27-6_Haugesund6.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
27-6_Nikon4.jpg=Near Bergen -  parking at the Fantoft Stave Church
27-6_Haugesund10.jpg=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
27-6_Nikon12.jpg=Looking west across the North Sea, would be the Orkney Islands [Scotland] approximately 600km away.
24-6_Nikon9.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
DSC_4826.JPG=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Nikon_Pan24.JPG=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
27-6_Haugesund.jpg=Leaving Bergen, our next drive was to the smaller city of Haugesund. On the way, we stopped to see the Fantoft Stave Church. The surrounding forest put us in mind of some ofthe Harry Potterscenes
24-6_Bergen2.jpg=Bergen - no on street parking near our Airbnb, but a largeunderground car park nearby. It was built in just the same way as the country's tunnels
24-6_Bergen_Pan02.JPG=In Bergen our stay was at an inner city location
24-6_Bergen10.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll. Bryggen is an area of colourful commercial buildings
27-6_Nikon5.jpg=Haugesund - Haraldshaugen monument to the "founder of Norway" in Haugesund
DSC_4884.JPG=Bergen old town area and back to our stopover
27-6_Nikon11.jpg=On our way to Haugesund,we landed at Våge village. It is located on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya
24-6_Nikon8.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Nikon20.jpg=Haugesund fountain celebrating the fishing industry
27-6_Nikon_Pan23.JPG=Haugesund - our stopover in this quaint cottage, again just a short stroll to the harbour and town centre
24-6_Bergen11.jpg=Bergen cathedral
27-6_Haugesund7.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
24-6_Nikon1.jpg=Bergen - seafood market
27-6_Nikon14.jpg=The stone cross at Krosshaug is also believed to have been erected in early Christian times. Early stone crosses of this kind indicated that the country was Christian, and they were erected to both "christianise" heathen graves and indicate Christian gathering places before churches were built.
27-6_Nikon27.jpg=The famous Ringnes Pilsner was introduced to the market in 1886. This beer was among the first beers in Norway to be brewed with pure yeast.
24-6_Bergen8.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll. Bryggen is an area of colourful commercial buildings
24-6_Nikon10.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll. Bryggen is an area of colourful commercial buildings
27-6_Nikon1.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
24-6_Nikon_Pan03.JPG=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll. Bryggen is an area of colourful commercial buildings. The eleven houses to the right were rebuilt after a fire in 1702. The six houses to the left were rebuilt after a fire in 1955.
24-6_Bergen7.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Nikon26.jpg=Haugesund. Church of the Redeemer (Vår Frelsers kirke)
27-6_Nikon3.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
24-6_Nikon11.jpg=The Seamen's Monument in Bergen was placed in honor of Norwegian sailors from Viking times to the 20th century.
27-6_Nikon2.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
27-6_Nikon13.jpg=Krosshaug is the much older 3 mter high stone cross at the same site, possibly raised to commemorate the death in England of Harald Fairhair's son, Erik Bloodaxe in 945 (no doubt he died quietly while on holiday). The cross broke in the winter of 1846 and is now held together with iron braces.
24-6_Nikon2.jpg=In Bergen our stay was at an inner city location
27-6_Haugesund5.jpg=Bergen old town area and back to our stopover
27-6_Nikon_Pan10.JPG=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
DSC_4901.JPG=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
27-6_Haugesund1.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
24-6_Bergen6.jpg=Bergen - seafood market
27-6_Nikon16.jpg=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
20180624_200205.jpg=From Voss to Bergen, the weather was quite rainy but impressive all the same
24-6_Nikon12.jpg=Bergen old town area and back to our stopover
24-6_Nikon.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Nikon25.jpg=Haugesund - lovely homes beside our stopover
24-6_Nikon3.jpg=Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (1684 – 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway
20180626_201953.jpg=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
24-6_Nikon_Pan05.JPG=Bergen city centre
27-6_Nikon15.jpg=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
24-6_Bergen.jpg=Norway from Voss, we had just a 100km drive to Bergen, all the time on the edge of the fjords and through at least 20 tunnels
27-6_Haugesund2.jpg=Haraldshaugen monument to the "founder of Norway" - Harald Fairhair
DSC_4865.JPG=Bergen - the funicular entry but again the weather made it a waste totake a ride
27-6_Nikon_Pan01.JPG=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
27-6_Nikon24.jpg=Haugesund walk back to our stopover and a nice cold beer
24-6_Bergen5.jpg=In Bergen our stay was at an inner city location
27-6_Haugesund3.jpg=Bergen old town area and back to our stopover
27-6_Nikon9.jpg=Bjørnafjorden fish farms
DSC_4907cr.jpg=Bjørnafjorden fish farms
24-6_Nikon4.jpg=Holberg Statue in Vagsallmenningen Square, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
27-6_Nikon.jpg=Near Bergen -  the Fantoft Stave Church
24-6_Nikon6.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Nikon6.jpg=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
27-6_Haugesund12.jpg=Haugesund fountain celebrating the fishing industry
27-6_Nikon19.jpg=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
27-6_Haugesund13.jpg=Haugesund shop displaying traditional dress
24-6_Bergen4.jpg=In Bergen our stay was at an inner city location, justa very short walk to the harbour and City Centre. Just as well because the weather was unkind.
27-6_Nikon10.jpg=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
24-6_Nikon5.jpg=Bergen - another Irishpub but not open for lunch unfortunately
24-6_Bergen12.jpg=Bergen old town area
27-6_Haugesund8.jpg=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
27-6_Nikon23.jpg=Haugesund harbour
27-6_Nikon21.jpg=Brown Citroen 'H' van, and a similar vehicle for sale in Melbourne
27-6_Nikon_Pan22.JPG=Haugesund harbour
24-6_Nikon7.jpg=Bergen - our City Centre and harbour stroll
27-6_Haugesund11.jpg=Haugesund - our walk around the town centre
27-6_Nikon18.jpg=Haugesund. Church of the Redeemer (Vår Frelsers kirke)
27-6_Nikon17.jpg=Haugesund. Church of the Redeemer (Vår Frelsers kirke)
27-6_Haugesund9.jpg=Haraldshaugen monument to the "founder of Norway" - Harald Fairhair
27-6_Nikon7.jpg=7km crossing of Bjørnafjorden on our way to Haugesund.
24-6_Bergen3.jpg=From Voss to Bergen, the weather was quite rainy but impressive all the same
27-6_Nikon22.jpg=Haugesund harbour
