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Bryggen

Bryggen from directly overhead

Bryggen is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Hauggjelsvarden stands 673 m to the east-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Escape Bryggen, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

UNESCO World Heritage Site

The story

Series of Hanseatic commercial buildings in Bergen, Norway.

Wikidata Q153430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited

How to reach it

Coordinates60.39744, 5.32354

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Museums: 55
Parks: 46
  • Koengen: 0.2 mi
  • Øvre Ole Bulls plass 1 AS: 0.4 mi
  • Fredriksberg park: 0.5 mi
  • Meyermarken: 0.5 mi
  • Nordnesparken: 0.7 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Bogstifossen: 2.3 mi
  • Urteigfossen: 7.2 mi
  • Fossen: 10.3 mi
  • Giljafossen: 10.4 mi
  • Gjerstadfossen: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Møhlenpris badeplass: 1.1 mi
  • Vollane: 3.0 mi
  • Nygardsvika friluftsområde: 5.5 mi
  • Skjoldbukta: 5.9 mi
  • Kollavågen: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kletten: 7.5 mi
  • Juditslund: 7.6 mi
  • Stuperen: 7.6 mi
  • Bjørnemarken: 7.7 mi
  • Sekkeviken: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Geithelleren: 3.0 mi
  • Hakkstein: 7.2 mi
  • Skiphammaren: 7.3 mi
  • Balhammaren: 20.4 mi
  • Laddberget: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.7 miles of Bryggen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HauggjelsvardenESE673 m3.6 mi
UlrikenESE643 m2.6 mi
GrønetuaENE642 m3.2 mi
VardeggaENE590 m3.1 mi
RundemanenNE568 m1.8 mi
BlåmanenENE551 m1.4 mi
KvitebjørnenNNE484 m1.9 mi
LøvstakkenS477 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4217:5718:52
June solstice04:1121:5023:12
September equinox07:2318:4619:42
December solstice09:4513:0315:30

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/32669193

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