May 31: The glorious laneways of Bryggen ~ Halo Trip

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Nicholas laid out woke upward amongst the Sun , but I was nonetheless falling inwards together with out of slumber until later 7am. The tent was far every bit good moisture – together with the within damp amongst condensation from our warmth within – to accept downward , together with thus nosotros decided to larn out it pitched together with promise nobody came along together with damaged it. We hadn’t had the guts to create this yet , but figured that camping ground was together with thus commonplace inwards Kingdom of Norway that the tent would move fine for the day.

We caput downward Fløyen , the mount nosotros had ascended , until nosotros reached the metropolis over again , together with made a beeline for Bryggen , the UNESCO listed strip of buildings on the H2O inwards Bergen. Most of the buildings in that location appointment dorsum to 1702 , when a burn downward came through the town together with destroyed close of it. Now the slanted , haphazard-looking streets of Bryggen are famous together with decease along to move maintained. Most of them induce got turned into tourist shops – amongst varying degrees of tacky souvenirs – but the wobbly architecture is inspiring together with in that location are some hidden gems tucked into the laneways.

Bryggen

Looking through the laneways at Bryggen

Taking the advice of a chatty shopkeeper , nosotros ventured downward toward the tip of Bergen , stopping to await at an array of cobbled streets together with to a greater extent than beautiful houses on the way. We happened upon The Shortest Street inwards Bergen together with saw enough of boats together with 1 futuristic-looking submarine. When nosotros stopped for luncheon at the green on Bergen’s tip , a hooded raven joined us.

As it was a Lord's Day , close things were unopen , together with thus nosotros spent a practiced component of the hateful solar daytime simply ambling to a greater extent than or less the streets. We made our agency dorsum to Bryggen , which was at the base of operations of the mount nosotros were camped on , together with decided it was solely fair for us to popular into a cosy café for a potable , fifty-fifty if it was pricey (and it was really pricey indeed). It was in all likelihood 1 of the best cakes we’ve always had though , together with thus at to the lowest degree it wasn’t a disappointment.

The shortest street inwards Bergen

Wobbly buildings inwards Bergen

The Sun was starting to brand an appearance , together with thus nosotros took wages of the vivid lite together with began to brand our agency dorsum upward the mount to our piffling tent. We ran into some cats , passed some really eclectic-looking antique shops that we’re going to caput dorsum to tomorrow , together with reached the top hot together with bothered.

After dipping our feet into the running flow beside the tent to cool off , nosotros roughshod into the tent , exhausted. It felt prissy to retire from the busy town total of tourists to the repose wood.