Norwegian Sonja Escort Bergen. Tina 1 Class Escort Bergen. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, "the city fjord", and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the city of seven mountains. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the s.
It served as Norways capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until , Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway until the s when it was surpassed by the capital, Oslo. What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site.
The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The "Bergen School of Meteorology" was developed at the Geophysical Institute beginning in , the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in , and the University of Bergen in From to , Bergen was its own county.
In the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county. The city is an international centre for aquaculture, shipping, offshore petroleum industry and subsea technology, and a national centre for higher education, media, tourism and finance.
Bergen Port is Norways busiest in terms of both freight and passengers with over cruise ship calls a year bringing nearly a half a million passengers to Bergen, a number that has doubled in 10 years.
