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exhibits, which include medieval tools, pottery, skulls and runes. The permanent exhibition
documenting Bergen circa 1300 is particularly fascinating.
Theta Museum
MUSEUM
This excellent one-room reconstruction of a clandestine Resistance headquarters, un-
covered by the Nazis in 1942, is now Norway's tiniest museum. Fittingly, finding it is still
a challenge. It's behind the Enhjørningen restaurant; pass through the alley and up the
stairs to the 3rd floor.
KODE
GALLERY
( 55 56 80 00;
kodebergen.no
;
adult/child Nkr100/free, students free Thu)
Bergen's art museums are collected under the umbrella institution KODE and together
form one of the largest art and design collections in Scandinavia. Four separate, and archi-
tecturally unique, buildings line up along the Lille Lungegård lake, each with its own spe-
cialist focus.
KODE is also home to one of the city's best restaurants and bars,
Lysverket
, and a
lovely cafe,
Smakverket
. A single ticket allows entry to all four KODEs for two days, as
well as a 30% discount at the Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen.
KODE 1
GALLERY
This bombastic 1897 edifice houses a large collection of design pieces and domestic ob-
jects, from majestic rococo cupboards to kitchenware by Alessi and chairs by Arne Jacob-
sen. Don't miss Ole Bull's beautiful Gasparo da Salo violin from 1562, with carved decor-
ation by Benvenuto Cellini, or the dramatically displayed permanent exhibition of local
silver on the second floor.
KODE 2
GALLERY