Korskirken, the Holy Cross #Church – here in the 1920s, but originally from 1150-ish – named so from being one of the few churches said to have a true relic from the cross of Jesus. The church was damaged in the #Bergen fires of 1198, 1248, 1413, 1582, 1623 […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Strandgaten by (Christmas) night. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-514-055.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Hashtag NotSponsored. We are just fans of this 1953 ad for Norwegian #Christmas trinkets, from decoration shop Erling Krage in #Bergen, which ran from 1934 and a few years into the new millennium. Photo by Norvin Reklamefoto, via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The #christmas in Jægermyren 2, 1930 – Harald, Laila, Kåre and Tordis showing off their presents. Photo by Carl Bjørn Olsen, via University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-16506.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Rockin' around the #Christmas Tree. A traditional "juletrefest" (Christmas Tree Party), and the workers and families of Jacob Knudsen Piano Factory dancing in concentric circles around it, likely singing "Så går vi rundt om en enebærbusk" (Walking around a […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Ice, ice, baby… Skating ice on Festplassen in #Bergen in 1952. The space was long mostly used as a parking spot, but has traditionally been used for different events throughout the years – exhibits, circus, fairs, concerts, beer tents, aaaand… skate ice […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Fisketorget (The Fish Market) in #Bergen, the winter of 1890. Photo via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bros-04826.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Strandgaten in #Bergen, decorated for Christmas. No snow, as is tradition. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-395-044b.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

A #snow-filled day in the 50s. This is the view from Fløyen, which has been a destination for a view for a long time. Since 1918, there has been a popular funicular going up here, the Fløibanen, still a tourist attraction. Photo by Atelier K. Knudsen, via […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Merinospinneriet, established in 1949 in Ytre Sandviken, #Bergen, was a major hub for Norway's #textile #industry. Here seen just after its opening, the factory was built to produce locally-made worsted merino wool yarn for Norwegian textile businesses. By […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Cat crew. Photo by Ludvig Lygre, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-bs-ok-22576.html #Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography #catsofpixelfed

A cat herder in Skuteviken, #Bergen, 1934. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-pk-3074.html #Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography #catsofpixelfed

#Snow. Some hope for it, some fear it – but it's picturesque, at least. In the #Bergen city park, looking up towards the Lake Little Lungegård, and Mount Ulriken in the background. Photo by Enoch Djupdræt, via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

#Bergen bus station in 1969, drawn by Hans W. and Rolf Rohde. This is the large entrance hall of what is Bergen storsenter today. Back then it was just a calm place to collect yourself while waiting for the bus. The area has been a central hub for all […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

A spark (A #kicksled, but literal translation is "kick"), the preferred vehicle for the few days when ice or hard snow covers everything. Like here, in Klaus Hanssens vei in the late 20s. The kicksled's definitive records was in Sweden in the 1870s, and the […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

I was going to put another picture here, but then I heard the bells of Johanneskirken (St. Johns #church), and changed my mind! A neogothic church finished in 1894, it was still quite new here, in the early 1900s. It was drawn by architect Herman Major […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

"Indeed," the Norwegian chuckles, talking to a tourist, "polar bears walk the streets everywhere in Norway!" Well, in 1953, there _was_ a #PolarBear loose in #Bergen. Coming from the North, and supposed to be transferred to a ship going to a zoo Germany […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The traditional fish market in #Bergen sometime at the turn of the century. Not that much activity in the middle of winter, I will grant you that – but fresh fish and goods have been sold here since 1730, when the inner bay was filled with stone masses to […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The Old City Hall of #Bergen. Or, at this point, in 1921, just The City Hall. But it was quite old even at that point! Originally built in 1558 as a residence for fier (lensherre) Christian Valkendorff, already from 1561 it began seeing use as a magistrate […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Ah, the theatre! Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage), here from the late 1920s, is the largest #theatre in #Bergen and one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. Opened in 1909, the neoclassical building took on the world. Its original premiere was […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

After the 1916 #Bergen fire that destroyed most of the area in the middle of the city centre, Torgallmenningen was once again rebuilt as a firebreak (as it had been since the 1500s). Here, Hotel Bristol and its adjacent neighbour gets built in the early […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The crew. Specifically, the crew of the fire station at Flesland Airport, sometime in the early 70s. Photo by ABC Foto, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-abc-2590-015.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Big Bank Aesthetics in Vågsallmenningen, #Bergen. The house was built for Bergen Kreditbank, which stayed here from 1859 to 1975. In more modern times the house has been called "Banco Rotto" (bankrupt), due to a restaurant and bar that ran here in the 80s by […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

🎵Making Christmas 🎵 Two workers hammer signs for the Christmas Street (Julegaten) in #Bergen sometime in the 1930s, drawing spectators to the work. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Is it a horror movie? No, it's Christmas spirit in #Bergen! Nothing reminds a bergenser about the Yule Miracle like cold, snowless streets with holiday decorations. Here in 1928 for a surprisingly dry(?) late-year shot. Keen-eyed viewers will recognise the […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Lille Lungegaardsvann (Small Lake Lungegaard) in 1930, a few years after it was artificially made into a lake by filling the "empty" landmass seen in the background, but before it was built to be the park we know today. On the left, the #Bergen Public […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Everyday life during WWII. Friends sitting in the "sun wall" in spring, outside the Ole Bull Cinema in #Bergen. Ole Bull ran from 1937 to 1981, but the same building is still used as stage venue and theater. Photo by Rolf Norvin, via University of Bergen […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

