We explored the Nordness Park and Peninsula in Bergen on Tuesday April 16, 2019. This included the park, the residential areas and the Fredriksberg Fortress. 000-DSC_2244-header: Nordness Park 000-DSC_2244-headertext:
The park was very close to our hotel. We walked there in the morning and I took a lot of pictures of the bay. 000-DSC_2244: The Vågen Bay from Nordness Park. 001-DSC_2245: The Vågen bay—it didn't stitch together well into a single panoramic image. 002-DSC_2246: 003-DSC_2247: 004-DSC_2248: A fjord cruise ship leaves the area. 006-DSC_2250: 007-DSC_2251: Looking at houses just north of Bergen (Sandviken?). 008-DSC_2252: Two small (as in "merely huge") cargo ships in port. 009-DSC_2253: A fjord cruise ship. 010-DSC_2254: 011-DSC_2255: The Askøy Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Byfjorden between Bergen and Askøy. 012-DSC_2256: A day cruise boat? 013-DSC_2258: 014-DSC_2261: The hillside of Sandviken(?) near Bergen. 015-DSC_2263: A big-ish boat dwarfed by a bigger-ish boat. 016-DSC_2264: Waves by the edge of Nordness Park. 017-DSC_2265: A fjord cruise ship by Askøy Bridge. 018-DSC_2266: The edge of the park on the left and Sankviken(?) in the distance. 019-DSC_2267: A hydrofoil (I think). 020-DSC_2269: A normal-big-size private boat approaches the hydrofoil's wake. 021-DSC_2271: 022-DSC_2272: The boat has SAR on it. Search and Rescue? OK...it's part of the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue. 023-DSC_2273: I tested the telephoto lens I was borrowing on a Swedish SAS plane flying over. Because the Bergen airport is a bit south of town, there is very little airplane traffic flying overhead. It was something I didn't immediately notice. By the way, SAS pilots went on strike the day after the DFRWS conference ended a week later and some attendees had to scramble to rearrange their schedules. 024-DSC_2276: Some cool, odd graffiti on a building in the park. Stephanie and I posed next to it. I wanted to test the remote control I recently bought for my camera. 025-DSC_2278: The graffiti on a building. 027-DSC_2282: 028-DSC_2283: 029-DSC_2284: 030-DSC_2281-header: More Park stuff 030-DSC_2281-headertext: 030-DSC_2281: A totem pole. In Norway. I was a little confused, as it had the look of something from the Pacific Nortwest (US/Canada). 030a-DSC_2286: Turns out there's something on the backside of the totem pole. 030b-DSC_2287: It was a gift from Seattle, it's sister-city, in 1970, in honor of Bergen's 900 year anniversary! 030c-DSC_2288: I saw a swarm of small school children arriving when I wanted to get a close-up picture of the plaque on the pole. I realized I had to be quick. Shortly afterwards, it was surrounded by young Vikings. 033-DSC_2289: A statue of Edvard G. Johannessen, who created an inititive to establish the Nordness Park. The park was established in 1888-1898. 034-DSC_2291: Some flowers growing in a semi-circle around a tree. 035-DSC_2292: A close-up of the flowers growing around a tree. 036-DSC_2293: A closer-close-up of flowers growing around a tree. 037-DSC_2294: A Search and Rescue (SAR) boat from the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue (Redningsselskapet for short). 038-DSC_2295: Things look straight to me. As Morty once said after experiencing perfect level, "Everything is tilted!" 039-DSC_2296: Stephanie is a swinger. Guess I was too. 040-DSC_2297: More swinging. 041-DSC_2298: Looking out on the Byfjorden. 042-DSC_2299: 043-DSC_2300: A close-up of a plant (playing with my wide-angle lens' macro-like capaiblity). 044-DSC_2303: 045-DSC_2304: Looking out to Sandviken. 046-DSC_2305: Looking towards the Syndes area and the ferries to Denmark. 047-DSC_2307: 048-DSC_2309: Looking towars the southwestern part of town. The tall spire might be Johanneskirken, St. John's Church. 049-DSC_2310: Look...there's a little kayak in the water! 050-DSC_2311: 051-DSC_2312: A statue of the head of Kristian Magdalon Bing, a Norwegian lawyer, author, and rock climber. 052-DSC_2313: Just some nice looking apartment buildings. 053-DSC_2314: So blue! And the bonus non-corner corner with extra windows! 054-DSC_2315-header: Fredriksberg Fortress and more 054-DSC_2315-headertext:
The Fredriksberg Fortress is on the highest point in the peninsula with steep cliff walls on the west side. The fort was built between 1666 and 1667. Construction stalled and was restartedin 1695 and completed in 1706. 054-DSC_2315: Walls of the Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen. 055-DSC_2316: Walls of the Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen with sun-bathers on the grass. 055a-DSC_2325: The Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen. 056-DSC_2319: We were wondering about the bit jutting out in front at the bottom. My guess is that it's to break up ice or at least stop it from destroying the hull. 057-DSC_2320: The funicular just below the top of Mt. Fløyen. 058-DSC_2321: More intelligent Dendrite trees. 059-DSC_2322: A network of Dentrite-brain trees. 061-DSC_2326: A plaque for the The War Mother. Feel free to translate it yourself. 062-DSC_2327: A statue dedicated to The War Mother who took care of the house and family while their husbands and children were off in the war. 063-DSC_2328: 064-DSC_2329: A view down to the water in Bergen. 065-DSC_2330: Looking northeast toward the city center in Bergen with the Nykiren tower sticking up above the buildings. 066-DSC_2331: More views of central Bergen. The clock tower on Nykirken ("The New Church") says "Ano 1761" on it. 067-DSC_2332: Looking more towards the southeastern part of Bergen. Bottom: