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are over the hill past Klostergaten, Knosesmauet, and Ytre Markevei; near
Marken; and the area behind Bryggen.
Shopping in Bergen
—Most shops, including Husfliden (described below),
are open Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Thu until 19:00, Sat 9:00-15:00, and closed
Sunday. Many of the tourist shops at the harborfront strip along Bryggen are
open daily—even during holidays—until 20:00 or 21:00.
Bryggen is bursting with sweaters, pewter, and trolls. The
Husfliden
shop
is popular for its handmade Norwegian sweaters and goodies (fine variety and
quality but expensive, just off Torget, the market square, at Vågsallmenninge
3, tel. 55 54 47 40).
The
Galleriet
shopping center on Torgallmenningen has six floors of
shops, cafés, and restaurants. You'll find a pharmacy, photo shops, clothing,
sporting goods, bookstores, mobile-phone shops, an Internet café, and a base-
ment grocery store (Mon-Fri 9:00-20:00, Sat 9:00-18:00, closed Sun).
Swimming
—Bergen has two seaside public swimming areas: one at the
aquarium and the other in Gamle Bergen. Each is a great local scene on a hot
sunny day.
Nordnes Sjøbad,
near the aquarium, offers swimmers an outdoor
heated pool and a protected area of the sea (40 kr, kids-20 kr, mid-May-Aug
Mon-Fri 7:00-19:00, Sat 7:00-14:00, Sun 10:00-14:00, Sat-Sun until 19:00 in
good weather, closed off-season, Nordnesparken 30, tel. 55 90 21 70).
Sand-
viken Sjobad,
at Gamle Bergen, is free. It comes with changing rooms, a
roped-off bit of the bay (no pool), a high dive, and lots of sunbathing space.
