Fishmarket in Bergen
Harbourside seafood market with a glass-and-timber hall, selling fresh catch since medieval times.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Fish Market in Bergen stands you beside the glass-and-timber market hall on the harbour quay, where fishermen have sold their catch since the twelve hundreds. It follows the design competition of two thousand nine, the architects who won it, and a budget that began at one hundred million kroner. Listen from the quayside, with the hall's glass walls in front of you.
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