Hotels near Old Bergen Museum (Gamle Bergen)

Gamle Bergen is an open-air museum of 55 wooden buildings rescued from across the city as old Bergen neighbourhoods were demolished in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collected village shows a cross-section of a Bergen working-class community from the 1700s to 1900s - bakery, dentist, photographer's studio, shipbuilder's office, weaver's house, all moved here piece by piece and reassembled.

Staff in period costume run guided tours of the interiors in English (included in admission), and the small bakery sells fresh boller cardamom buns made to a 1900s recipe. The museum sits in a small park on the inner side of Sandviken harbour, 3 km north of Bryggen. Open mid-May to mid-September only, 11:00-17:00 daily; closed in winter. Admission 130 NOK adults, free with Bergen Card.

Pro Tip: Catch the 12:00 guided tour for English-language commentary (free with admission) - the buildings come alive when staff explain who lived where and why the building was relocated.