Bryggen
Also known as Bryggen i Bergen, Quartier de Bryggen dans la ville de Bergen, Tyskebryggen
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
Norway
Inscribed
1979
List reference
59
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Bryggen is in Bergen. The nearest other World Heritage site is West Norwegian Fjords, about 110 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Bergen · about 214,000 peopleat the site
- Haugesund · about 40,000 peopleabout 110 km south
- Stavanger · about 173,000 peopleabout 160 km south
- Sandnes · about 47,000 peopleabout 170 km south
- Ålesund · about 48,000 peopleabout 250 km north
- Skien · about 73,000 peopleabout 270 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
NorwayNatural110 km away
NorwayCultural147 km away
NorwayCultural190 km away
SwedenCultural388 km away
NorwayCultural402 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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