King Haakon VII of Norway, on a visit to Haukeland hospital in 1948, after the Faculty of Medicine was established in #Bergen. This marked Norway’s first dedicated medical school outside Oslo. Photo via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Absolute #Cinema! This is Konsertpaleet (The Concert Palace) sometime in the years after the war. "Notorious" by Alfred #Hitchcock is showing, and drawing a crowd. Konsertpaleet is still a cinema, now combined with its adjacent Engen Kino, but was opened as […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The #Bergen train station, opened in 1913, four years after the Bergensbanen to Oslo was completed, replacing the old station on the southwestern side of Lille Lungegaardsvann. The building is set on top of the old "cholera graveyard" from the 1848 epidemic […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

"Finishes while you wait!" was the name of a book and exhibition of images from the 1928 #Bergen expo, our version of the world's fairs, where locals – among many, many, many other things – could get their photos taken and developed on the spot. Among these […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

When in doubt, #tram it out! This is the #Bergen line 1 in 1925, at the crossing between Inndalsveien and Bjørnsonsgaten. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-292-003.html #Norway #Norge […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

1960s TikTok was a bit different. It was handcranked and analogue. This is the inside of the clock in the #Bergen #Cathedral (fourth picture to see the outside). The church is old, in its original place since 1150, but has burned and been partially rebuilt […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

What's in a name? #Harbitz built this building on the corner overlooking the #Bergen fish market in the 1930s, and added a clock to the tower, of which the business name was over – so people called it the Harbitz corner. Later, a locally famous restaurant […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Strandgaten, 1909. The place to see and be seen. Still an important shopping street, Strandgaten (Beach Street) in the #Bergen city centre has been called that since 1857, and has been a central spot for trade and goods since the 1200s. In the background […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

¡Bienvenidos a Florida! This doesn't look like #Florida, you say? It looks like #Bergen in 1957? Shows how much you know! Florida in Bergen has been named so since the mid-1700s, possibly from a local family gazebo or a tavern, likely named for the flowers […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The 1900s was a time of great expansions of the urban life also outside of the very city centre of #Bergen. This image from 1933 shows construction, recently done, from Gimlevegen, which was to form parts of the beginnings of a larger footprint for the city […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Excavating a new way through the mountain masses is no hindrance for an adjacent #tram. Here around the turn of the century, as Nye Sandviksveien (New Sandviken Road) was expanded into its current path. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of #Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The Christmas Day fire of 1962, in the Fylkeshotellet (County Hotel), an apartment building for unhoused people in the city. Seven people died. Photo by Trygve Schønfelder, via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

This roof is more recently know for its large #NeonSign of the Bergens Tidende newspaper logo. But just after the war, another brand got there first! VIKING is the wellington boot brandname of the Askim Gummivarefabrikk rubber factory – and if it's one city […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The I#celandic men's #choir Karlakor Reykjavikur arrives by ship to the #Bergen harbour. In May 1935, the choir came to sing in the local House of Trade and Seafarers. According to their website, they are still going strong, and has been since 1926! Photo […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

The plan from 1937 and the final result from the 50s. Quite similar! The "SUNDT" building was drawn by #Bergen architect Per Grieg. It was recently reopened in 2025 after a year of rehabilitation and due to its listing as cultural heritage, the exterior […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Women at work! The Janus factory in #Arna has been producing clothing articles since 1895, mostly woolen socks and underwear, flame-retardant underclothes for the industry sector, but also nylon stockings. At its height in 1966, some years after this […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

What's this band is called? Only wrong answers. The evening entertainment at Grand selskapslokaler one night in the early 1940s. Photo by Atelier KK, via University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-422-025.html #Norway […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Higher, higher! Two kids playing in the Barneparken (Children's Park, a playground) at Øvregaten in 1975. Photo by Solveig Greve, via University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-sg-001-002a.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Brigademusikken (The Military Music Orchestra) playing in the Music Pavilion in the #Bergen central park in 1902. This orchestra played here every day before noon in the summer half of the year from the pavilion opened in 1899 and for many years. The […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Local band Bergeners playing at the opening of a playground in Claus Frimanns gate in 1977. They are a vispop folk band singing in a #Bergen dialect. Among their most famous songs are "Jenter fra Bergen" (Girls from Bergen), but they also had many songs for […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Laksevåg in #Bergen. 1975. The local triuvirate meets up to discuss current topics. Photo by Solveig Greve, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-sg-025-008.html #norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #blackandwhitephotography

Kids drawing up a version of hopscotch (hoppe paradis) in Halvkannesmauet in #Bergen in 1958. Halvkannesmauet (Half Mug Street) is a street in Nordnes, named so after a previously common unit of beer just short of our liter – which was also the name of […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Fridalen in the early 1900s. Then, an agricultural and natural landscape, today a "suburb" of #Bergen. Then, as now, still probably a good place to get some contemplative walks. Photo by Ralph L. Wilson, via University of Bergen Library […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]