Fløyen
Forested mountaintop viewpoint reached by funicular, with sweeping views over harbour and fjords.
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This guide to Fløyen in Bergen follows John Lund, newspaper editor, former mayor and member of parliament, who in eighteen ninety-five asked the city to run a railway up this mountain for anyone who wanted it. Along the way it turns to the bare slopes of his day and the saplings and schoolchildren that changed them. Best heard at the viewpoint, with the funicular station at your back.
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