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Nordness Park and Vicinity

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.

2019 Norway pictures
Part 1: To Bergen
Part 2: In Bergen
Part 3: Nordness area in Bergen
Part 4: Mt. Fløyen: Night
Part 5: Mt. Fløyen: Day
Part 6: Bergenhus Festning (Bergen Castle Fortress)
Part 7: Fjords: The Train to Voss
Part 8: Fjords: The Bus to Gudvangen
Part 9: Fjords: Gudvangen
Part 10: Sognefjord by Boat



Part 11: Flåm
Part 12: Brekkefossen Waterfall
Part 13: Flåmsbana: The Flåm Railroad
Part 14: Myrdal to Oslo by Train
Part 15: Exploring Oslo

Part 16: Oslo Palace and Park
Part 17: Oslo City Hall
Part 18: Oslo: A Night on the Opera (House)
Part 19: Oslo: Helsfyr District
Part 20: Oslo, Solo
Part 21: The Trip Home

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Nordness Park

The park was very close to our hotel. We walked there in the morning and I took a lot of pictures of the bay.

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The Vågen Bay from Nordness Park.

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The Vågen bay—it didn't stitch together well into a single panoramic image.

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A fjord cruise ship leaves the area.

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Looking at houses just north of Bergen (Sandviken?).

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Two small (as in "merely huge") cargo ships in port.

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A fjord cruise ship.

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The Askøy Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Byfjorden between...(more)

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A day cruise boat?

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The hillside of Sandviken(?) near Bergen.

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A big-ish boat dwarfed by a bigger-ish boat.

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Waves by the edge of Nordness Park.

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A fjord cruise ship by Askøy Bridge.

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The edge of the park on the left and Sankviken(?) in the distance.

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A hydrofoil (I think).

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A normal-big-size private boat approaches the hydrofoil's wake.

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The boat has SAR on it. Search and Rescue? OK...it's part of the Norwegian...(more)

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I tested the telephoto lens I was borrowing on a Swedish SAS plane flying over....(more)

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Some cool, odd graffiti on a building in the park. Stephanie and I posed next...(more)

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The graffiti on a building.

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More Park stuff

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A totem pole. In Norway. I was a little confused, as it had the look of...(more)

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Turns out there's something on the backside of the totem pole.

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It was a gift from Seattle, it's sister-city, in 1970, in honor of Bergen's 900...(more)

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I saw a swarm of small school children arriving when I wanted to get a close-up...(more)

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A statue of Edvard G. Johannessen, who created an inititive to establish the...(more)

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Some flowers growing in a semi-circle around a tree.

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A close-up of the flowers growing around a tree.

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A closer-close-up of flowers growing around a tree.

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A Search and Rescue (SAR) boat from the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue...(more)

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Things look straight to me. As Morty once said after experiencing perfect...(more)

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Stephanie is a swinger. Guess I was too.

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More swinging.

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Looking out on the Byfjorden.

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A close-up of a plant (playing with my wide-angle lens' macro-like capaiblity).

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Looking out to Sandviken.

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Looking towards the Syndes area and the ferries to Denmark.

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Looking towars the southwestern part of town. The tall spire might be...(more)

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Look...there's a little kayak in the water!

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A statue of the head of Kristian Magdalon Bing, a Norwegian lawyer, author,...(more)

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Just some nice looking apartment buildings.

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So blue! And the bonus non-corner corner with extra windows!


Fredriksberg Fortress and more

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.

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Walls of the Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen.

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Walls of the Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen with sun-bathers on the grass.

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The Fredriksberg Fortress in Bergen.

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We were wondering about the bit jutting out in front at the bottom. My guess...(more)

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The funicular just below the top of Mt. Fløyen.

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More intelligent Dendrite trees.

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A network of Dentrite-brain trees.

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A plaque for the The War Mother. Feel free to translate it yourself.

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A statue dedicated to The War Mother who took care of the house and family...(more)

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A view down to the water in Bergen.

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Looking northeast toward the city center in Bergen with the Nykiren tower...(more)

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More views of central Bergen. The clock tower on Nykirken ("The New...(more)

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Looking more towards the southeastern part of Bergen.




2019 Norway pictures
Part 1: To Bergen
Part 2: In Bergen
Part 3: Nordness area in Bergen
Part 4: Mt. Fløyen: Night
Part 5: Mt. Fløyen: Day
Part 6: Bergenhus Festning (Bergen Castle Fortress)
Part 7: Fjords: The Train to Voss
Part 8: Fjords: The Bus to Gudvangen
Part 9: Fjords: Gudvangen
Part 10: Sognefjord by Boat



Part 11: Flåm
Part 12: Brekkefossen Waterfall
Part 13: Flåmsbana: The Flåm Railroad
Part 14: Myrdal to Oslo by Train
Part 15: Exploring Oslo

Part 16: Oslo Palace and Park
Part 17: Oslo City Hall
Part 18: Oslo: A Night on the Opera (House)
Part 19: Oslo: Helsfyr District
Part 20: Oslo, Solo
Part 21: The Trip Home


This page last modified Jun 15, 2019.
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