1.3–1.5 hours
Guided in English
Instant confirmation
Private tour

Highlights

Are you looking for a way to see Bergen's University District without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour. • Find out where in Bergen the Viking kings built a royal estate, and meet His Majesty the Hedgehog, the patron of Bergen’s student community • Hear from the producer, Silvia Maria, a teacher and tour guide. • Do it all in 75 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish. • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it. • Use the virtual tour option at home. Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under "Before You Go." Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code. The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap Start. Voice Map has automatic GPS playback with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Inclusions

What's included

VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What's not

Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink

Itinerary

This walking tour starts at Rainbow Square (Regnbueplassen) close to the city’s largest church, Saint John’s Church.
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Nygård, once a farming area, is a lively part of Bergen filled with university buildings, interesting museums and beautiful parks.
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This walking tour starts at Rainbow Square (Regnbueplassen) close to the city’s largest church, Saint John’s Church.
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The tour takes you through the Academic Quarter.
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Along the way, you’ll come across a life-size Edvarg Grieg statue, you’ll hear about the artist and see Grieghallen, the impressive piano shaped concert house which hosted the 1986 Eurovision song contest.
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Along the way, you’ll come across a life-size Edvarg Grieg statue, you’ll hear about the artist and see Grieghallen, the impressive piano shaped concert house which hosted the 1986 Eurovision song contest.
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Along the way, you’ll see Saint Paul's Church, the first Roman Catholic church built in Bergen after the Reformation.
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From there, you’ll wind your way to the University of Bergen and the statue of Wilhelm Christie who defended the Norwegian consitution.
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By the end of this 75-minute tour of Bergen, you’ll have a greater appreciation for the city, its rich culture and lesser-known stories. You'll pass by the University Museum.
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Along the way, you’ll meet His Majesty the Hedgehog, the patron of Bergen’s student community.
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By the end of this 75-minute tour of Bergen, you’ll have a greater appreciation for the city, its rich culture and lesser-known stories. You'll pass by the University of Bergen Library.
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You’ll also pass the Bergen Maritime Museum and enter the University garden where I’ll tell you about one of Norwary’s most famous doctors, Armauer Hansen.
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Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Know before you go

Meeting point: Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: VoiceMap Audio Tours

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Bergen

Its from-price is 98% below the median of the 313 experiences we list in Bergen.
It is shorter than most of them.

About Bergen

Bergen is Norway's rainy fjord capital, a harbour city of colourful wooden wharf houses, mountain funiculars, a fish market and the gateway to the fjords.

Bergen sits between seven hills and the sea on Norway's west coast, with the wooden buildings of Bryggen, once the Hanseatic League's trading wharf and now a World Heritage site, lined along the harbour. The steep gabled houses stand in rows with narrow passages between them. Bergenhus Fortress, with the medieval Haakon's Hall, guards the harbour mouth, and Bergen was a capital of Norway in the 13th century.

Top-ranked sights in Bergen: Mt. Floyen (Floyfjellet), Hardangerfjord, Fantoft Stave Church.

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