Bergen then where to ? - part 2

So, after our tour round the centre of Bryggen we went into the wider wharf area and into the suburbs for some more facts.

Here are a couple:

1.  There were dramatic events on the peninsular in 1944. A Dutch cargo ship carrying explosives (120 tonnes of dynamite) went boom and lots of buildings were lost, we saw the surviving ones from the 1700s

2.  Edvard Grieg is a very famous Norwegian composer and he used to live in Bergen - did you know he is only 1.5 m tall but in the day when he played his violin ladies fainted (not sure Dad has that knack yet, more practice to do!)

3. The Norwegian national anthem is called 'yes we love our country' according to tour guide Kelli, it is written by a Nobel peace prize winner.

4. Trams used to run in the city  but were decommissioned in 1960, they didn't know what to do with them so they drove them into the fjord at the end of the line and they are still there today!

5. There are more than 300 types of rhododendron in Bergen - we saw some lovely ones but didn't count 300 different types

That ended our tour with Andrea and we managed to squeeze in a walk around the current royal palace in Bergen, well the gardens, they are a public space open for all, not security or anything and very well manicured.  From Em, 'I saw a tiny mouse under a hedge at the Royal palace'

A stock fish sculpture from the courtyard in Bryggen made out of one big trunk of pine

We went to Remo 1000 to stock up on sweets and crisps and Em had her picture taken with an ice cream Eskimo 🍦🍦🍦🍦