Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
For more in-depth cruising information, pick up my
Rick Steves' Northern
European Cruise Ports
guidebook.
Museum Tours:
Many of Bergen's sights are hard to appreciate without a
guide. Fortunately, several include a wonderful and intimate guided tour
with admission. Make the most of the following sights by taking advant-
age of their included tours: Håkon's Hall and Rosenkrantz Tower, Bryg-
gens Museum, Hanseatic Museum, Leprosy Museum, Gamle Bergen, and
Edvard Grieg's Home.
Crowd Control:
In high season, cruise-ship passengers mob the waterfront
between 10:00 and 15:00; to avoid the crush, consider visiting an outlying
sight during this time, such as Gamle Bergen or Edvard Grieg's Home.
Internet Access:
The
TI
offers free, fast Wi-Fi (look for the password posted
on the wall), but no terminals.
Kanel
in the Galleriet Shopping Mall
is a convenient Internet café (2 kr/minute, 20-kr minimum, Mon-Fri
7:30-21:00, Sat 9:00-18:00, closed Sun, located on ground floor next to
Body Shop, tel. 40 62 22 27). The
Bergen Public Library,
next door to
the train station, has free terminals in their downstairs café (30-minute
limit, Mon-Thu 8:30-20:00, Fri 8:30-16:30, Sat 10:00-16:00, closed Sun,
Strømgaten 6, tel. 55 56 85 60).
Laundry:
If you drop your laundry off at
Hygienisk Vask & Rens,
you
can pick it up clean the next day (70 kr/kilo, no self-service, Mon-Fri
8:30-16:30, closed Sat-Sun, Halfdan Kjerulfsgate 8, tel. 55 31 77 41).
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Most in-town sights can easily be reached by foot; only the aquarium and
Gamle Bergen (and farther-flung sights such as the Fantoft Stave Church, Ed-
vard Grieg's Home at Troldhaugen, and the Ulriken643 cable car) are more
than a 10-minute walk from the TI.
