Our second main stop on the Norway trip was Bergen, which we reached by a lovely seven-hour train journey. It’s a pretty town and our hotel was next to a park with an interesting statue in it:
The park also commemorated Norway’s first Prime Minister, who always seemed to have a seagull on his head when we went past:
The bandstand had recently been restored and was evidently very well maintained:
There was a large pedestrian shopping area, which had an imposing monument to Norway’s seafaring history:
Down by the harbour, a large sea mine had been converted into a charity collecting box:
The pretty St Mary’s Church was the second oldest building in Bergen:
I thought this statue was a somewhat odd way to celebrate noted Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen:
We took the funicular railway up to the top of the mountain, where the view was spectacular:
This friendly gentleman was guarding the children’s play area:
And we came across this fine fellow on a random wander through the less touristy bits of town:
The Rosenkrantz Tower gave one of the humans the opportunity to try his hand at being a guard – though I’m not sure how well he can see…
And I got to be king!
We really enjoyed exploring Bergen, but there was still a lot more to come…