

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