Attraction · Bergen · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf is an attraction in Bergen, Vestland. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 15 of the 33 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 70 m you'll find a public toilet, a water point and a bench.
Audio tour · Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf
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You're standing at Bryggen, the old wharf on the harbour of Bergen in Norway. Look at the row of wooden merchants' houses along the water. This used to be called Tyskebryggen, the German Wharf. And according to the old sagas, Bergen was founded right here, around the year 1070.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
33 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 15 of the 33 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
Partly: according to OpenStreetMap it is only partly wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 40 m and a water point at 70 m.
When you stand at Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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